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BILLY FROM OVERSEAS

«KALEJIRA AL-BUK»
KEPA JUNKERA
ELKAR, 1994 / 1998

Waiting for soup and sunbeams (wait on) the great to shout

(alt. fart)

practising re-election practise the false devout

handing out handshakes gawdy with god plates vvalkie (and)

talkie lay your begs

all things to someone nothing for no-one

creep you don't want to meet (alt. see)

blood divine almighty this land belongs to me

and if it comes to fighting you shall fight for me

don a pith helmet walk like a puppet sort out the natives drink

your tea

come back in no socks muy flag on your box

"billy from overseas"

DONT YOU BELIEVE IT NOTHING HAS CHANGED KID POWER AND FORTUNE'S STILL

THE SAME, (IT'S) SHAME AND IT'S GREED ERE THE WORDS TO THE TUNE AND THE LIE

OF THE LAND'S THE LAWYER'S NAME

DONT YOU BELIEVE IT NOTHING HAS CHANGED KID POWER AND FORTUNE'S STILL

THE SAME, (IT'S) SHAME AND IT'S GREED ERE THE WORDS TO THE TUNE AND THE LIE

OF THE LAND'S THE LAVVYER'S NAME

some try to find Atlantis (some) dust their Bibles off

some take it all for granted thakful for what they've got

blind to the beggar bugger the neighbour "this is the way it's always been"

clutching old banknotes poised on the tightrope hoping to pass unseen

sorry to sound so mardy sorry to spoil the show

though it's a lovely evening somebody had to go

changing the subjet doing the sidestep wishing the anger hadn't showed

looking for whoopee head up the chimney

"billy from overseas"

TAKE IT FROM ME, BILL, NOTHING HAS CHANGED, BILL, POVVER AND FORTUNE'S STILLTHE SAME;

SHAME AND IT'S GREED ARE THE WORDS TO THE TUNE AND THE LAW OF THE LAND'S THE LIAR'S

NAME!

TAKE IT FROM ME, BILL, NOTHING HAS CHANGED, BILL, POWER AND FORTUNE'S STILL THE SAME;

SHAME AND IT'S GREED ARE THE WORDS TO THE TUNE AND THE LAW OF THE LAND'S THE LIAR'S

NAME!

Hitzak: David Edgar Passingham

Musika: Herrikoia-Kepa Junkera