This Is England

A voice spoke so cold, it matched the weapon in her palm
This knife of Sheffield steel
Black shadow of the Vincent, falls on a Triumph line
The land of illegal dances
He won't go for the carrot, they beat him by the pole
This is England
This is England
We can chain you to the rail
This is England
This is England

This is England
And we're never gonna cry no more
He's out at sea, too far off, he can't go home

Land of a thousand stances
This is England
Hey, British boots go kick them and got 'em in the head
Who cares to protest here, to the eye like a flare
Some sunny day confronted by his soul
Police ain't watchin' the newspapers been read
This is England
Out came the batons and the British warned themselves

Time on his hands, the freezing in those clothes
This knife of Sheffield steel

I see no glory, when will we be free
On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm
This is how we feel
This is England

What we're supposed to die for
This is England
This is how we feel
This is England
I got my motorcycle jacket but I'm walking all the time

South Atlantic wind blows, ice from a dying creed
We can kill you in a jail

This is England