Nigel Stonier - Spit and Shine lyrics

There are ladders up the buildings On the streets downtown Sixteenth Century architecture Gets the locals down Eyes to the future The Heritage Board Puts your history in the lock up Banks the interest offshore Well it struck me that your reason Sounded just like an admission Come lie with me baby We could start a new tradition But a little bone of truth Is at the heart of each denial And the traders bring the corporation Out in single-file We could pack up the kids and just get the hell away But I like the spit and shine so I guess I'll stay You'll go forging your relations With some partner overseas And the s**y reshuffle Will make you week at the knees And the cutest little bigot Always gives those boys a laugh You'll find a cheeto shaped like Jesus And then they'll want your autograph We could pack up the kids and just get the hell away From the mud on our feet and the games that they play But I like the spit and shine so I guess I'll stay Raise that flag to fallen kings To England oh England you sing Shine shine shine the silver sea The rats have learned to swim it seems to me Work hard out in China Learn to parlez with the natives Those cheap Versace knock-offs Darling aren't they just the greatest Send the children on the gap year To travel the Far East Then settle down into retirement In a bargain pad in Greece We could pack up the kids and just get the hell away From the mud on our feet and the games that they play But I like the spit and shine so I guess I'll stay I guess I'll stay