The Beatles — Commonwealth

[Verse 1: Paul McCartney] Tonight, Enoch Powell said, “Get out immigrants Immigrants a-better go home” Hah, hah, hah, hah Tonight, Harold Wilson said to the immigrants “You better get back to your Commonwealth homes” Yeah, yeah, yeah He said, “Ya better get back home” [Verse 2: Paul McCartney] Now, Enoch Powell He said to the folks He said you wear the color of your skin He said he don’t care what it’s all about [?] So, Ted Heath said to Enoch Powell He said, “You better get out Or else you’re going to trial” Enoch Powell Enoch, you better go home” [Verse 3: Paul McCartney] So, Wilson said to Duchovny, F “Come on, boy, we gotta swing We gotta go back to the summit of the hill And bury those [?] away” So, Enoch Powell said to Wilson, Heath “Boy, you Commonwealth” [Chorus: Paul McCartney & John Lennon] Commonwealth (Yes?!) Commonwealth (Yes?!) Commonwealth (Yes?!) Commonwealth (Yes?!) If you don’t want trouble Then you better go back to home [Verse 4: Paul McCartney & John Lennon] So, I went to Pakistani I went to India I been to ol’ Calcutta And I’ve had enough of that I’m coming back (Yes?!) To England town (Yes, welcome!) And dirty Enoch Powell And he’s had enough of Parliament [Chorus: Paul McCartney & John Lennon] Oh, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Commonwealth (Yes?!) Oh, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Can't you hear me, Commonwealth? (Yes?!) Well, there ain’t [?] Enoch Powell [?] (Oh!) [Verse 5: Paul McCartney] Well, I trekked down to Australia And said to New Zealand "You better come live with us We’re gonna have some fun" We’re going up to India We’re going to Pakistan We’re going up to Europe and [?] And dirty Enoch Powell and his [?] He says you gotta [?] [Chorus: Paul McCartney & John Lennon] Oh, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Oh, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Yeah, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Oh, hear me talking Commonwealth Yeah, that Commonwealth But it’s much too wealthy for me (Much too common for me) It's much too common for me, oh yeah [Verse 6: Paul McCartney] I ambled to Australia and New Zealand, too I went up to Pakistan and India, too I came back to West Indies And I had a cricket match I went into South Africa And told them to get back Oh, Commonwealth I said, "You’re much too common for me" [Chorus: Paul McCartney & John Lennon] Everybody sing Hey, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Yeah, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Enoch Powell, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Immigrants, Commonwealth (Yes?!) Well, I would join the Common Market But it’s much too common for me (Yes!)