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We walk through the night in the gathering storm
‘Til we lost our way
We ask the way home but they lie through their teeth
We were led astray
I know your heart is pure
I know your heart is pure
Shout it out loud shout it again
Come make us proud and we’ll start again
We once got it wrong let’s not do that again
In the past it was no I can’t take that again
Now my heart is sure
The country’s on fire the flames never end
You give me desire
I know your heart is pure
I know your heart is pure
Shout it out loud shout it again
Come make us proud and we’ll start again
We once got it wrong let’s not do that again
I know we’re on the right track
We’ll try to keep on the bright side again,again
We’ll try again
Shout it out loud shout it again
Come make us proud and we’ll start again
We once got it wrong let’s not do that again
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I can’t look at you
There’s evil in your eyes
All this hatred
All the fear and all the lies
I can’t look at you
The things you do and say
All these hopes and dreams
That you just blow away
How do you sleep at night?
You don’t know wrong from right
The vulnerable and weak
You turn the other cheek
They do what they want and they don’t think of the consequences
They do what they want and they don’t think of the victims
I’ll never understand what’s inside their evil mind
I’ll never forgive them at all
I can’t look at you
You’re propping up the rich
You act like you’re okay
But you’re a rotten shit
I don’t ever think you’ll change your broken ways
Your heart’s as dark as night
A smirk upon your face
You won’t win the fight
The vulnerable are strong
When we unite and stand as one
They do what they want and they don’t think of the consequences
They do what they want and they don’t think of the victims
I’ll never understand what’s inside their evil mind
I’ll never forgive them at all
They do what they want...
They do what they want and they don’t think of the consequences
They do what they want and they don’t think of the victims
I’ll never understand what’s inside their evil mind
I’ll never forgive them at all
They do what they want and they don’t think of the consequences
They do what they want and they don’t think of the victims
I’ll never understand what’s inside their evil mind
I’ll never forgive them at all
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Village politics here’s lookin’ at you
You took my PIP what am I to do?
Hey hey hey!
Why pull the plug on so many lives?
Then sip your wine hope you’re feelin’ fine
While I can’t breathe and I can’t sleep
The money and the power is drivin’ me crazy
I can feel your hate is real
The money and the power is drivin’ me mad
Makes me so sad
Why you so bad?
It’s drivin’ me mad
Village politics is wreckin’ my brain
Is the money and the power drivin’ you insane?
Hey hey hey!
It seems corruption comes with an upgrade
On the backs of the weakest careers are made
While I still breathe and I still feel
You’re havin’ a laugh if you think that I’m lazy
I may be down but I’m not out
This money situation is drivin’ me mad
Makes me so sad
Why you so bad?
It’s drivin’ me mad
You don’t give a damn
You don’t give a damn
You don’t give a…
I can’t breathe and I can’t sleep
The money and the power is drivin’ me crazy
I can feel your hate is real
The money and the power is drivin’ me mad
Makes me so sad
Why you so bad?
It’s drivin’ me mad
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He woke up said goodbye to his wife
Did not know it would be the last time
Beyond the stats is a love and a life
And I’ll drink to that
Why must it be that the colour of someone’s skin
Is more important than what lies within
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
Ooh…
He was brought up to judge and hate
Felt like he never had a choice
His dead heart don’t have the grace
To escape the pain
Why must it be that the colour of someone’s skin
Is more important than what lies within
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
Ooh…
And in the morning when the day breaks
We’ll light a candle and shed a tear
We’ll hold each other in a warm embrace
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
He’s not coming home
Ooh…
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The little racist sits in his room
He’s full of fear he’s full of gloom
He dreams of an all white sky
The meaning of life has passed him by
They say that ignorance is bliss
Well he must be one happy motherfucker
They say that ignorance is bliss
Well he must have an evil soul
The little racist goes to the pub
And drinks his one cell away
He thinks he’s got it rough
His life he throws away
They say that ignorance is bliss
Well he must be one happy motherfucker
They say that ignorance is bliss
Well he must have an evil soul
Aah…
They say that ignorance is bliss
Well he must be one happy motherfucker
They say that ignorance is bliss
Well he must have an evil soul
They say that ignorance is bliss
Well he must be one happy motherfucker
They say that ignorance is bliss
Well he must have an evil soul
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This isn’t what you’d expect
There’s nothing left but a broken cigarette
And you’ve got no regrets
That’s just a lie ‘cos you can’t seem to forget now
And you’re taking it home
And you can’t go alone
There’s a time and a place
To wipe that frown from your dirty face
And you’re such a disgrace
You can’t go on without her by your side now
And you’re taking it home
And you can’t go alone
They’ll think you’re just a sham of a man
You’ve got to have a plan and understand
This isn’t what you’d expect
There’s nothing left but a broken cigarette
And you’ve got no regrets
That’s just a lie ‘cos you can’t seem to forget now
Can’t seem to forget now
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Shock! Horror! It’s opened up our eyes
As long as the whites are showing
More than the colours inside
Shock! Horror! I think my soul just died
Should we have expected this terrible surprise
In the morning when we wake up from our sleep
Think of those across the water
That are falling in too deep
Hate is dawning
The morals fall like leaves
Think of all their sons and daughters
And the hope that they must keep
Shock! Horror! When did it get this bad?
There’s no love lost in red and blue
The whole world has gone mad
Shock! Horror! The walls of hate go up
You can dress it up however you like
When you lack the love
In the morning when we wake up from our sleep
Think of those across the water
That are falling in too deep
Hate is dawning
The morals fall like leaves
Think of all their sons and daughters
And the hope that they must keep
Give to me
Your hand across the sea
Stuck in reality
In the morning when we wake up from our sleep
Think of those across the water
That are falling in too deep
Hate is dawning
The morals fall like leaves
Think of all their sons and daughters
And the hope that they must keep
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Special (revisited)
04:12
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They’re putting a wall around Donald Trump
To keep him away from his wife
She doesn’t like his haircut
And he’s ruining her life
They sell weapons for a piece of pie
How many people are going to die?
Add a blackspot to the stars and stripes
Everyone’s got you in their sights
Got the finger on our button
Don’t make me feel safe
Bullied by a cretin
Hatred in a handshake
The commoners we get on just fine
Share our music and drink our wine
The governments hide behind a set of shallow smiles
They’ll throw us to the lions to get their wicked way
Got the finger on our button
Don’t make me feel safe
Bullied by a cretin
Hatred in a handshake
The confidence you got cannot be denied
Our self-loathing is a sight to behold
A superpower with no place to hide
Now we’ve come out the cold
Got the finger on our button
Don’t make me feel safe
Bullied by a cretin
Hatred in a handshake
Hatred in a handshake
Hatred in a handshake
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A tremendous loss of life
Now watch this drive
An apology so false and you know what you did
And you’ll burn, you’ll burn
Thousands are dead and you just shake your head
Should have been you instead
The belle of the ball
It’s no trouble at all
His heart’s far too small
One despot replaces another
The loss of a sister and a brother
Time judges you and we’ll judge you to
But the Hague you’ll escape
Thousands are dead and you just shake your head
Should have been you instead
The belle of the ball
It’s no trouble at all
His heart’s far too small
And you can’t believe
In the way he deceives
Where is the hope?
The belle of the ball
It’s no trouble at all
His heart’s far too small
The belle of the ball
It’s no trouble at all
His heart’s far too small
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They will say what they want you to hear
They play games with the things that you fear
I’m callin’
I’m callin’
I’m callin’ you
I’m pullin’
I’m pullin’ through
The bombs are fallin’ down and I’m fallin’ apart
The bombs destroy the ground and you’re burying my heart
Two sides of a worn down coin
Fall in love through the pain
I’m callin’
I’m callin’
I’m callin’ you
I’m pullin’
I’m pullin’ through
The bombs are fallin’ down and I’m fallin’ apart
The bombs destroy the ground and you’re burying my heart
Burying my heart
Burying my heart
And you’re burying my heart
And you’re burying my heart
Hopes and dreams get crushed today
Hopes and dreams get crushed today
And you’re burying my heart
And you’re burying my heart
And you’re burying my heart
Hopes and dreams get crushed today
Hopes and dreams get crushed today
And you’re burying my heart
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War song (revisited)
03:44
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There’s no honour among thieves
And the thieves send the poor to die
A nation swamped by grief
Running out of hope and time
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye to the normal world
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye to the normal world
Young man goes to war
What are you fighting for?
They said you’d see the world
Instead you see the inside of a coffin lid
The king he had ten thousand men
He marched them to the top of the hill
He stayed at the bottom with his friends
One by one the men got killed
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye to the normal world
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye to the normal world
Young man goes to war
What are you fighting for?
They said you’d see the world
Instead you see the inside of a coffin lid
Instead you see the inside of a coffin lid
Stay with me in the realms of peace, please!
It’s been said before
It’ll be said again
Money and power corrupt the soul
Are we heading for the end
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye to the normal world
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye
You wave goodbye to the normal world
Young man goes to war
What are you fighting for?
They said you’d see the world
Instead you see the inside of a coffin lid
Young man goes to war
What are you fighting for?
They said you’d see the world
Instead you see the inside of a coffin lid
Instead you see the inside of a coffin lid
Instead you see the inside of a coffin lid
Instead you see the inside of a coffin lid
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I feel the change of tides beyond the sea
Your hatred cannot hide or bury me
And the world just sleeps as the fear it creeps
I’ve found confusion, pain within us all
Some go against the grain
An order tall
And the powers that be
Laugh for hours at me
I know there’s a hunger inside
Pushing through the change
Here comes the end of the road and there’s no way back
We’ve reached the end of the road
And we’re back on track
The pen is mightier than the keyboard
Your hateful whining thoughts cannot be ignored
And the time has come
To bring the love
I know there’s a hunger inside
Pushing through the change
Here comes the end of the road and there’s no way back
We’ve reached the end of the road
And we’re back on track
You’re saving me
You’re saving me
You’re saving me today
I’m feeling free
I’m feeling free
I’m feeling free
I know
I know
Let’s go
Here comes the end of the road and there’s no way back
We’ve reached the end of the road
And we’re back on track
Here comes the end of the road and there’s no way back
We’ve reached the end of the road
And we’re back on track
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