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 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
    The British boots go kick them
  Got 'em in the head
  Police ain't watchin'
  The newspapers been read
  Who cares to protest
  A (???) in the eye like a flare
  Out came the batons and
  The British warned themselves
    This is England
  The land of (il)legal 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