Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song A Good Old Fashioned Town, artist - Paul Heaton. Album song The Cross Eyed Rambler, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 31.12.2007
Record label: Paul Heaton
Song language: English
A Good Old Fashioned Town |
The nearer the border |
The higher they hoist the flag |
Like the father of the house wants the world to know |
The race he’d like his daughters to shag |
And the louder they sing their anthem |
The more likely their history graced |
With that badge kissing, fanfare blowing |
Idiot painted face |
Everyone stands up |
When they hear those trumpets sound |
Everyone, stand up |
In a good old-fashioned town |
If you can’t tell what they’re singing |
It’s usually who they’d like to drown |
In a flag-waving, chest-beating |
Good old-fashioned town |
When someone starts a sentence |
With «I'm not racist, but--» |
You know that the sentence is bound to end |
With where they think they should be put |
So next time you hear them singing |
Of a land so free and brave |
You know the place they hang their flag |
Is where they hung their slave |
Everyone stands up |
When they hear those trumpets sound |
Everyone, stand up |
In a good old-fashioned town |
If you can’t tell what they’re singing |
It’s usually who they’d like to drown |
In a flag-waving, chest-beating |
Good old-fashioned town |
Flying flag is just another way |
The insecure announce they’re here to stay |
So if you love your country and love your fellow man |
Display, please, as quietly as you can |
Everyone stands up |
When they hear those trumpets sound |
Everyone, stand up |
In a good old-fashioned town |
If you can’t tell what they’re singing |
It’s usually who they’d like to drown |
In a flag-waving, chest-beating |
Good old-fashioned town |