Desert Island Lyrics - Mummer - Xtc

Cast away on a desert island 

Me and poor Crusoe are sharing the same fate 

Cast away on a desert island 

With Great Britain written on its name plate 

With my umbrella I go walking 

Through all the sands on a building site 

Across the shopping malls and motorways 

Birds from Heathrow fill the 

Night with people flying to escape 

Friday comforts me and says it's pay day 

Cast away on a desert island... 

The game and coconuts is plentiful 

You pick 'em right off of a supermarket shelf 

And all the man-eaters are parked away 

Down in garages 

While their selfish owners drinking to escape 

Lord of flies with cocktails in his conch shell 

Don't rescue me, no 

This is my home sweet home dear 

Don't rescue me, no 

I am far from alone here 

Cast away on a desert island 

Me and one nation are sharing the same fate 

Cast away on a desert island 

With Great Britain written on its name plate 

Cast away on a desert island