Self Defense.

what's gonna happen to cricket

I KNOW THE WORLD.

{india england 2008 song}

I know the world
The world that doesn’t move on its axis
I know the world
The world that doesn’t pay its taxes

I know the world

So
Gimme a break
And fall in line
Gimme a break
And sign on the dotted line
Gimme a break
You’re no son of mine

And
Even if you were my little boy
You’d still be my little toy
Know better than to sell my soul
For some silly little personal goal

I know the world

I can tell your con from the crap
I can tell your crap from the bull
I can tell your bull from a bluff
I can tell your bluff from a lie
I can tell your lie from an aye

And
I can tell
You don’t want to play
But you have to play
And I’ll make you play
And you’ll make me pay

And
I can tell
You don’t want to pay
But you have to pay
And I’ll make you pay
And you’ll make me play

We’ll all smile for a while
Till we play and pay up
Pose for pictures
And talk of cricket
How we helped
When it was
On a sticky wicket
And feel all noble and nice

But in the end it wasn’t
How or why we turned up
We turned up.

And you know the world.

(to be performed by Neil Diamond, ideally)

If you don’t play with me

If you don’t play with me
I’m sure to find someone else
If you don’t play with me
I’m sure to find some friends who will

If it’s too scary for you
It’s too scary for me
If it’s too serious for you
It’s too serious for me
Then we gotta play
Somewhere, some place, somehow

Dispel that feeling
That makes you feel you’re reeling
Dispel that feeling
Makes you feel you’re ceiling
Coz I wanna go
Flying through the air
For a catch at point
I have nothing more to prove

And
If you don’t play with me
I’ll just play all alone
In my space all alone
Keeping score, by myself
No nation can stop me
I will play in that hallowed state
Coz that’s my backyard
And if I ever come
Face to face with a gun
I know I will have that ball
To throw down at that gun
I will fire it in
Before it can fire me in
Underarm, back flip Azzah style
Sure as hell won’t see it come
Coz I just wanna play
Coz I just wanna play
In my empire, in the sun

If I don’t play with you
I hope for you
That you will play
In your space all alone
Keeping score, by yourself
No nation can stop you
You will play in that hallowed state
Coz that’s your backyard

If you don’t play with me
I’m sure to find someone else
If you don’t play with me
I’m sure to find some friends who will.

(to be performed by David Gray, ideally)