Take Down the Union Jack - Band Version Lyrics

Song	Take Down the Union Jack - Band Version
Artist	Billy Bragg
Album	Must I Paint You a Picture?: The Essential Billy Bragg
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	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And put it in the attic with the emperors old clothes
	When did it fall apart? Sometime in the 80s
	When the Great and the Good gave way to the greedy and the mean
	Britain isn’t cool you know, its really not that great
	It's not a proper country, it doesn’t even have a patron saint
	It's just an economic union that’s passed its sell-by date
	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And ask our Scottish neighbours if independence looks any good
	‘Cos they just might understand how to take an abstract notion
	Of personal identity and turn it into nationhood
	Is this the 19th century that I’m watching on tv?
	The dear old Queen of England handing out those MBEs
	Member of the British Empire - that doesn’t sound too good to me
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss aren’t they?
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss.
	What could be more British than here’s a picture of my bum?
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss
	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And pile all those history books, but don’t throw them away
	They just might have some clues about what it really means
	To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon in England.co.uk

	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And put it in the attic with the emperors old clothes
	When did it fall apart? Sometime in the 80s
	When the Great and the Good gave way to the greedy and the mean
	Britain isn' t cool you know, its really not that great
	It' s not a proper country, it doesn' t even have a patron saint
	It' s just an economic union that' s passed its sellby date
	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And ask our Scottish neighbours if independence looks any good
	' Cos they just might understand how to take an abstract notion
	Of personal identity and turn it into nationhood
	Is this the 19th century that I' m watching on tv?
	The dear old Queen of England handing out those MBEs
	Member of the British Empire that doesn' t sound too good to me
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss aren' t they?
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss.
	What could be more British than here' s a picture of my bum?
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss
	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And pile all those history books, but don' t throw them away
	They just might have some clues about what it really means
	To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon in England. co. uk

	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And put it in the attic with the emperors old clothes
	When did it fall apart? Sometime in the 80s
	When the Great and the Good gave way to the greedy and the mean
	Britain isn' t cool you know, its really not that great
	It' s not a proper country, it doesn' t even have a patron saint
	It' s just an economic union that' s passed its sellby date
	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And ask our Scottish neighbours if independence looks any good
	' Cos they just might understand how to take an abstract notion
	Of personal identity and turn it into nationhood
	Is this the 19th century that I' m watching on tv?
	The dear old Queen of England handing out those MBEs
	Member of the British Empire that doesn' t sound too good to me
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss aren' t they?
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss.
	What could be more British than here' s a picture of my bum?
	Gilbert and George are taking the piss
	Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
	And pile all those history books, but don' t throw them away
	They just might have some clues about what it really means
	To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon in England. co. uk

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