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Lyrics

The world that was

Has now become a cause

Inspiring simple souls all over

Who have the knack

Of always looking back

While drunk or even sober


No matter what you may

Have often heard

There’s been no death of satire

There’s more – not less

When “thank U NHS”

Is painted on a spitfire


The world that was

Has now become a cause

All over


Black and white

One truth they know

The modern world

Will have to go


The world that was

Draws memories of a past

Which seems a wee bit hazy

From what I see

The summary seems to be

“More meat with extra gravy”

And though I feel

I am a rational man

Sometimes I’m sorely tempted

But worship of a past that never was

Is totally demented


The world that was

Has now become a cause

All over