[Intro]

Our country drags heels

And always they scuff

Most nations like ours need fools for their heroes

Man had a friend, a not-so-close friend

He visited most every day

And brought him his shopping, come rain or shine

And blew those cobwebs away

A single cigarette, a 50p bet

An old-fashioned hug for good measure

It′s visiting time, like caviar and wine

That person's national treasure

Our country drags heels

And always they scuff

Most nations like ours need fools for their heroes

They gaze into navels

Removing the fluff

Every place on this еarth, they celebratе zeroes

Doctor Who home-visits patients

24 hours, round the clock

The volunteers working in shelter

They stay on their feet till they drop

Nothing′d be fairer than silence of carer

We're forfeiting personal pleasure

Unknighted, unsung, on ladder's bottom rung

But all of them national treasures

Our country drags heels

And always they scuff

Most nations like ours need fools for their heroes

They gaze into navels

Removing the fluff

Every place on this earth, they celebrate zeroes

She don′t wear a Rolex, she don′t wear a cape

She certainly don't drive a Mark II

He′s driving a bus, he's just one of us

He′s them, she's you, and he′s me

Our country drags heels

And always they scuff

Most nations like ours need fools for their heroes

They gaze into navels

Removing the fluff

Every place on this earth, they celebrate heroes