I wonder who I will meet
As a take a walk down the street
I hear two policemen call out my name
I guess I gotta play along with their game
They tried to make me a part of the system
They tried to break up the band
There's revolution playing in my head
All the kids meet upon the sand
The times I've tried just to make myself happy
And it always turns out the same
The time's I've tried just to make someone happy
Are my fifteen minutes of shame
My fifteen minutes of shame
To the man with the suitcase of sterling
This is the vengeance we'll pay
Too many right wing politicians in England
They take my freedom away
The time's I've tried just to make myself happy
And it always turns out the same
The times I've tried just to make someone happy
Are my fifteen minutes of shame
My fifteen minutes of shame
Don't talk of monarchs in their glittering houses
And the blue parliamentary seats
They can house the homeless during times of crisis
Just to only kick them back on the streets
The times I've tried just to make myself happy
It always turns out the same
The time's I've tried just to make someone happy
Are my fifteen minutes of shame
My fifteen minutes of shame
My fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes
Fifteen minutes of shame