[Verse 1]

We're alright mate

It's not us it's them

As he repeats himself

Again and again

He throws over

A nod and a wink

And has another piss week

Fighting drink

Like a rose-tinted gammon dream

And it's brought up again

We'll never forgive

And we'll never forget

You were never there

Just accept it

It's a bigotry claim

All hidden and named

Through shabby endless

Lines and lines and lines

Of empty big-neck clubber-men

And they're kicking up

Like God knows when

As aggression is in fashion again

[Chorus]

And they're taking us back

They're taking us back, back, back, back, back

[Verse 2]

This ruddy based recession

A xenophobic monster crunch

Orange lit side street

Blood on concrete

Illuminated polyester strutters

And they're pissing in the gutters

We're all pissing in the gutters

As this will be

Forever England

Forever rotting

Forever shite

[Chorus]

And they're taking us back

Taking us back, back, back, back, back

[Verse 3]

A statue of a dead white man

Standing in a big square

Looking down with Victorian frown

And remind you of a bygone sway

A non-existent memorial day

And it's covered in pigeon shit

Plastered head to foot

Pissed up against on the weekend circuit

And it's falling apart

And it's weathered away

And no one cares who they are

A monument to an invented age

Another monument to an invented age

[Chorus]

And they're taking us back

Taking us back, back, back, back, back

And they're taking us back

Taking us back, back, back, back, back

[Outro]

Back, back, back, back, back

Back, back, back, back, back

Back, back, back, back, back

Back, back, back, back, back

Back, back, back, back, back