Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
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And put it in the attic with the emperors old clothes
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When did it fall apart? Sometime in the 80s
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When the Great and the Good gave way to the greedy and the mean
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Britain isn’t cool you know, its really not that great
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It's not a proper country, it doesn’t even have a patron saint
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It's just an economic union that’s passed its sell-by date
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Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
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And ask our Scottish neighbours if independence looks any good
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‘Cos they just might understand how to take an abstract notion
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Of personal identity and turn it into nationhood
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Is this the 19th century that I’m watching on tv?
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The dear old Queen of England handing out those MBEs
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Member of the British Empire - that doesn’t sound too good to me
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Gilbert and George are taking the piss aren’t they?
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Gilbert and George are taking the piss.
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What could be more British than here’s a picture of my bum?
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Gilbert and George are taking the piss
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Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
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And pile all those history books, but don’t throw them away
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They just might have some clues about what it really means
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To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon in England.co.uk
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Take Down The Union Jack
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| Billy Bragg |
