Black Box Recorder - When Britain Refused To Sing Lyrics
When Britain refused to singWhen Britain refused to singThe announced it over the wirelessNew Years Eve at midnightIt was all over the papersThat Britain was now tongue-tiedMaybe they did it out of kindnessMaybe they did it out of politenessTV stopped giving away prizesThere was radio silenceTrade union meetingsSchool assembly choirsOn every football terraceEven the WIWhen Britain refused to singWhen Britain refused to singShut your mouth, get out of my faceI'll blow you away if you invade my spaceStay off of my land, turn your stereo downWhen you drive through the village won't you please slow down?There are traps in the grass for the working-classSo stick to the path, go home, have a bathAll the farms have alarms, all the hills have eyesSo for God's sake stay out of the countrysideWhen Britain refused to singWhen Britain refused to singLa, la, la, la,laLa, la, la, la,laLa, la, la, la,laLa, la, la, la,laThey said it would be all over by ChristmasThere'd be a special carol serviceBut Christmas came and wentWe were much too nervousI made us a time capsuleOne day they know how we feelI took our favourite recordAnd buried it in a fieldWhen Britain refused to singWhen Britain refused to singWhen Britain refused to singWhen Britain refused to sing 
