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Soul Of Albion
Man the Lifeboats
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Well lately I've been thinking
About how we've come to be
This great nation of shop lifters
And reality TV
One heroic temper
Of nostalgia and tea
With one foot in the grave
The other in 1953
So I've been searching for the needle
The candle down the mine
That which moved earth and heaven
Once upon a time
The steady hands that laid down
The meridian line
The grand old dame
Of this great old pantomime
I'm looking for the union
I'm looking everywhere
From the hills of Caledonia
To the gates of Soho Square
I'm looking for a part of the old pantheon
I'm looking for the heart and the soul of Albion
I've looked on Deptford Broadway
And down Cold Comfort Lane
I looked on board the Windrush
All I found was lies and pain
And down the river in Westminster
They tried to wash my brain
With new towns and garden cities
Where the streets have glorious names
I've been to see the wizard
And the warrior queen
I've danced around the maypole
On the village green
In stately homes and council houses
They only talk of what they've seen
And where you come from
Where you're going
And where you've been
I've been looking for the union
I've been looking everywhere
From the hills of Caledonia
To the gates of Soho Square
I'm looking for a part of the old pantheon
I'm looking for the heart and the soul of Albion
Well I don't want to live in a biscuit tin
Inside these walled gardens full of whitewashing
I don't want to live where nobody understands
That nothing can wash off all the blood on our hands
I don't care about your history or the shade of your skin
All are welcome in this house I'll let anyone in
I'd like to string up the old empire on a gallows pole
And say this is not our heart and this is not our soul