A WEAPON CALLED THE WORD


WORLD FREAK SHOW
In the past fools would pay
to see the freaks of the day
contradictions of the norm
the bizarre, the wonderful and deformed
no need for the tents
and the cages now
the world comes to my eyes
in front of my TV circus
a freak show in disguise

circles and roundabouts
how much did you know
going round and coming back
the world freak show
swings and revolutions
how much did you know
going round an coming back
world freak show

Another tree is coming down
another harponed whale is drowned
another child's belly needs feeding
on land of the fast food chain is bleeding
and we bought our new green wool
and pulled it over our eyes
as the circus goes on
all around
a freak show in disguise

CARRY ME
When you're standing by the roadside
And it's a long way to go
to carry me
to carry me; friend

Togehter in this mad land
far from truest of hands
well I'll carry you
if you carry me
carry me friend

and well petrol Bomb the state
we'll blow away the hate
we'll do it in our minds
when we can take the time
we'll build a road
from waht we know
each taking a part
and now's the time to start

But Jane's taking Heroin
and Paul is getting pissed
Steve is getting stoned
to fucked to fight
Sarah's on Acid
and Sean has blown his mind
someone's busy hiding
to fucked to fight

Some have found religion
and some have run away
and some they formed a party
to find a way
some joined the system
some still look away
and some just bite their backsides
to find a way

There is a way ...

So, when you're standing by the roadside
and there's a long way to go
I'll carry you
if you carry me
carry me, friend
well I'll carry you

OUTSIDE/INSIDE
He was on the outside
but it was not his own choice
the city schemes had swallowed his dream

and silenced his voice

She was on the inside
looking for a way to be free
she was doing nine to life
working for the company

There is an end to adversity
an end to the company
a time and a place where we can be
Where I can laugh and you'll be free
and there'll be no more outside or inside
to keep us apart

This is the place the rat the race
this is the place we have no face

I state my case

TOGETHER ALL THE WAY
You taste a drink in your hometown
you smile for the things you've known
that's when you were playing games
you couldn't hope to play today

Dare you look to the future
the spped the pages turn
today your hope
for tomorrow is to smile anyway today

Don't pray to a god
we're in this together all the way
from the old to the young
and from the cradle to the grave

Look to yourself
because there's plenty of wealth
in us all
if we fight the good fight
the we gonna have to fall to us all

Do you remember the smells of childhood
do they still come once in a while
perhaps you're still full of that passion
well if you go on then smile

Chorus

BARREL OF A GUN
In a strange land
far from these shores
lay two man and a woman
killed by the law

In no matter what country
under the sun
you can't meter justice
throught the barrel of a gun

A car bomb they say
the S.A.S. on offense
shot in the back
makes no difference

shoot to kill
'til both sides have their fill
'til both sides have their martyrs
and all the kids have no fathers

'til you mothers have no sons
and the battle it is won
when both sides
they have lost
all the blood that it cost

THREE FRIENDS
Burning searing sun
soft thru the skin
bring your grace down here
tearing past the grey shadows of today
stroke away the fear

cold and steaming moun
call down a tune
lend us your ear
glide by the curves
which your secret serves
but bring not your speer

and life holds no time
by the blink of your eyes as both
you watch your sister planet die

I HAVE NO ANSWERS
Tell me now I want the answers for
famine Starvation Bloodshed War
all the blood that's run before
why don't politician's fight their own law

I have no answers for
the porblems caused by gouvernment and law
the only solution is to rearrange
from the bottom to the top
this system must change

Tell me the answers to
al the question! ask you
I've got to know right now
you keep the power with you
no questions asked
but I'm demanding answers now
for the present and for the past

I tell you it's dis-disinformation
that keeps us ll in our station
you tell me that I'm confused
I tell you that we're all used

NO CHANGE
Can you hear the sound
of the fiddle and the drum
passing them fade
Can you hear the sound
of chanting in the streets
screaming for better days

you've heard it all
yes, we've all heard it all
but tell me what has changed
you've seen it all
we've all seen it all
so tell me what has changed

and the palace stays the same
only the gards ever change
so lay me down

you've heard the singer
simgs protest songs
telling us what is wrong

you've read the books
that say where to look
but where's the answers gone

you've seen it all
yes, we've all seen it all
but tell me what has changed

but the palace stays the same
only the gards ever change
so lay me down

BLIND FAITH
A hollow heart and empty heart
makes the streets run red
a careless desire leaves a child
future of fire
but you don't care
how could you care

Blinf Faith It'll be okay
Everybody tells you so
Don't look it'll go away
Everybody tells you so

You leave your nation with sword
pressed to its back
you mark the last page of history in black
but you don't care
how could you care

CHORUS

Why must you poison ?
You're taking it all away
Why must you rape ?
The future this way
Now you've made your babylon
what rest should take you
only 7 days to fixe the mess
but you don't care
how could you care

CHROUS

THE BALLAD OF ROBBIE JONES
There was Robbie Jones
He used to walk so tall
You know he'd hurt no one at all
Chased the girls around the world
Danced them round the dance halls
We'd have a drink and then he'd sink
Into nostalgic talk
We carried him home in the fallen snow
When he was too drunk to walk
Then came the day
We were sent away
We got our papers
Posted trough the door
And sent off to war
Dear old Tom
He'd sing a song and he'd play the guitar
He'd tell you all the stories
Of his travels near and far
Signed up one day to learn a trade
But that dream didn't go far
He'd be fighting Argentinians
With his gun not his guitar
He used to walk so tall
You know he'd hurt no one at all
Chased the girls around the world
Danced them round the dance halls
We'd have a drink and then he'd sink
Into nostalgic talk
We carried him home in the fallen snow
When he was too drunk to walk

Then came the day
We were sent away
We got our papers
Posted trough the door
And sent off to war

Dear old Tom
He'd sing a song and he'd play the guitar
He'd tell you all the stories
Of his travels near and far
Signed up one day to learn a trade
But that dream didn't go far
He'd be fighting Argentinians
With his gun not his guitar

ENGLAND MY HOME
You gave me my birth
Then you made me pay
What is it worth
Cast me away
You've really done it now
Dying in my arms
You stand here with nothing
But you've still got english charm

Oh England, you're my home
My heart's heart
Crashing thunder of love
You're a place of the poor
Open wound
The lost rites of love

You cut your own throat
Then you let it bleed
Misleading your people
From what they all need
Roots forgotten
That's what we all say
But what does it matter
You're the USA

Why is it England
I feel like rubbish on your streets
Why is it when I care
If feel incomplete
Why does our future seem
Such a feat
When will our consciousness
Finally meet

Oh, whatever happened to
My green and pleasant land

WHAT YOU KNOW
Have you seen an ocean
Deep and wide
Have you been an island
Lost inside
Have you ever walked the streets
In black and white
But you're in colour
Alienated and afraid

You look in from the outside
As you go through
You keep on walking
But you don't know what to do
But there's plenty of time
In a day
But in a town
Your mind can go away

So I take a walk
Get out of the place
Where all the trees
Have a concrete face
So when the pressure's on
And there's nowhere left to go
You're gonna have to come to terms
To terms of what you know through