(Ian Hunter)





I don't wanna be no traitor to the cause

But England is a luxury - not many can afford

There's people going under - it's getting out of hand

Whatever happened to our - our green and pleasant land?

 

It turned into a wilderness; it turned into a third world country

Most people ain't getting what they pay for

Some people gettin' more than they should be

I know, I know - I'm an alien - but what are you gonna do

I wanna live in England - but it gets to you

It gets to you, it gets to you, it gets to you

 

I really don't know why - England's such a ripoff

It's crazy, but it's true

I really don't know why - England wants to rip off you

England wants to rip off you, England wants to rip off you

 

What do you do when you find out?

Where do you go if you leave?

There's no place like home - that's what they say

And that's what you always believed

Someday you might win the Lottery

Someday you might win the Pools

But that's all you've got - that's all you've got 

- to live for, to live for

That's all you've got - that's all you've got - 

to live for, to live for (yeah)

 

To be or not to be - that's the question

Oh what's it gonna be?

I'd love to live in England - but it gets to me

it gets to me, it gets to me, yeah it gets to me

 

I really don't know why - England's such a ripoff

It's crazy, but it's true

I really don't know why - England wants to rip off you

England wants to rip off you, England wants to rip off you

I really don't know why - England's such a ripoff

It's crazy, but it's true

Oh I really don't know why - England wants to rip off 

England wants to rip off , England wants to rip off