"Little Island" lyrics

Jamie says the Kiwis loved Americans
The moonshot, JFK and Lucky Strikes
Now there's just this pity and embarrassment
The Proud Boys, COVID deaths and Oscar night

Jamie says the old days here were simpler
No television, coffee and no phones
And even people third, fourth generation
When they were talking about England they'd say... "home"

Oh I owe you little island
Little island bigger than my mind
Some of us are proud of what we brought here
Some of us are proud of what we left behind

Jamie took me to the family graveyard
Up near where he grew up on the farm
His little sister died when he was six years old
And she was buried there between his dad and mom

Jamie went to gaze into the sunset
And I wandered around wondering what to do
And that's when I saw the headstone with the swastika
This mongrel mob guy next to a guy from World War Two

Oh I owe you little island
Little island bigger than the sun
Some of us are proud of what we fought for
Some of us are proud of how far we could run

And there's a cloud of doubt
Hanging over the hangman's back
And there's a long white cloud
Hanging over the Union Jack

Jamie says that people always leave here
Because Europe and Australia have work
Jamie says he's never left the country
But he swears he'll come and see me in New York

Oh I owe you little island
Little island bigger than the sun
Some of us are proud of what we fought for
Some of us are proud of how far we could run

Oh I love you little island
Little island bigger than the whole UK
Some of us are proud of where we came from
Some of us have got to settle being proud
That we got away
That we got away