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I Wish The Guardian Believed That I Exist
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Grace Petrie
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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 f**k '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
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