[00:13.720]Whenever I'm in the tightest corner
[00:17.494]Whenever I feel forlorn
[00:20.379]I think of the isle where I was born
[00:23.318]And the duty to which I've sworn
[00:27.013]But I woke up in a nightmare
[00:30.000]With a Union Jack and half a crown
[00:33.470]John Bull got caught with his pants down, again
[00:39.359]That's inviting sundown
[00:44.264]It's time to do or die
[00:47.543]It's time to say "Good-bye"
[00:53.944]Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire
[01:01.008]Yes I'm the one, I let the sun go down
[01:07.447]
[01:09.802]Don't let the shadows lengthen
[01:13.417]And cover my good intentions
[01:16.383]They say that darkness brings the right time
[01:22.770]But it's also time for tears
[01:25.698]I'm so sorry and sincere
[01:29.119]Ahead of me a brilliant career
[01:34.368]Now I'm going nowhere
[01:39.834]It's time to do or die
[01:43.104]It's time to say "Good-bye"
[01:49.881]Cos I'm the man who lost the British Empire
[01:56.427]Yes I'm the one I let the sun go down
[02:03.145]
[02:04.482]Stay awhile
[02:07.807]Delay the night
[02:11.181]I'm too young for twilight
[02:18.168]They'd tell the sun to hesitate
[02:24.470]That's when Britain was Great
[02:30.957]Now that the lights are flickering
[02:34.406]My pulse is quickening
[02:37.237]All over the world the lamps will dim
[02:40.654]And never be seen again
[02:43.117]
[02:44.115]The balloon's gone up
[02:45.540]The night descends
[02:47.429]As they lower the flag on no-man's land
[02:50.916]They'll take you down a peg or two
[02:53.847]This is the bitter end
[02:56.126]
[02:56.428]I walk into darkness
[03:01.483]It's time to do or die
[03:04.750]It's time to say "Good-bye"
[03:11.554]Cos I'm the man who lost the British Empire
[03:18.054]Yes I'm the one, I let the sun go down
[03:23.873]I let the sun go down
[03:31.403]Don't let the sun go down
[03:35.669]I let the sun go down
[04:04.855]Cos I'm the man who lost the British Empire
[04:11.498]Yes I'm the one, I let the sun go down