Grace Petrie - Bonfires In The Streets

{verse 1}
Ding dong, ding dong
They're singing a song
Anybody would have thought we'd won
They're talking dancing, dancing on her grave
But i can't see who among the living that will help or save
And i understand the impulse, but i can't participate
When i look around i can't see what's to celebrate

{chorus}
And they're burning bonfires in the streets
They're making banners from bedsheets
After a lifetime of defeats
But in this, i see no victory
Just broke communities
And a country on its knees, worse off now
And on days like these all i can see
Is how very far we've still to go
How very far we've still to go

{verse 2}
And i'm not bothered about respect
No, i'm not fussed about bad taste
But it breaks my heart to see such energy go on such a waste
And trafalgar square is heaving 'cause the world's one bigot less
More folks on the street tonight than marched to save the nhs

{chorus}
And they're burning bonfires in the streets
They're making banners from bedsheets
After a lifetime of defeats
But in this, i see no victory
Just broke communities
And a country on its knees, worse off now
And on days like these all i can see
Is how very far we've still to go
How very far we've still to go

{bridge}
And i've all the compassion for her that she had for the poor
But why claim this as a battle when she's still winning the war?
And the bbc all wring their hands to use a word like witch
And the left all cry out feminism but still use words like bitch

{chorus}
They're burning bonfires in the streets
They're making banners from bedsheets
After a lifetime of defeats
But in this, i see no victory
Just broke communities
And a country on its knees, worse off now
And on days like these all i can see
Is how very far we've still to go
How very far we've still to go

{outro}
Ding dong, ding dong
They're singing a song
Anybody would have thought we'd won