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I'd Rather Be (A Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkey)
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It's really an anti-war song, and perhaps an observation on the Middle East, or it's maybe just another 'Awful Song'. Whatever, there's a lot to be said for joining the French for a nice bit of cheese and perhaps even a glass of Chateau Lafite
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Pete Young
Glasgow-born Pete Young posts noise with lyrics on Soundclick. When he’s not doing that (or feeding pets and bringing up brats) he edits and publishes the online mag-ezine The School Times.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #83
Peak in subgenre #14
Author
Pete Young
Rights
Glasgow Music 2010
Uploaded
February 02, 2010
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MP3 4.9 MB • 320 kbps • 2:09
Story behind the song
"45 minutes," they said, but the French said 'Non!'. So did the Germans. Of course, they know a thing or two about futile wars of aggression. But the cow-poke and his little poodle went off to war, and there's another fine mess they've gotten us into. Funny thing is, the little poodle believes that because he thought it was right, then he did no wrong. Oh dear."
Lyrics
I was in my pyjamas When I heard a startled voice Speaking on the BBC 'You've got 45 minutes to eat your breakfast son, Or you'll be toast you see' There's a Zionist plot Down the road from me They can't grow olives Cause the climate's wrong you see Now I've got to move out! ['Oh dearie me' or 'I've got water on the knee' / Sing along with the line of your choice] I'm caught between the devil And the deep blue sea Don't want to die In this foreign land You'll hear me cry As I fall into the sand I'd rather be A cheese-eating surrender monkey I'd rather be A cheese-eating surrender monkey I rather be, I'd rather be Don't want to die In this foreign land You'll hear me cry As I collapse into the sand I'd rather be A cheese-eating surrender monkey I'd rather be A cheese-eating surrender monkey I rather be, I'd rather be
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