@migu music@

Whenever I'm in the tightest corner

Whenever I feel forlorn

I think of the isle where I was born

And the duty to which I've sworn

But I woke up in a nightmare

With a Union Jack and half a crown

John Bull got caught with his pants down, again

That's inviting sundown

It's time to do or die

It's time to say goodbye

'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire

Yes I'm the one

I let the sun go down

Don't let the shadows lengthen

And cover my good intentions

They say that darkness brings the right time

But it's also time for tears

I'm so sorry and sincere

Ahead of me a brilliant career

Now I'm going nowhere

It's time to do or die

It's time to say goodbye

'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire

Yes I'm the one

I let the sun go down

Stay awhile, delay the night

I'm too young for twilight

And tell the sun to hesitate

That's when Britain was great

Now that the lights are flickering

My pulse is quickening

All over the world the lamps will dim

And never be seen again

The balloon's gone up, the night descends

As they lower the flag on no-man's land

They'll take you down a peg or two

This is the bitter end

I walk into darkness

It's time to do or die

It's time to say goodbye

'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire

Yes I'm the one

I let the sun go down

I let the sun go down

Don't let the sun go down

I let the sun go down

Yes I'm the man who lost the British Empire

Yes I'm the one

I let the sun go down