Attention!

Bridges!

Sharkey!

Nuttley!

Jackson!

Thompson!-Master!

Well as you can see

we’ve gotta a new recruit

to this land of hope and glory

hand behind backs and legs apart

and tell us all your unfortunate story

Who me sir?-Yes you sir

I was an innocent man

till someone grassed me of a plan

of earning some big money

I hadn’t mouthed it about

I am sure without doubt

I’d of missed this land of hope and glory

Well you poor poor sod

here up sharp at six thirty

a cold shower down to breakfast

can’t have you looking dirty

I suggest you eat what’s given you

even if it doesn’t agree with you

because it’s all you’ll be getting

up until twelve thirty!

In between this time

you stay up in your room

and you can dream

of how life could have been

Two years of my teenage life

given to this stand to attention life

of land of hope and glory

I’m gettin’ so bored as time goes by

I think I’ll do something dirty

I’ll pick at the floor for juicy butts

and make meself a smoke

a bog roll an envelope stick it

all this helps to pass my time

As the evening drags on you can watch a little telly

Hot Gossip Pans People with their little bit of belly

porridge served cold with a hint of yesterdays

don’t complain learn the game and I’ll get through

another day

I watch the hand on the clock

at long last it’s nine thirty

off to bed straight to sleep

as I leave this land of hope and glory

but only for a few seconds am I in ecstasy

before the bell rings to let me know

sharp at six thirty

Come on you lot! come on!