[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