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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Künstler:in
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
James Dean Bradfield
James Dean Bradfield
Komponist:in
Sean Moore
Sean Moore
Komponist:in
Nicky Wire
Nicky Wire
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Howard Grey
Howard Grey
Produzent:in
Dave Eringa
Dave Eringa
Produzent:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Were we the Kinnock factor?
Am I talking private sector?
Do I think I'm Shaun William Ryder?
Or my former friend, who's now undercover?
He's gone and I'm no deserter
Perhaps I'm hard all the same
[Verse 2]
Today a poet who can't play guitar
Tomorrow Steve Ovett has injured his calf
In my world I was greatest politician
They hated the boy who once had a mission
I don't wanna be a prologue to history
A prologue to histor
[Verse 3]
So I water my plants with Evian
A brand new hoover, that is decadent
Read my papers and the business section
Check out the Teslas and the pensions
Call my friends, and they're all right
So I pray for the safety of the night
[Verse 4]
Today a poet who can't play guitar
Tomorrow Steve Ovett has injured his calf
Next year the world's greatest politician
Yesterday the boy, who once had a mission
I don't wanna be a prologue to history
A prologue to histor
[Verse 5]
Remember ethnic cleansing in the highlands
No one says a thing in the middle of England
I'm bruised fruit, but it's still too nice
But if you look, you better, better look twice
I'm talking rubbish to cover up the cracks
An empty vessel, fellow counter
[Verse 6]
Today a poet who can't play guitar
Tomorrow, the loneliest place that I'm
Yeah, you're the world's greatest politician
Yesterday the boy, who once had a mission
I don't wanna be a prologue to history
Prologue to history
Prologue to history
Written by: James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore

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