Dead Flag/Red Flags

from The Comeback Tour by Defunkt Boy 3

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lyrics

We used to be Socialists
But now we’re raving Monarchists
We’ve learned to serve and scrape and bow
We’ve torn the red flag into bits

Now we sing God Save The King
We don’t believe in anything
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
The union jack is flying here

It suits today the meek and base
Whose minds are fixed on self and place
To cringe beneath the rich man’s frown
And wait for wealth to trickle down

The people’s flag is deepest red
The Labour Party now is dead
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
The union jack is flying here

The people’s flag is deepest red
Stained with the blood of Iraq dead
Now Tony Blair tells Keir Starmer
It’s time to wage another war

It’s time to reject wokeism
Wage war against socialism
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We’re just a bunch of Tories here*

We used to stand for the oppressed
But now we’re having a wee rest
It’s time to chuck each socialist vow
It’s time to change our colours now

We smeared Corbyn, it’s time we chose
To wear the emperor’s new clothes
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We’re just a bunch of Tories here