3 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
Here Come The People In Grey Lyrics
I got a letter this morning with serious news that’s gone and ruined my day
The borough surveyor’s used compulsory purchase to acquire my domain
They’re going to pull up the floors, they’re going to knock down the walls
They’re going to dig up the drains
Here come the people in grey they’re going to take me away to lord knows where
But I’m so unprepared I got no time to pack and I got nothing to wear
Here come the people in grey
To take me away
Me and my baby’s going to get on a train that’s going to take us away
I’m going to live in a tent, we’re going to pay no more rent we’re going to pay no more rates
We’re going to live in a field, we’re going to buy me gun, to keep the policemen away
I’m going to pass me a brand new resolution
I’m going to fight me a one man revolution, someway
Going to beat those people in grey
But here come the people in grey
To take me away
The people in grey have gone and taken away my right to voice my complaint
Her majesty’s government have sent me a form I must complete it today
But it’s making me blue, don’t want to tell all my secrets to
The people in grey
I’m going to pass me a brand new resolution
I’m going to fight me a one man revolution, someway
Going to start my rebellion today
But here come the people in grey
To take me away
Oh, lord, those people in grey
I got to get back at those people in grey
Here come the people in grey
To take me away
The borough surveyor’s used compulsory purchase to acquire my domain
They’re going to pull up the floors, they’re going to knock down the walls
They’re going to dig up the drains
But I’m so unprepared I got no time to pack and I got nothing to wear
Here come the people in grey
To take me away
I’m going to live in a tent, we’re going to pay no more rent we’re going to pay no more rates
We’re going to live in a field, we’re going to buy me gun, to keep the policemen away
I’m going to fight me a one man revolution, someway
Going to beat those people in grey
But here come the people in grey
To take me away
Her majesty’s government have sent me a form I must complete it today
But it’s making me blue, don’t want to tell all my secrets to
The people in grey
I’m going to fight me a one man revolution, someway
Going to start my rebellion today
But here come the people in grey
To take me away
I got to get back at those people in grey
Here come the people in grey
To take me away
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
Government bureaucrats leading this poor guy away by the wrist to 'lord knows only where'. Why? Remember a really dumb idea called Urban Renewal? Big idea in the early 1970's where they'd go into a city and bulldoze huge sections of old (old=bad) buildings to make room for new (new=good) buildings. Ray is one who reveres the old ways, and the song defiantly declares he's going to beat those people in grey. Unfortunately, the last line of the chorus tells us who wins the struggle... 'But here come the people in grey... to take me away'. Never, ever trust any government to do what you can do for yourself.
Awesome protest song against bureaucrats dictating to us how our lives should be lived...
Anti-authority and pro awesomeness...
This song is totally win.
The most libertarian song ever? The most libertarian album ever?