Hangs a naked light over your face Shines electric ness upon your bed If it wasn't for your stiff little fingers Nobody would know you were dead You
He joined up to get a job And show he wasn't scared Swapped Boy Scout hat for army cap At the age of 17, he was forced to choose Now at the age of 21
Back when I was younger they were talking at me Never listened to a word I said Always yap, yap, yapping and complaining at me Made me think I'd be better
Why do you talk that way? It's not what you used to say Can't you see things my way? I feel so strange I'm still the friend you knew Surely you know
Just because you're nobody It doesn't mean that you're no good Just because there's a reason It doesn't mean it's understood It doesn't make it all right
She asks for more and I give less Why can't she see it's obvious I mean no but she takes yes I make it clear but she don't guess She comes around it
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Gotta gotta gettaway, gotta gotta gettaway You know there ain't no street like home To make you feel so all alone Plenty of folk to tell you what to
I think it's time we talked this over I think you've taken this too far I never wanted to be different Didn't ask to be nobody's star Try and take control
Hey you, yeah, I'm trying to get through Past that chip upon your shoulder Come here need a word in your ear This can't go on much longer You break what
When we started we thought we were great Tho' nobody else agreed Just you and I wasting our time Playing and singing out of key And they said we played
Gimme a country that's red, white and blue Gimme the British way, honest and true Gimme the chance to be one of the few Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Inflammable material is planted in my head It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead Their solutions are our problems They put up the wall On each
Just like the autumn When leaves turn brown and fall upon the ground That's how you left me You just went cold and everything changed 'round If I could
Walk the streets at midnight As the rain pours down and freezes on the ground Lean against a street light Try to work out where it all went wrong I can
Broken glass everywhere People pissing on the station Y'know they just don't care I can't take the smell I can't take the noise I got no money to move
If I thought you could find a way I'd tell you to go get lost But, why ask you to pay attention When your brain can't stand the cost? Look at you And
I could be a soldier Go out there and fight to save this land Be a people's soldier Paramilitary gun in hand I won't be a soldier I won't take no orders
