After These Wars
Ian Anderson

After battle, with wounds to lick and

beaus and belles all reuniting.

Rationing, austerity: it did us

good after the fighting.

Now, time to bid some fond farewells and

walk away from empires crumbling.

Post-war baby-boom to fuel with post-

Victorian half-dressed fumbling.

I see a screen, grey cathode tube in

walnut cabinet, pride of place

in holy family living room. Clipped-

tone announcer, powdered face.

And now to mould public opinion,

sanctify the good and great.

Lordly over his dominion, brash

Television seals our fate.




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After these wars, when gentler winds were blowing.

After these wars, when stocking tops were showing.

When the Co-op gave us daily bread

and penicillin raised the dead

and combine harvesters kept

us fed, after these wars.

We thanked the Yank and thanked the

Lord for sparing us from dark invasion.

Now to liberate, rebuild and balance

Europe's new equation.

Spooky spies in from the cold with

lies and secrets to be sold

to bigger brothers, bigger bombs,

le Carré thrillers to be told.





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We take our place amongst those others

who would punch above their weight.

Divest ourselves of glowing mantle,

mantle of old Britain Great.

Bit part cast in Hollywood, ripe

old thespian, tolerated.

World-weary ham upon the stage,

evergreen but over-rated.

After these wars, when gentler winds were blowing.

After these wars, when stocking tops were showing.

When the Co-op gave us daily bread

and penicillin raised the dead

and combine harvesters kept

us fed, after these wars.


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