Spit And Shine Lyrics - Regardless - Thea Gilmore

There are ladders up the buildings 

On the streets downtown 

Sixteenth Century architecture 

Gets the locals down 

Eyes to the future 

The Heritage Board 

Puts your history in the lock up 

Banks the interest offshore 

Well it struck me that your reason 

Sounded just like an admission 

Come lie with me baby 

We could start a new tradition 

But a little bone of truth 

Is at the heart of each denial 

And the traders bring the corporation 

Out in single-file 

We could pack up the kids and just get the hell away 

But I like the spit and shine so I guess I'll stay 

You'll go forging your relations 

With some partner overseas 

And the sexy reshuffle 

Will make you week at the knees 

And the cutest little bigot 

Always gives those boys a laugh 

You'll find a cheeto shaped like Jesus 

And then they'll want your autograph 

We could pack up the kids and just get the hell away 

From the mud on our feet and the games that they play 

But I like the spit and shine so I guess I'll stay 

Raise that flag to fallen kings 

To England oh England you sing 

Shine shine shine the silver sea 

The rats have learned to swim it seems to me 

Work hard out in China 

Learn to parlez with the natives 

Those cheap Versace knock-offs 

Darling aren't they just the greatest 

Send the children on the gap year 

To travel the Far East 

Then settle down into retirement 

In a bargain pad in Greece 

We could pack up the kids and just get the hell away 

From the mud on our feet and the games that they play 

But I like the spit and shine so I guess I'll stay 

I guess I'll stay