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They’re building tower blocks in a place they call the village
And the pub conversation is turning alt-right
There’s a bus bound for Luton for families that were local
While they try to stop the soup kitchen from working at night
And it’s all Trump and Hard Brexit while the real facts leg it
And to think that we used to have
Supersonic flight

Now we sing for our supper or we sing for another
While the noose around our benefits is startin’ to get tight
And we used to look after the sick and the disabled
With the crumbs from our table, but “so long as I’m alright”
A helping hand from the cradle to the grave
For the hero and the knave
And we used to have supersonic flight
Supersonic flight

I wanna fly to school on my hoverboard
Visit New York on Concorde
In Tomorrow’s World the future was bright
And we were all passengers
On supersonic flight

Your Mum’s alright, she’s got a decent pension
We probably should mention that she always casts a vote
Generation Y, and you Millennials
It’s something of which you should probably take note
They had social mobility, financial stability, limited hostility
They even had supersonic flight
Supersonic flight
Supersonic flight

I wanna fly to school on my hoverboard
Visit New York on Concorde
In Tomorrow’s World the future was bright
And we were all passengers
On supersonic flight

Time Team 2518 digging at the site of the Walthamstow Scene
What was it like when these people were alive?
All they left behind was plastic bags and PM2.5
We found real signs of poverty, the occasional king or knight
Do you think that they were capable
Of supersonic flight?
Supersonic flight
Supersonic flight
Supersonic flight

I wanna fly to school on my hoverboard
Visit New York on Concorde
In Tomorrow’s World the future was bright
And we were all passengers
On supersonic flight

Supersonic flight
Supersonic flight
Supersonic flight

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from Trickle Down Town, released June 2, 2023

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