[Verse 1] EU and NATO filed their eleventh joint report Security cooperation, holding every fort Eleven chapters deep, the challenges are real Two great institutions hammering a deal Bombs and borders, cyber threats and more Sustained together like they've never been before [Chorus] Europe's in the headlines, read between the seams Nothing's ever simple as it obviously seems Alliances and exits, dollars, boats, and bread The twenty-sixth of June has plenty to be said [Verse 2] Now across the Channel, Britain's got a question A decade since the Brexit — was it learned a lesson? Boats and bankers, borders — five symbols on the page The Guardian counted scars from that divorce-age rage Would Europe take the UK back inside the club? Tokyo's Japan Times stirred the conversation up You'd have to understand the union first, they say The Council on Relations put it plain that way [Chorus] Europe's in the headlines, read between the seams Nothing's ever simple as it obviously seems Alliances and exits, dollars, boats, and bread The twenty-sixth of June has plenty to be said [Bridge] And here's a twist to raise your eyebrow high Farage's Brexit rallies — who was paying? My oh my The Financial Times uncovered something sour EU budget money helped fund his anti-EU hour Meanwhile in Estonia, farmers gathered round FAO and LEADER mapping out more fertile ground Agrifood and sustainability, a quieter kind of news While NATO talks of Europe-led defense and bigger shoes [Verse 3] The War Department's pushing NATO Three Point Oh A Europe-led arrangement, letting Washington go slow Canada's National Post says learn without the ring You can study neighbors without buying everything The map of twenty-twenty-six keeps folding, creasing new Old alliances rewiring, somebody's rethinking who [Verse 4] The dollar fluctuates and trade winds shift again Supply chains stretched from Lisbon down to Tallinn's end The think tanks fill their whiteboards, drawing lines in blue Who leads the order now and what does leading do Democracy's a headline worn a little thin But every vote still matters where you plug it in The young are watching closely from their screens at night Trying hard to figure out what's wrong and what is right [Chorus] Europe's in the headlines, read between the seams Nothing's ever simple as it obviously seems Alliances and exits, dollars, boats, and bread The twenty-sixth of June has plenty to be said [Outro] June twentieth, the dispatch sent From Tallinn farms to Parliament The continent keeps turning, never really spent [Chorus] Europe's in the headlines, read between the seams Nothing's ever simple as it obviously seems Alliances and exits, dollars, boats, and bread The twenty-sixth of June has plenty to be said
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