Look the Other Way

 I like being English.
I'm lucky to be English (rather than, say Palestinian or an Afghan).
I am happy to celebrate English culture - fish and chips, queueing, saying I'm sorry, understatement.
Some English culture is crap - football violence, the class system, snobishness, fish rissoles.

I am not willing to support the use of the St George's flag to express nationalism in a way that clearly smells of racism.

You can be a patriot without being a racist.
You can fly the flag without being a dick.

[Verse 1] They’re shouting on the corner, waving flags in the air Screaming about strangers who were never even there But the man in the mansion is laughing with his mates While the people on the pavement swallow all the hate [Chorus] Look the other way, don’t look at the thief He’s selling off your future, he’s peddling your grief He’s counting dirty money while he points to the door And you blame the asylum seeker sleeping on the floor [Verse 2] The papers print the headlines, same story every week Paint the poor as monsters, and the rich as meek But the crimes that scar our children, and the women left in pain Ain’t by those who’ve come here — it’s by men with English names [Chorus] Look the other way, don’t look at the thief He’s selling off your future, he’s peddling your grief He’s counting dirty money while he points to the door And you blame the asylum seeker sleeping on the floor [Bridge] Where’s your outrage when a neighbour turns cruel? When a man with a Union Jack tattoo breaks the rules? Where’s your anger when the bosses bleed you dry? They’re laughing in Westminster while you swallow the lie [Verse 3] It’s divide and conquer, same trick every time They manufacture enemies to cover up their crime They sell off the hospitals, the schools and the land And hand you a scapegoat to keep you in hand [Final Chorus] Look the other way, don’t look at the thief He’s selling off your future, he’s peddling your grief He’s counting dirty money while he points to the door And you blame the asylum seeker sleeping on the floor [Outro] So don’t fall for their circus, don’t fight the wrong fight Turn your eyes on the villains who hide in plain sight.


26 August 2025 at 12:44

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