Grace Petrie - Bonfires In The Streets lyrics

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

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 it's 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

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

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 it's 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

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

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 it's 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

Ding dong, ding dong they're singing a song
Anybody would have thought we'd won