VERSE 1 I can float around in a jet plane, I can watch the country drown in champagne, I can fly above the houses where the rent keeps rising, I can wave down at the people while the papers keep deciding. I can make a promise underneath a Union flag, I can tell you we’re recovering while we’re counting what we lack, I can stand behind a podium and tell you times have changed, While the same old faces rearrange the same old game. CHORUS I can float around in a jet plane, I can watch the country drown in champagne, I can fly above the storm while you’re standing in the rain, And if you ask me who’s responsible, I’ll give you someone else’s name. VERSE 2 I can sell you back your future with a slogan and a smile, I can tell you things are getting better if you wait another while, I can point towards the stranger when the cupboards start to fade, I can turn a room of angry people into an angry parade. I can make the working man believe the working man’s the threat, I can make the poor compete for everything they’ve never got yet, I can talk about the nation like it’s something I possess, Then disappear behind the curtain when you ask me where the rest went. CHORUS I can float around in a jet plane, I can watch the country drown in champagne, I can fly above the storm while you’re standing in the rain, And if you ask me who’s responsible, I’ll give you someone else’s name. VERSE 3 I can put a camera watching every corner of the street, I can call it peace and safety while it counts the people beneath, I can make a thousand rules and call the thousandth one freedom, I can tell you not to question why you suddenly need them. I can turn a national crisis into something you can sell, I can make a frightened population think the frightened ones are well, I can keep them shouting left and right until they’re hoarse with rage, While the people holding power quietly turn another page. BRIDGE And nobody asks the question When everybody knows the answer. Nobody wants to pull the thread In case the whole thing unravels. So raise another glass, Raise another flag, Tell yourself it’s progress While you’re staring at the past. FINAL CHORUS I can float around in a jet plane, I can watch the country drown in champagne, I can fly above the storm while you’re standing in the rain, I can tell you we’re all equal From a castle on the Thames. I can float around in a jet plane, I can disappear behind the smoke and never take the blame, And when the whole thing falls apart, I’ll tell you it’s a shame. Then I’ll climb back in my jet plane And disappear again.
