I hear a gang fire on a human factory farm

Are they howling out or doing somebody harm

On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm

A voice spoke so cold, it matched the weapon in her palm This is England

This knife of Sheffield steel

This is England

This is how we feel Time on his hands, the freezing in those clothes

He won't go for the carrot, they beat him by the pole

Some sunny day confronted by his soul

He's out at sea, too far off, he can't go home This is England

What we're supposed to die for

This is England

And we're never gonna cry no more Black shadow of the Vincent, falls on a Triumph line

I got my motorcycle jacket but I'm walking all the time

South Atlantic wind blows, ice from a dying creed

I see no glory, when will we be free This is England

We can chain you to the rail

This is England

We can kill you in a jail Hey, British boots go kick them and got 'em in the head

Police ain't watchin' the newspapers been read

Who cares to protest here, to the eye like a flare

Out came the batons and the British warned themselves This is England

The land of illegal dances

This is England

Land of a thousand stances This is England

This knife of Sheffield steel

This is England

This is how we feel This is England

This is England