Manic Street Preachers(often known colloquially as "The Manics") are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK in the late 1990s. They are known for their intelligent and often political lyrics and have a dedicated cult following. Although during the early part of their career they were regarded as a punk rock band, their music is now often generally regarded as alternative rock, due to changes in their sound. Co-lyricist and guitarist Richey James Edwards (Richey James, as he preferred to be known) mysteriously disappeared in 1995; his whereabouts is unknown. Politically, the Manics appear as a socialist group — a stance inflected by their working class upbringing in Blackwood, south Wales (they grew up during the miners' strike of the 1980s) as evidenced by their often highly politicised lyrics and actions (they once dedicated an award to Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers and later the Socialist Labour Party).
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Charles Windsor Lyrics
Manic Street Preachers
Written by: mccarthy
Charles windsor whos at the door
At such an hour whos at the door
In the back of an old green cortina
Youre on your way to the guillotine
Here the rabble comes
The kind you hoped were dead
Theyve come to chop, to chop off your head
Hundreds of bound big business men
Hacks from the sun, military men
So many rich men weep in despair
On and on into trafalgar square
Here the rabble comes
The kind you hoped were dead
Theyve come to chop, to chop off your head
These once peaceful streets
The scenes of revenge you had not wished to see
Revenge is so sweet to those who have never known anything sweet
Here the rabble comes
The kind you hoped were dead
Theyve come to chop, to chop off your head