Lyric Have you ever been away ?

Your fight them on the beaches speeches make me despair
Cause if there s one thing we can guarantee is you will not he there
Tidying your room, making up your bed
And if your diary s full that week you ll send us lot instead

Send us lot instead, put a poppy by my lovers bed
We believe you when you say you ve hurt your back

Have you ever been away
Where were you when we took Calais?
You don t know, you don t care
You re just glad that you wasn t there
Have you ever been away

I m afraid your Rule Britannia mania doesn t ring so true
If I was captain of the waves I d turn the gun on you
Any last requests before you join dead?
I ll crap into your Union Jack and wrap it round your head

Wrap it round your head, take a look at all the blood we ve shed
We ll believe you when you say it was worth it

Liberate the streets of Europe, give our kids a chance
Give them Beaujolais by tap and cheap day trips to France
But you have never seen or smelt this ungodly death
It s like the stench of roasted lamb upon your father s breath