Bring back Blair

 

There’s an ill wind at our windows

There’s a cold moon in the sky 

It’s hard to sit through Newsnight

Without feeling the urge to cry 

 

It’s an orgy of destruction 

A smorgasbord of shame

But it used to be so different

Or, at least, not quite the same 

 

Remember when we used to think we might see better days

Remember when we knew a guy who saw the world three ways 

That light that shines out from his teeth is glinting through cracks

A new dawn is upon us, it’s time to bring him back 

 

Bring back Blair 

Supply side training schemes and endogenous growth

Bring back Blair 

More cash for the NHS and a palpable sense of hope 

 

Bring back Blair

Education, education, education 

Bring back Blair 

For a stylish, confident, forward-looking nation 

 

Refrain:

And bring back Geoff from Byker Grove

and also Madge from Neighbours

Bring back tax incentives

To encourage prudent savers

 

Then bring back Flintoff’s Ashes

Bring back Beckham in a sarong

Bring back widespread agreement

That racism is wrong

 

Bring back “Big Brother house this is Davina please do not swear”

Bring back Sleeper, Bring back Dodgy, Bring back Menswear, Bring Back Blair 

 

So what if he loved Murdoch?

So what if he loved God?

So what if he thought socialists

were out of date and odd? 

 

Bring back teenage pregnancies

Bring back smoking in cafes

Bring Berlusconi, Cliff Richard 

and Colonel Gaddafi 

 

Bring Peter Mandelson 

Lurking in the dark 

Bring back old Ron Davies 

Chasing badgers round the park 

 

Bring back Blair 

He said we were at our best when we were bolder

Bring back Blair

He felt the hand of history on his shoulder 

 

Bring back Blair

With compassion that could away your breath

Bring back Blair

We were only 45 minutes away from death 

 

Bring back Blair 

He came to earth to set derivatives traders free

Bring back Blair

His teeth shine out, shine out for all to see 

 

Refrain:

And bring back Geoff from Byker Grove

and also Madge from Neighbours

Bring back tax incentives

To encourage prudent savers

 

Oh, bring back Flintoff’s Ashes

Bring back Beckham in a sarong

Bring back widespread agreement

That racism is wrong

 

Bring back “Big Brother house this is Davina please do not swear”

Bring back Sleeper, Bring back Dodgy, Bring back Menswear, Bring Back Blair