The Kinks Flash's Dream (The Final Elbow) lyrics

Flash, Flash
Who is this?
Wake up Flash, can you hear me flash?
Who is this? Who dares to wake me from my slumber?
Need I announce myself? am I such a stranger to you?
Say your name, speak
I am your soul
My soul?

I have come to show you who you are
Show me who I am? I know who I am you upstart! How dare you intrude?
You lied and schemed and took over a simple village
And turned it into a vulgar playground for your own money making ends Before you came people lived simple lives, this was a happy place

Then you ploughed up the fields, sold off the land
And lined your own pockets with the profits

Lies! Lies! I did it to help the nation
You did it for your own preservation
No! No!

Prepare yourself Flash, there are many who suffered at your hands
They are craving for vengeance, time is running out
Can this be the end? Can this be the swan song?
The final elbow? I will not go, the people need me

Men like you will always come and go
But the people will go on forever, take one final look at the past Flash
Enjoy it because you have no future
No! No! No! I can't stand this, no, no I say