Letter to Brittania from the Union Jack

歌詞

Poor Britannia, drowning in your waves With the body of the unknown soldier and the best of the brave I have known you ever since I was a child How come you don't salute me now when I smile? You was always so young and on all o' that money How come these mourners pass you by and think it's so funny? I'd be there with you but I'm chained unto this stake For I am loyalty but my mast I cannot forsake I looked down on a bunch of amusements, I looked down walls I've looked on hangings 'n parades 'n city halls And I've seen love in so many living rooms And I've seen rich men slowly die inside their tombs I know we're just two charms but it's heavy on my mind Faith in me I said, now, look at time I know you're just a victim of your history Trust in me, I said and you would be free You pull me up and you pull me down And when the Queen's in residence, I hang around I don't wave madly 'cos the climate's civilized Just flutter sadly 'cos I'm old 'n I'm wise And you been up, and you, you been down You been through many things I know, you been around I have fought armies for you in the conflicts of the past Britannia, I implore you, do not lower me by half