There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner-Noel Coward and Orchestra

[ti:There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner] [ar:Noel Coward and Orchestra] [al:The Compact Coward] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner - Noel Coward and Orchestra [00:11.50]They're out of sorts in sunderland [00:13.60]And terribly 'cross in kent [00:15.50]They're dull in hull [00:16.46]And the isle of mull [00:17.46]Is seething with discontent [00:19.19]They're nervous in northumberland [00:21.16]And devon is down the drain [00:23.07]They're filled with wrath [00:24.10]On the firth of forth [00:25.02]And sullen on salisbury plain [00:26.88]In dublin they're depressed lads [00:28.80]Maybe because they're celts [00:31.18]For drake is going west lads [00:33.65] [00:34.33]And so is everyone else [00:36.79]Hurray hurray hurray [00:38.74]Misery's on the way [00:40.51]There are bad times just around the corner [00:44.47]There are dark clouds hurtling through the sky [00:47.43] [00:48.32]And it's no good whining [00:50.65]About a silver lining [00:52.35]For we know from experience that they won't roll by [00:56.23]With a scowl and a frown [00:58.11]We'll keep our peckers down [01:00.17]And prepare for depression and doom and dread [01:02.90] [01:03.65]We're going to unpack our troubles from our old kit bag [01:07.99]And wait until we drop down dead [01:11.05] [01:11.85]There are bad times just around the corner [01:15.51]The horizon's gloomy as can be [01:18.78] [01:19.49]There are black birds over [01:21.46]The grayish cliffs of dover [01:23.39]And the rats are preparing to leave the bbc [01:27.41]We're an unhappy breed [01:29.49]And very bored indeed [01:31.20]When reminded of something that nelson said [01:34.04] [01:34.90]And while the press and the politicians nag nag nag [01:39.18]We'll wait until we drop down dead [01:42.28] [01:46.93]From colwyn bay to kettering [01:48.78]They're sobbing themselves to sleep [01:50.80]The shrieks and wails [01:51.88]In the yorkshire dales [01:52.77]Have even depressed the sheep [01:54.60]In rather vulgar lettering [01:56.42]A very disgruntled group [01:58.43]Have posted bills [01:59.38]On the cotswold hills [02:00.47]To prove that we're in the soup [02:02.32]While begging kipling's pardon [02:04.34]There's one thing we know for sure [02:06.86]If England is a garden [02:09.82] [02:10.57]We ought to have more manure [02:12.99]Hurray hurray hurray [02:14.95]Suffering and dismay [02:16.79]There are bad times just around the corner [02:20.57]And the outlook's absolutely vile [02:23.61] [02:24.46]There are home fires smoking [02:26.70]From windermere to woking [02:28.37]And we're not going to tighten our belts and smile [02:31.37]Smile smile [02:32.42]At the sound of a shot [02:34.37]We'd just as soon as not [02:36.07]Take a hot water bottle and go to bed [02:38.88] [02:39.80]We're going to un tense our muscles till they sag [02:42.89]Sag sag [02:44.08]And wait until we drop down dead [02:46.72] [02:47.81]There are bad times just around the corner [02:51.67]We can all look forward to despair [02:54.68] [02:55.39]It's as clear as crystal [02:57.59]From bridlington to bristol [02:59.56]That we can't save democracy and we don't much care [03:03.43]If the reds and the pinks [03:05.72]Believe that England stinks [03:07.55]And that world revolution is bound to spread [03:09.97] [03:10.88]We'd better all learn the lyrics of the old 'red flag' [03:15.33]And wait until we drop down dead [03:17.85]A likely story [03:19.43]Land of hope and glory [03:21.27]Wait until we drop down dead