This Is Not Your Country

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Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. His first solo album, 1988's Viva Hate entered the UK albums chart at number one. Widely regarded as an important innovator in indie music, Morrissey has been described by music magazine NME as "one of the most influential artists ever", and The Independent has stated "most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status he has reached in his lifetime".Pitchfork Media has called him "one of th… more »

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1998

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Road blocks and fire 
Barb wire upon barb wire 
This is not your country 

Armoured cars, corrugated scars 
Graffiti scrawls: 
"This is not your country"

Home sweet fortress 
Gunshot - we hate your kind 
Get back! 
This is not your country 

I need some air 
And I'm stopped and repeatedly questioned: 
"Born and raised ?"
But this is not my country 

We're old news 
All's well 
Say BBC scum 
One child shot, but so what?

Laid my son 
In a box, three feet long 
And I still don't know why 

A short walk home becomes a run 
And I'm scared 
In my own country 

We're old news 
All's well 
Say BBC scum 
Everybody's under control 
Of our surveillance globes 

We're old news 
All's well 
And thirty years could be a thousand 
And this Peugeot ad 
Spins round in my head 
British soldier pointing a gun 
And I'm only trying to post a letter 
A short walk home becomes a run 
And I'm scared, and I'm scared, I am scared 

Old news 
All's well 
BBC scum 

You've got more than the dead, so zip up your mouth 
Zip up your mouth 
Zip up your mouth 
Zip up your mouth (repeated)

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