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Goodnight England

from Never Let Them Win by Joe Solo

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Sprung from 1984
To double-think the new Class War
With the tweeting Alt-Right keeping score
As the liberals wring their hands
The fascists win the same old race
To wave your flag up in your face
And keep all Class enemies in place
Cos they'll never understand
As Brexit rolls in on the tide
To scream its bollocks from both sides
The coconuts now run the shy
And the whole world's taking aim
But them who really own the stall
Have pulled the wool and fooled you all
They've rigged the shares so rise or fall
They profit anyway
But it's you who drew the masterplan
With your hashtag short attention span
It's 'Can we fix it?' Course they can!
Cos you let em deal your hand
You didn't think and didn't think twice
You sold your soul at Name Your Price
Weren't nice to see you, see you nice
Goodnight England
Goodnight England

'Britons never shall be slaves'
Rings a note so high it's off the stave
As dogs bark Marx turns in his grave
And the Left sleep at the wheel
Their chauffeur driving the wrong way
Up a new not too Smart Motorway
While the workers scream 'GET OUT THE WAY!'
And queue for a Happy Meal
To our leader raise a toast
He'll represent who pays the most
And always be first past the post
While you always come in last
As the bulldog dozes in the shade
Next to the stinking pile he made
In Old John Bullshit's new arcade
Putting pennies in the past
There's a Butcher's Apron 1 for 2
It's stained with red and white and blue
Made in China shipped to you
Now you hold it in your hand
You wave it proud and wave it high
This thing that bleeds your country dry
Don't know if I should laugh or cry
But Goodnight England
Goodnight England

Never could your darkest dreams
Have summoned someone to your screens
Who knows what 'exponential' means
But who'd sacrifice the herd
History will judge the fall
Of this empire that had the gall
To slash and burn, destroy it all
And never even cared
It would change at the drop of a hat
If someone made an app for that
Until that day we sit where you're sat
And order in the beers
As hate and lies they zig and zag
From telescreen and Daily Rag
But wrap it all up in a flag
And everybody cheers
So kick and scream and drink and fight
Until a thousand wrongs they make a Right
I don't know how you sleep at night
And I'll never understand
I'm no celebrity, that's clear
But for God's sake get me out of here
You're welcome to your hate and fear
Oh Goodnight England
Goodnight England

Yet each day I get up and fight
Maybe sometimes out of spite
But I still think we could get it right
Good Morning England.

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from Never Let Them Win, released March 4, 2022
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Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

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