Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Take Down the Union Jack, artist - Billy Bragg. Date of issue: 31.12.2002
Song language: English
Take Down the Union Jack |
| Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset |
| And put it in the attic with the emperors old clothes |
| When did it fall apart? |
| Sometime in the 80s |
| When the Great and the Good gave way to the greedy and the mean |
| Britain isn’t cool you know, its really not that great |
| It’s not a proper country, it doesn’t even have a patron saint |
| It’s just an economic union that’s passed its sell-by date |
| Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset |
| And ask our Scottish neighbours if independence looks any good |
| ‘Cos they just might understand how to take an abstract notion |
| Of personal identity and turn it into nationhood |
| Is this the 19th century that I’m watching on tv? |
| The dear old Queen of England handing out those MBEs |
| Member of the British Empire — that doesn’t sound too good to me |
| Gilbert and George are taking the piss aren’t they? |
| Gilbert and George are taking the piss |
| What could be more British than here’s a picture of my bum? |
| Gilbert and George are taking the piss |
| Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset |
| And pile all those history books, but don’t throw them away |
| They just might have some clues about what it really means |
| To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon in england.co.uk |
| To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon in england.co.uk |