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Gilbert O'Brexit Sullivan - I am the very model of a Brexiteer Prime Minister

from BOJONA​-​20 by Mutant Algorithm

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Re-make of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera piece

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I am the very model of a Brexiteer prime minister
At all the tricks I 'm expert, both the devious and sinister
Some say that I'm the most dishonest ruler in our history
Though how I 'm worse than bad King John remains to me a mystery

I easily control the Tory idiots in parliament
and make them vote like flocks of sheep in favour of my government
Then Parliamentary privilege I turn into a travesty
Nor do I ever hesitate to tell lies to her Majesty

My cabinet I try to fill with goons of low intelligence
With Williamson and Eustace there's no threat my pre-eminence
With Rishy Sunak's cleverness I'm not entirely at ease
But him I can't dispose of cos he makes the money grow on trees
With Rishy Sunak's cleverness I'm not entirely at ease
But him I can't dispense with since he makes the money grow on trees

lf I could make a sincere speech which truly wasn't full of lies
And foreign leaders felt it safe to talk to me and fraternise
if i could make a promise without breaking it immedliateiy
and scrap the apparatus basecl on lessons from the KGB.

lf I could cook a trade deal which had real oven readiness
and not push the economv into a ghastly No Deal mess
And then to Russian billionaires I'm not quite so subservient
You'd say that number 10 had never had a better occupant

But truthfulness and honesty are absolutely not my style
Mv inclination is to cheat with bland charisma full of guile
So if you ever cross me, you might need a good solicitor
l'm still the very model of a Brexiteer Prime Minister

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from BOJONA​-​20, track released May 24, 2021
Irina Fridman - Vocals
Adrian Ekins-Daukes - Libretto
Peter Cook - Production and interference

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Hello all, I'm an author, speaker and musician.

I also write protest songs and books about Brexit and some unusual ambient / alternative compositions.

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