Grace Petrie - I Wish The Guardian Believed That I Exist lyrics

I don't believe that aliens have
Ever come to earth
And were buried in the desert by the feds
And I know that there is no
Tooth fairy flying around at night
Just loving parents putting money
In those beds but as for homoeopathy
Well it’s not my cup of tea
But on your right to believe I will insist
Because who's to say what's really real
Still I can’t help but feel
I wish the Guardian believed that I exist

'Cause there's no such thing
As a protest singer
We don't have none of those
No there's no such thing as a protest singer
We lost them when the mines all closed

Well, I know you miss the good old
Days of picket lines and flags
When the Specials and the Jam
All ruled the charts
But, if you're really looking for
This generation's Billy Braggs
We're all here with a fire in our hearts
But we’re not on the radio
Because they don’t want to know
And by this point, it's really pretty clear
That the mainstream music press
They just couldn’t care less
But, it's the Guardian keeps
Shouting we're not here

Oh there's no such thing as a protest singer
We don’t have none of those
No there's no such thing as a protest singer
We lost them when the mines all closed

Well, I know you like to think that
No one does it like you did
In 1989 the needle just got stuck
But just because the system's changed
It doesn't mean you've got
The monopoly on giving a fuck
'Cause we're all unemployed
That housing market you've enjoyed
Is suspended by the renting of the youth
Well we've had our wages squeezed
Fifty grand tuition fees
But let me let you in on the unspoken truth:

That there's no such thing
As a protest singer, no it's a made-up thing
There's no such thing as a protest singer
'Cause there's politics in everything we sing

Oh there's no such thing as a protest singer
We don't have none of those
No there's no such thing as a protest singer
We lost them when the mines all closed

You know there's no such thing
As a protest singer against austerity
Oh there's no such thing as a protest singer
I can't find them in the NME
No, I can't find them in the NME