New Columbus Lyrics
New Columbus - Julian Dawson
The half the world travels half the world
To see how the other half looks
They roast themselves on beaches
And read the latest paperback books
They're waited on by natives
Whose ancestors were slaves
While further down in Sulphurtown
The dead are turning in their graves
Columbus has a credit card
He's traded in his 'cross
The king and queen of the nicotine
Still guarantee the profit and loss
We've given up the empire now
The colonies are free
To face a new invasion from
Across a poison sea
And next year we'll be sailing
To a place we've never been
To buy a better sunset
Than the ones that we've already seen
Next year we'll be sailing
To a place we've never been
To buy a better sunset
Than the ones that we've already seen
A nation's hope is rising
As the walls come tumbling down
You'd better join the party
Or we'll burn your houses down
And all those wedding speeches
On the dignity of man
Are fading slowly week by week
Just like some package holiday tan
And next year we'll be sailing
To a place we've never been
To buy a better sunset
Than the ones that we've already seen
The next year we'll be sailing
To a place we've never been
To buy a better sunset
Than the ones that we've already seen
Ones that we've already seen