Common Folk

Now who would be a nurse while the NHS is beat

Saving people’s lives while you can’t afford to eat

Trying to warn the people who’s to blame for all the mess

Ungrateful patients sit by as it’s sold to the US

And who would take up teaching in the Britain of today

With systematic bullying and stagnant rates of pay

If future generations mean so little to the right

Feels about time that we had a general strike

So raise your voice and take to the streets

If you want true democracy

The people united will never be divided by their hand

So brace for the attack

And we can take our country back

From liars and fascists and tyrants who think they own this land

It’s time for common folk to take a stand

Now who would even dare to take the pronoun of their choice

While the cult of gender critical is silencing their voice

They think they get to tell you who’s a woman or a man

While working with the same groups that impose abortion bans

It's more of the same nonsense that queer folx have always faced

There’s truly nothing radical about your brand of hate

If you call yourself feminist but shout down those who are trans

You’re no better than a woman-hating man

So raise your voice and take to the streets

If you want true democracy

The people united will never be divided by their hand

So brace for the attack

And we can take our country back

From liars and fascists and tyrants who think they own this land

It’s time for common folk to take a stand

Who would even dare to cross the ocean waves

Risking their lives to find a land they can feel safe

Asking food and refuge to be told that there’s no space

By a Tory-voting boomer with a sweaty gammon face

So raise your voice and take to the streets

If you want true democracy

The people united will never be divided by their hand

So brace for the attack

And we can take our country back

From liars and fascists and tyrants who think they own this land

It’s time for common folk to take a stand

Oh it’s time for common folk to take a stand