There's a gang I've just joined
There's a gang I've just joined
Three million strong you'd agree
Four million strong you'd agree
Enrollment was easy, so easy
Getting out proves to be the difficulty

From land's end to John o' Groats
From land's end to John o' Groats
They are making ends meet
Mending holes in their coats
Fasting and feasting on bread and margarine
Burning dreams built upon buried hopes

United kingdom, you'd better ring them
You've a solution, you better bring them
United Kingdom, United Kingdom
You've got solutions, you better bring them

Opportunities
I guess they all came and went
Finding it hard
Finding the rent
You'll find it funny
With your finger running down the situations vacant
In school he was an athlete
Now he's not so self-assured
"After all of these o-levels, is this my reward? "
There's a silent majority
Seen and never heard
From Charles I to Charles II to Charles III

United kingdom, you'd better ring them
You've got solutions, you better bring them
United Kingdom, United Kingdom

This rusted, busted, upper-crusted
Rusted, busted, done and dusted
No-man-to-be-trusted United Kingdom

Proud to stand beneath the Union Jack?
Happy dealing up a no ace pack?
Polishing black boots, priming the riot squad
There go I but for the grace of God

Covering up the agony with mindless entertainment
You'll be happy when they're ripping up the pavement
Bringing down the axe on steelworks and foundries
Someone said love knows no boundaries

United kingdom, you'd better ring them
You've got solutions, you better bring them