History

Lyrics for History

Went to the museum this morning To see if anybody was there On the way I met a clockwork soldier Who stopped me as I walked up the stairs I said can you show me the way To our national history museum I've got so many questions To ask all the people, about our history He said Son you must be crazy You better get out of here This is establishment territory The likes of us should never go near I said please won't you let me see Inside your mausoleum I've got so many questions to ask all the people About our history Alright, alright Alright, alright, alright Alright, alright Alright, alright, alright I walked past the dummies in armour Past the statues and the heraldry I walked past the maps and the manuscripts Into antiquity And then I saw King Arthur He was waving his sword at me Shouting hey son come see, join our party See some history Then a sight lay before me I could hardly believe my eyes Lord Nelson, Queen Victoria, King Henry and Thomas Moore Were dancing around on the floor I hope I get some of the answers To all of my inquiries And I hope I find out who's responsible For all of our history Richard III stood laughing While King Canute sat drying his feet And Cromwell shook hands with Boadicea While Dr. Johnson and Queen Bess danced cheek to cheek Newton sat writing a poem And Shakespeare sat writing a play I tried to have look to see what he wrote in his book But he just turned his back and walked away I didn't get any answers And it's still a mystery What became of all of the people That vanished in history Alright, alright Alright, alright, alright Alright, alright Alright, alright, alright History And it keeps on calling me Through the cobwebs and catacombs and dusty old tombs Surrounding our history History History