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Our Neighbors Shake Their Heads And Take Their Valuables Inside While My Countrymen Piss In The Fountains To Express Their National Pride.

If We Think We're A Nation With Great Ideas, And A Nation That Wants To Make The World A Better Place, Let's Commit Ourselves And Involve Ourselves With Our European Partners.

I Don't Mind Being Labeled As A Political Songwriter. I've Chosen To Do That. What Really Annoys Me Is Being Dismissed As A Political Songwriter. That Really Pains Me, Because Life Isn't All About Love; It's Not All About Politics, Either. It's A Beautiful Mixture Of Events That Absolutely Baffle You, And You Think, "why Can't I Do Something About That?", Whether Those Events Are In Your Bedroom, Or Out There In The Wide World. In Our Daily Lives We Engage With Them At Different Times, And I'm Trying To Write About The Whole Human Experience, Or My Perspective On It Anyway.

Britain Is A Great Country. We Can More Or Less Say What We Like, And We Can Walk Down The Street Without Anyone Trying To Kill Us. I Know It's Tough For Some People, But Generally We Live In A Caring Society. We Live In A Great Country, But We're No Longer A Great Power. Part Of The Problem With Some Elements Of The European Debate Is That They Hanker For The Days When We Were A Great Power. Those Days Are Gone, And They Went A Long Time Ago.

Start Your Own Revolution, Cut Out The Middleman In A Perfect World We'd All Sing In Tune But This Is Reality So Give Me Some Room So Join The Struggle While You May The Revolution Is Just A T-shirt Away