Born In The U.k. Lyrics - Badly Drawn Boy

Then you see it happen again 

The world turned over 

Wouldn't it be something to live? 

Your life on Mars 

Or at least demanding 

Of some kind of masquerade 

I never, never ever believed 

In things uncertain 

Hanging 'round the corner 

Just when did you start doing time? 

In the case of I, my, me and mine 

October 1969 

Where were you in '76? 

The long hot summer 

You wanna be a rebel 

Then turn your hose pipes on 

With two years to wait 

For the sound of Jilted John 

Virginia Wade was winning our hearts 

She made us want to live 

Vicious and his brothers 

Were trying to set us free 

But much more than this to you and me 

This was the Silver Jubilee 

We made something out of nothing 

A sense of loathing and belonging 

Some of us are gonna be rich 

With the Iron Lady 

Lennon's gone already 

Let's post the boys to war 

Oh, mother, what are you worrying for? 

It's somewhere he's not been before 

Then you see the Union Jack 

And it means nothing 

But somehow you know 

That you will find your own way 

It's a small reminder every day 

That I was born in the U.K.