Sympathy for the Mekons

Here comes pride riding for a fall

Have him washed down and brought to my tent

Dust him over and bring him in

It's time we started movin'!!

He's a fly with a broken wing

He's the vomit in the corner

The empty sky looks down on us all

As we crawl back into the furnace

Woo Woo Wah ooo ooo ooo

Woo Woo oooh!

Here's to a band that deals in the facts of life

In their 10 short ugly years

I wish the Mekons good fortune

I sold them fame and riches

And good health

I like my friends

I feel unfit for them

It makes me sad they'll all be gone

I hold the sword, I hold the hammer

In the winter of the world

History has a stutter

It says w..w..w..watch out!

Here comes the devil up the stairs again

Have him plug into my personal stereo

Watch out here comes lust and here comes fever

There goes the devil riding on a nun

He's a man that deals in the facts of life

In all his 10,000,000 years

I think I backed a winner

Lust

Fever

Plague

Chief Constable back on your head now!