Another Piece Of Red Lyrics - Mondo Bongo - Boomtown Rats

Another Piece of Red 

I was reading in New Zealand about Ian Smith 

I was thinking they were lucky to be rid of that shit. 

The people here can still believe in stiff lips and stiff collars 

They're speaking deals in English 

But they're making deals in dollars. 

They're breaking up an empire 

Nobody's buying British 

They're calling for an umpire 

Nobody's playing cricket 

The flags are coming down everybody stands saluting 

But somewhere in the distance, I can hear somebody shooting. 

And another piece of red left my atlas today. 

It's so long Hong Kong and no more Singapore 

Those steaming nights of Malta 

Goodbye Gibraltar 

I'll give you arms for Africa 

I'm hungry for India 

The sun's set on Australia 

And vive le Canada 

Theyre breaking up an empire 

Nobody's buying British 

Calling for an umpire 

It really isn't cricket 

The flags are coming down 

There's a minimum of looting 

Somewhere in the distance I can see somebody shooting 

And another piece of red left my atlas today......... 

*written by Bob Geldof 

*from the album "Mondo Bongo"