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Dick Langford and Andrew Parnall - Told You So

from Songs for Europe by Various

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Andrew Parnall @dontbrexitfixit has been tirelessly tweeting on the Stop Brexit ticket since the referendum in 2016. He wrote the words for a song and put them on Twitter looking for someone to put them to music. Experienced musician and left-wing songwriter Dick Langford @pissedoffnow took on the challenge by adapting one of his own songs from the early 80s.

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TOLD YOU SO ( © Parnall/Langford/Hobbs 2018)

Told you so, you know I told you so
You should've listened but oh no
You had your vote, said that's enough
Even though it's clear
They cheated and they broke the law, won the day and shut the door
And even then they didn't know where we go from here

Now we're screwed and I mean you and me
They're OK 'cos they've all gone you see
Laughing at your gullibility
Laughing at our stupid apathy

It gets worse, another verse
This goes on and on and on
Fifty stinking years of hurt
But at least we wrote a song
You can hum it in the food bank line,
Beat it on a drum, let's start
I really wish I'd listened
I wish I'd played my part

There are no sunny uplands to be seen
The unicorns are tasting of chlorine ,
All because you bought into a dream
Of a slimy toff from Eton with a scheme

If you could rent a Time machine
You could have stockpiled more,
Bought a gun and padlocks for the door
Or you could have spent some dosh and bought your self a boat

but why mess around with that, let's have a peoples vote.

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from Songs for Europe, released May 16, 2018
Lyrics: Andrew Parnall
Melody: Graeme Hobbs and Dick Langford
Music: Dick Langford

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AmokOpera is a project originally conceived by ex Tricks Upon Travellers singer Graeme Hobbs to bring rock operas into the contemporary arena. Ex-TUT guitarist Dick Langford arranged, orchestrated and produced the music.

At the moment (Oct 2017) the songs being hosted elsewhere but are gradually being moved here. ... more

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