Taking Us Back

[Verse 1] We're alright mate It's not us it's them As he repeats himself Again and again He throws over A nod and a wink And has another piss week Fighting drink Like a rose-tinted gammon dream And it's brought up again We'll never forgive And we'll never forget You were never there Just accept it It's a bigotry claim All hidden and named Through shabby endless Lines and lines and lines Of empty big-neck clubber-men And they're kicking up Like God knows when As aggression is in fashion again [Chorus] And they're taking us back They're taking us back, back, back, back, back [Verse 2] This ruddy based recession A xenophobic monster crunch Orange lit side street Blood on concrete Illuminated polyester strutters And they're pissing in the gutters We're all pissing in the gutters As this will be Forever England Forever rotting Forever shite [Chorus] And they're taking us back Taking us back, back, back, back, back [Verse 3] A statue of a dead white man Standing in a big square Looking down with Victorian frown And remind you of a bygone sway A non-existent memorial day And it's covered in pigeon shit Plastered head to foot Pissed up against on the weekend circuit And it's falling apart And it's weathered away And no one cares who they are A monument to an invented age Another monument to an invented age [Chorus] And they're taking us back Taking us back, back, back, back, back And they're taking us back Taking us back, back, back, back, back [Outro] Back, back, back, back, back Back, back, back, back, back Back, back, back, back, back Back, back, back, back, back Back, back, back, back, back