English Boy (Reprise)

<br>I was an English boy<br>I was brought up right<br>You cold hold me down<br>And I would bite<br>I knew no fear<br>I served with joy<br>I was proud to be here<br>An English boy<br><br>You spray like a tomcat<br>Piss like a stray dog<br>Swear like a sailor<br>Speaking in gang tongues<br>Kicking in chorus<br>Stabbing to order<br>Slashing like a blind man<br>Lost like a soldier<br><br>I was an English boy<br>Precisely made<br>You could pin me down<br>I was not afraid<br>I showed no fear<br>I served with joy<br>I was so proud to be here<br>An English boy<br><br>Blurred like a movie<br>Gray under streetlights<br>Gray in the sunshine<br>So black on the tube line<br>Red on the touchline<br>Moving like a fever<br>Spreading like an oil slick<br>Thicker than a house brick<br><br>I was an English boy<br>I was brought up right<br>If you raised your dress<br>Then I would bite<br>My voice was clear<br>I had perfect poise<br>Was good to be down here<br>With all the English boys<br><br>And I don`t know where I am now<br>Or where I`m gonna go<br>I keep going round and round on the circle line<br>Like some demented kind of commuta<br>Trying to avoid paying for my ticket<br>I`m a lost soul<br>I read about myself in the newspapers<br>I`m a pig<br>I`m a thug<br>I`ve got nowhere to go but down<br><br>(guitar solo)<br><br>Stand up, when I`m talking to you boy<br>Stand up, when I`m talking to you boy<br>Stand up, stand up, stand up!<br>Stand up!<br>(etc)<br><br>Slow like a prejudice<br>Broken like hatred<br>Kicking at a dead man<br>Cut pieces to pieces<br>Marking your territory<br>Freezing the future<br>Stopping the stopwatch<br>I am despairing<br><br>I was an English boy<br>I was brought up right<br>You could hold me down<br>And I would bite<br>I knew no fear<br>And I served with joy<br>I was proud to be here<br>An English boy<br><br>I was an English boy<br>yes I was<br>I was an English boy<br>(repeat 7 times)