Empire Days - The Opposition

Living the dreams of one hundred thousand

Seeing that life’s not just pieces of paper

I was sitting in a carriage with some tight lipped Englishman

Saying how good life must have been before the unions

You could get your own way

And there were profits to be made

Dreaming of Empire Days

And the man on the telly’s telling me everything’s fine

And how we’re all so much better off than before

They’re still telling you to smile

While they sit and count the numbers

Dreaming of empire days

Living the dreams of one hundred thousand

Seeing that life’s not just pieces of paper