The Brits Come Rolling Back

(album: Living In A Boom Time - 1992)

The Brits come back to Dover
With our hovercraft and hats
With slogans on our T-shirts
And salmonella snacks
Our beer is warm and cloudy
Like the water in our taps
A welcome on the quayside
When the Brits come rolling back

You set 'em up, we'll knock 'em down
We are the champion diplomats
You set 'em up, we'll knock 'em down
When the Brits come rolling back

The Brits come back to Dover
Wearing blazers and cravats
We ponce about in Volvos
Full of beaujolais in racks
Our flesh is singed a lobster red
And peeling from the backs
Of screaming savage children
When the Brits come rolling back

You set 'em up, we'll knock 'em down
We are the champion diplomats
You set 'em up, we'll knock 'em down
When the Brits come rolling back

The Brits come back to Dover
With our tolerance and tact
Our famous sense of humour
And behaviour at the match

We shout about who won the war
And roam around in packs
You'd hardly know it's over
When the Brits come rolling back

You set 'em up, we'll knock 'em down
We are the champion diplomats
You set 'em up, we'll knock 'em down
When the Brits come rolling back