This Is England

Four for a pound your face flannels, three for a pound your tea towels! Four for a pound your face flannels, three for a pound your tea towels! [Verse 1] I hear a gang fight on a human factory farm Are they howling out, or doing somebody harm? On a catwalk jungle, somebody grabbed my arm A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm [Chorus] This is England This knife of Sheffield steel This is England This is how we feel [Verse 2] Time on his hands the freezing mohawk strolls He won't go for the carrots Been beaten by the pole Some sunny day confronted by his soul His eye will see how fast you can grow old [Chorus] This is England That I'm supposed to die for This is England Never gonna cry no more [Verse 3] Black shadow of the Vincent Falls on a Triumph line I got my motorcycle jacket But I'm walking all the time South Atlantic wind blows Ice from a dying creed I see no glory And when will we get free? [Chorus] This is England We can chain you to the rail This is England We can kill you in a jail [Verse 4] Hey, British boots go kick Bengali in the head Police sit watching The newspapers being read All deaf to protests And after the attacker fled Out came the batons and The biggest one then said [Outro] This is England The land of illegal dances This is England Land of one thousand stances This is England This knife of Sheffield steel This is England This is how we feel This is England This is England