Behind the Iron Gates

Verse 1

Back in ninety-one, mortars were fired,

By a van that the bombers had hired.

John Major dove quick,

From the flying red brick,

And that's why the gates were required!

Chorus

Oh, you cannot walk down Downing Street!

The police will block both of your feet.

With a barrier high,

You can only look by,

As the tourists admit their defeat!

Verse 2

In May twenty-three, came a crash,

As a driver made quite a weird dash.

His small silver car,

Didn't make it too far,

When the heavy steel stopped his mad smash!

Chorus

Oh, you cannot walk down Downing Street!

The police will block both of your feet.

With a barrier high,

You can only look by,

As the tourists admit their defeat!

Verse 3

Chief Mouser old Larry sits tight,

On the step in the day or the night.

With a bomb-proofed front door,

And no flap on the floor,

A policeman must knock for the sprite![Chorus]

Oh, you cannot walk down Downing Street!

The police will block both of your feet.

With a barrier high,

You can only look by,

As the tourists admit their defeat!

Verse 4

When Rishi announced election day dates,

A protester stood by the gates.

Blaring "Things Can Only Get Better,

"While the premier got wetter,

Drowned out by the tune he so hates![Chorus]

Oh, you cannot walk down Downing Street!

The police will block both of your feet.

With a barrier high,

You can only look by,

As the tourists admit their defeat![Bridge]

A politician once threw a big fit,

When the guards wouldn't open a bit.

He called them a "pleb,"

Got caught in the web,

And was forced his high office to quit![Chorus]

Oh, you cannot walk down Downing Street!

The police will block both of your feet.

With a barrier high,

You can only look by,

As the tourists admit their defeat![Outro]

So the public is kept past the line,

By the laws and the heavy design.

It is closed to the crowd,

No access allowed,

Behind iron, security's fine!