Small Boats

Lyrics

[Verse 1] He was just a Brendan So proud of Irish roots But Connelly and MacDonough Not fit to lick their boots From simple disagreements To neighborhood disputes You'd hear him shouting from the rooftops "Send in the bloody troops" [Pre-Chorus] He had his fixed opinions He could not quite express He'd rather parrot bullshit Or take a wild guess And parrot he would, frequently Like a birdy in a cage A voiceless, useless, flightless thing Perpetuating rage [Chorus] Small boats goin' one way Small boats comin' back The ones that you were proud of The ones that you'd attack Gеt yourself on front row Popcorn and a drink Settle down and watch thosе bastards sink [Verse 2] She's a simple Yorkshire lass Says it as she sees Longing for the old pound note And broke-down Ford Capris With a whiff of German perfume And stale Austrian cheese There she'll be, Glock 33 With welcome down the quays [Pre-Chorus] The closer they to poverty The nearer they to debt The more she'd like to trap them all In some ungodly net 'Til the only thing that she can try To get her off to sleep Is counting children perishing And dinghies sinkin' deep [Chorus] Small boats goin' one way Small boats comin' back The ones that you were proud of The ones that you'd attack Get yourself on front row Popcorn and a drink Settle down and watch those bastards sink [Bridge] Independent thinking, intrinsic to these lands It gets us learnin' languages, listening to new bands But smaller boats and bigger boats landing on these sands Triggers something no one understands [Chorus] Small boats goin' one way Small boats comin' back The ones that you were proud of The ones that you'd attack Get yourself on front row Popcorn and a drink Settle down and watch those bastards sink