Sightsee M.C!
Big Audio Dynamite Lyrics

Here we buy some old English wreck
We purchase a beat-up English car

And we start it up for the girls to check
We start the car to impress the ladies

Its mugs night out at the old palais
It's a rowdy night at the old dance hall

And the girl wants a ride on a saturday
A girl wants to go for a ride on a Saturday night

Its time for the hour for the drunks to shout
It's the time when the drunken patrons start being loud

As the barman shoves the people out
The bartender forcibly removes the patrons

The red light says come on down
The red light signals the start of the night's activities

And streetfights breakout all over town
Street fights spontaneously erupt throughout the city

It’s an English custom, it’s ceremony
This is a typical, traditional English experience

I`m your guide for the ride Sightsee M.C!
I am the host and tour guide, Sightsee M.C.!

I 've been in Pentonville I've been in Battersea
I have had experiences in different neighborhoods

We got plenty of sixties slums
There are many rundown areas from the 1960s

They said she jumped from floor twenty one
There was a rumor that someone had jumped from the 21st floor

It's empty now but it blocks out the sun
The now-empty building still casts a shadow

Used to be the shape of things to come
It was a preview of what was to come in terms of urban development

The children runnin' raggedy breaking the glass
The children are causing destruction by breaking windows

Smashing the lights in the underpass
They are breaking the lights in the pedestrian underpass

Gonna need no flag when they're seventeen
At 17, they are too young to need a flag for patriotism

For waiting at someone who looks like the Queen
They are just waiting for someone who resembles the Queen

I've been in Chinatown I've been in Embassy
I have visited different cultural neighborhoods

Casino Dino and Roulette Len
These are the names of people Sightsee M.C. knows at the casino

All know my name and back again
They all recognize Sightsee M.C. and greet him by name

This alley runs to the farm on the hill
There is an alley that leads to the hilltop farm

Where the nights are wild and the petrol spill
On the farm, people party hard and accidentally spill gasoline

Firestone Freddy and Molotov Jack
These are the names of two people Sightsee M.C. knows

Their shadow goes but it soon come back
They disappear, but quickly reappear

Striking sparks in floods of oil
They ignite sparks in the gasoline spill

No name no flag for mother soil
They are not concerned with patriotism or their country

You can guarantee she'll burn tonight
The farm and everything around it will definitely go up in flames

'Cos England keeps the household white
This happens because England is a predominantly white country

You know it ain't safe it's way too early or late
It is dangerous to be out so early or late at night

The Mets' gonna getcha down in Bishopsgate
The police will arrest you if you go to Bishopsgate

I ain't at number 10 I'm at number twenty three B
I am not at Downing Street; I am at 23B

Take all the bed box people and the opera lights
Everyone who is wealthy and attends the opera should listen

London town is ours tonight
Tonight, we own the city of London

Well it's over to you and bye from me
I am leaving it to you now; goodbye

I'm your guide for the ride Sightsee M.C!
I am still your host and guide, Sightsee M.C.!