Jack horner lyrics

Artist  : Chumbawamba 
Song : Jack horner
 
You see who’s over there in the corner? 
Little jack horner, sat in a corner...
I say, I say, I say
Why’d jack horner sit in the corner? 
The story goes it’s cos he had a square bum.
Well I’m telling you, that’s not absolutely true
He was told to sit there by his teacher.
Jack’s crime was this, he said, ’teacher you are
wrong, the british army killed a lot of people
too. the empire’s built on the broken backs and
the stolen land of all them blacks, all paid for
out of your income tax.’
She said, ’i won’t stand for that. don’t give me
your back chat, the headmaster will surely hear
of this.’
She said, ’don’t speak until you’re spoken to.
I’ll tell you what you can and can’t do. now go
and sit in that corner ’till I get back.’
Jack was all alone
Struggling on his own
But when the head walked in the children made
such a din
They said, ’jack get up, you got to get out.
don’t let them push you about, you know they’ll
keep you in that corner ’till you’re dead. jack
get out, don’t sell out, don’t compromise with
christmas pies, you know they’ll keep you in that
corner ’till you’re dead. keep shouting back, you
tell ’em jack, don’t swallow none of their crap,
you know they’ll keep you in that corner ’till
you’re dead. calling jack horners everywhere,
don’t bend to authority which doesn’t care, you
know they’ll keep you in that corner ’till you’re
dead.’
Jane got up, she helped jack out, she said,
’teachers don’t mess us about, we won’t listen to
your dirty lies. it’s you who’ve got your fingers
in the pie. people die, you don’t question why,
we won’t study your lies, we won’t eat your
christmas pie, we won’t eat dead animal pie, we
won’t eat nukiller pie, we won’t eat your pie r
squared, and if you really cared, neither would
you.’