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The Empire Came Home

The Empire came home
And here we all are

Straight off the boat sink or swim
One way ticket to Liverpool from Dublin
On pavements and roads they walk with a gimp
Just buy a ticket and they’ll let you right in

The streets are paved with gold so the story goes
Even though you are stupid you still get to vote
Irish folk when they spoke became the standard model joke
To die laughing is the best way to go

The Empire came home
And here we all are

Different language foreign tongue useful idiots everyone
Different God foreign king no way they’ll fit in
No dogs no blacks no Irish
No room at the inn

My daddy was a navvy from the west country
Where things ain’t perfect and are never gonna be
So he left his native land in search of industry
And settled in the bosom of the enemy

Free education thank you England
Free healthcare thank you Britain

Put your trust in the system and it will always be there
Pay your tax pay your share contribute for your care
English heart Irish blood never had it this good
Oasis have reformed kissed and made up

The Empire came home
And here we all are

Paddy’s in diggers earning six figures
Turning cities into building sites

Paddy’s in diggers earning six figures
Putting up parking lots in paradise

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