Play For Keeps
Two sides to all history
Winning sides the only one they teach
Who lies is a mystery
Losers die, they don't speak
Killers, invaders, grave diggers from the west
Bad souls, crusaders, slave traders in the flesh
Put the jewels that we steal on the queen's head
Then we all bow to her feet
Cos we're cool if we're free on the weekend watching TV that repeats
Empire nation, global privelige,
Thorns made the rose much bigger on the map
Yeah we're sacred, colonies, hatred, palaces, prose and council flats
We play for keeps, play for keeps
That's that no we can't give it back
And we can't run it back
We play for keeps
Play for keeps, we play for keeps
That's that no we can't give it back
No we can't run it back we play for keeps
No doubt in my mind it's a cold world
No doubt many good hearts freeze
No doubt in my mind if we don't learn then there's no doubt that it jus repeats
Young men don't learn from books
Learn from men that burned the books
Learn from men that burned the world
When they made all this mess we can't clear up
Can't run and there's no asylum
Can't run from your family tree
Before guns there was always violence
Blood has debt with every colour and creed
India's said to be where England gained all their fortune
Ruled the Raj for three centuries
Go read what they never taught you
Play for keeps, we play for keeps
That's that no we can't give it back
And we can't run it back
We play for keeps
Play for keeps, we play for keeps
That's that no we can't give it back
We can't run it back
We play for keeps
Still stealing
Still to this day
And we're still stealing
Still to this day
And we're still
Still stealing
To this day
To this day
To this day
Winning sides the only one they teach
Who lies is a mystery
Losers die, they don't speak
Killers, invaders, grave diggers from the west
Bad souls, crusaders, slave traders in the flesh
Put the jewels that we steal on the queen's head
Then we all bow to her feet
Cos we're cool if we're free on the weekend watching TV that repeats
Empire nation, global privelige,
Thorns made the rose much bigger on the map
Yeah we're sacred, colonies, hatred, palaces, prose and council flats
We play for keeps, play for keeps
That's that no we can't give it back
And we can't run it back
We play for keeps
Play for keeps, we play for keeps
That's that no we can't give it back
No we can't run it back we play for keeps
No doubt in my mind it's a cold world
No doubt many good hearts freeze
No doubt in my mind if we don't learn then there's no doubt that it jus repeats
Young men don't learn from books
Learn from men that burned the books
Learn from men that burned the world
When they made all this mess we can't clear up
Can't run and there's no asylum
Can't run from your family tree
Before guns there was always violence
Blood has debt with every colour and creed
India's said to be where England gained all their fortune
Ruled the Raj for three centuries
Go read what they never taught you
Play for keeps, we play for keeps
That's that no we can't give it back
And we can't run it back
We play for keeps
Play for keeps, we play for keeps
That's that no we can't give it back
We can't run it back
We play for keeps
Still stealing
Still to this day
And we're still stealing
Still to this day
And we're still
Still stealing
To this day
To this day
To this day
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Haley
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