Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Have You Ever Been Away , by - The Beautiful South. Release date: 31.12.1988
Song language: English
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 |