A song for the 2019 British General Election
In the 2019 British General Election, Boris Johnson's Tories targeted the traditional Labour voting 'Workington Man' to pick up the votes needed to form a majority government.
I'm a Workington man
On the minimum wage
I can only afford
A minimal cage
But Boris loves me
Yes Boris loves me
Cos he relies on me
For his victory
Every weekend
I drink beer and watch league
Jeremy gives
Intellectual fatigue
He don't love me
Thinks he's above me
Just another who wants
To push and shove me
I resent all the people
Who don't have to work hard
can afford bigger boxes
And maybe a yard
And I hate all the rich kids
With euro-careers
Who don't understand
The worries and fears
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man
The left seems in chaos
The right has a plan
One's hated by rabbis
The other imams
Don't want someone foreign
Emptying my bedpan
I'm so insecure
I'm a Workington man
I drive a Mondeo
But not out of choice
If I could then I would
have a top line rolls royce
And I'm sick of the way
That I don't have a voice
None of the leaders
Makes me rejoice
I resent all the people
Who don't have to work hard
can afford bigger boxes
And maybe a yard
And I hate all the rich kids
With euro-careers
Who don't understand
The worries and fears
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man
I might not be degreed
But I do have a brain
You ignore it again
And again and again
I voted to Leave
You must think me insane
Not to see you trying
For a stealthy Remain
You took us for granted
Well that's nothing new
But we're sick of it so
We are punishing you
And its not just Workington
That's burning with hate
Look at half of
Your own party mate
I resent all the people
Who don't have to work hard
can afford bigger boxes
And maybe a yard
And I hate all the rich kids
With euro-careers
Who don't understand
The worries and fears
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man
Of the Workington man