17 Million Fuck Offs - A Song About Brexit
I put this together a fortnight ago:
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Credits:
Written and performed by Dominic Frisby
Music composed and played by Noah Fleetwood(based on a traditional Devon folk song)
Video directed by Alex McCArron
Audio mixed and recorded by Wayne McIntyre
Assistant director Mark "Yeti" Cribbs
Lyrics:
On the 23rd of June, 2016
The people of the United Kingdom - and Gibraltar -
Went to vote
On an issue that for some had been burning for years
The question in full - and unaltered -
Was - and I quote
Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?
Or leave the European Union?
It was the greatest democratic turnout in British history, I do not scoff
And when the time came to speak the British said fuck off.
Fuck off.
Campaigning had gone on for many a month
With debate and discussion on many a front
They’d argued they’d fought they’d smeared and pulled stunts
There was David Cameron. Theresa May. George Osborne. Tony Blair. John Major. The BBC.
The British told them to fuck off.
The British told them to fuck off.
If you vote to leave, you’ll lose your job
Vote to leave, you’ll lose your home.
The ensuing recession will last for years
Said David Cameron. Theresa May. George Osborne. And the Treasury. Tony Blair. John Major. The BBC. The Bank of England. Mark Carney. The EU. The IMF. The US president. Saint Obama. Back of the cue. Loads of celebrities. Gary Lineker. JK Rowling. Benedict Cumbertwat. Lord Adonis. Who the fuck’s he anyway?
The British told them to fuck off.
Seventeen million fuck offs.
They wheeled in the experts to tell us what’s right
They gave us the benefit of their foresight
To leave is calamitous, that’s definite.
Food shortages. No medicine. Planes grounded. House price crash. ½ a million jobs lost. Cost of £4,300 to every home. Stock market collapse. Riots. No sandwiches.There’d be an outbreak of super gonorrhea. They seriously said that. Donald Tusk at the EU said it would be the end of Western civilization as we know it. I’m not joking. And one more thing. If you vote to leave, that makes you racist.
The British told them to fuck off.
Seventeen million fuck offs.
The vote is final, there’s no going back
Although now they want to go back and re-vote
I think we know what the answer will be
To Gary Lineker. Alastair Campbell. Dominic Grieve. Chuka Umana. Keir Starma. Vince Cable. Anna Soubry (not a Nazi). Rory Bremner. Armando Ianucci. Delia Smith. Steve Coogan. David Lammy. Lord Adonis. Who the fuck’s he anyway?
The British will tell them fuck off.
17 million fucks offs.
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