Airstrip One

[Verse 1]
Another new year and too much beer
And I puke into the sea
While the lights of Shoreham Harbour
Still look the same to me
And some bloke on the radio
Is saying things that I’ve heard before
And he’s going on about Orwell
And it’s getting rather a bore
And down there in the darkness
There’s a yankee with a gun
But we're too wrecked to care right now ‘'cause the new year’s just begun

We’re having fun, down on Airstrip One

[Verse 2]
Well, the Harlow lights shine brightly
As the wheels eat up the road
But the motorways are all runways now
And they’re carrying a deadly load
‘Cause the monsters are all mobile and there’s anarchy in the air
And the driver’s name is Sutcliffe and he’s too far gone to care
And if you think you’re Kentish prayers
Are mightier than the gun
I’ll tell you that you’re dreaming
‘Cause the countdown’s just begun

But we'll still have fun down on Airstrip One

[Bridge]
Some folks are righteous and some folks are cool
Read all the newspapers, don’t be a fool
Video nasties and sugary tea
That’s the way to get away scot-free

On Airstrip One
Down on Airstrip One

Well some choose civilisation and a promise unfulfilled
And there’s some choose extermination - when it’s someone else who gets killed
A gesture of insanity and the world left to the crabs
Five thousand years of history and now they’re up for grabs
So send that stupid cowboy riding off into the sun
And send with him the culture of the dollar and the gun

Then we’ll have fun down on Airstrip One
Down on Airstrip One
Down on Airstrip One
Down on Airstrip One