WAR


War (1983)


LISTADO:
  • SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
  • SECONDS
  • NEW YEAR'S DAY
  • LIKE A SONG
  • DROWNING MAN
  • THE REFUGEE
  • TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
  • RED LIGHT
  • SURRENDER
  • "40"


    SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

    I can't believe the news today
    I can't close my eyes and make it go away
    How long,
    How long must we sing this song?
    How long? Tonight we can be as one
    Broken bottles under children's feet
    Bodies strewn across a dead end street
    But I won't heed the battle call
    It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall

    Sunday, bloody Sunday
    Sunday, bloody Sunday

    And the battle's just begun
    There's many lost, but tell me who has won?
    The trenches dug within our hearts
    And mother's children brothers, sisters torn apart

    Sunday, bloody Sunday
    Sunday, bloody Sunday

    How long,
    How long must we sing this song?
    How long? Tonight we can be as one
    Tonight, tonight

    Sunday, bloody Sunday
    Sunday, bloody Sunday

    Wipe the tears from your eyes
    Wipe your tears away
    Wipe your bloodshot eyes

    Sunday, bloody Sunday
    Sunday, bloody Sunday

    And it's true we are inmune
    When fact is fiction and TV is reality
    And today the millions cry

    We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
    The real battle just begun
    To claim the victory Jesus won
    On a Sunday, bloody Sunday
    Sunday, bloody Sunday




    SECONDS

    It takes a second to say goodbye
    Say goodbye
    It takes a second to say goodbye
    Say goodbye, say bye bye where are you going to now?

    Fall, rise and... Fall, rise and...
    Lightning flashes across the sky
    From east to west you do or die
    Like a thief in the night
    You see the world by candlelight

    Fall, rise and... Fall, rise and...
    In an apartment
    On Times Square
    You can assemble them anywhere
    Held to ramson, hell to pay
    A revolution every day
    U.S.S.R., D.D.R., London, New York, Peking
    It's the puppets, it's the puppets
    Who pull the strings

    Say goodbye, say goodbye
    Say goodbye, say goodbye
    It takes a second to say goodbye
    Push the button and pull the plug, say goodbye

    Fall, rise and... Fall, rise and...
    They're doing the atomic bomb
    Do they know where the dance comes from?
    Yes they're doing the atomic bomb
    They want you to sing along
    Say goodbye, say goodbye



    NEW YEAR'S DAY

    All is quiet on New Year's Day
    A world in white gets underway
    And I want to be with you
    Be with you night and day
    Nothing changes on New Year's Day
    I will be with you again
    I will be with you again

    Under a blood-red sky
    A crowd has gathered in black and white
    Arms entwined, the chosen few
    Newspapers say, it says it's true it's true
    And we can break through
    Though torn in two we can be one
    I will begin again, I will begin again
    Oh and maybe the time is right
    Oh maybe tonight
    I will be with you again
    I will be with you again

    And so we are told this is the golden age
    And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
    Though I want to be with you
    To be with you night and day
    Nothing changes on New Year's Day



    LIKE A SONG

    . Like a song I have to sing
    I sing it for you
    Like the words I have to bring
    I bring them to you
    And in leather
    Lace or chains
    We stake our claim
    Revolution once again
    But I won't
    I won't wear it on my sleeve
    I can see through this expression,
    And you know I don't believe
    I'm too old to be told
    Exactly who are you?
    Tonight, tomorrow's too late

    And we love to wear a badge, a uniform
    And we love to fly a flag
    But I won't let others live in hell
    As we divide against each other
    And we fight amongst ourselves
    Too set in our ways to try to rearrange
    Too right to be wrong,
    in this rebel song
    Let the bells ring out, is there nothing left?
    Is honesty what you want?

    A generation without name, ripped and torn
    Nothing to lose, nothing to gain
    Nothing at all
    And if you can't help yourself
    Well take a look around you
    When others need your time

    You say it's time to go it's your time
    Angry words won't stop the fight
    Two wrongs won't make it right
    A new heart is what I need
    Oh God, make it bleed
    Is there nothing left?



    DROWNING MAN

    Take my hand
    You know I'll be there
    If you can I'll cross
    The sky for your love
    For I have promised for
    To be with you tonight
    And for the time that will come

    Take my hand
    You know I'll be there
    If you can I'll cross
    The sky for your love
    And I understand
    These winds and tides
    This change of times
    Won't drag you away
    Hold on, hold on tightly
    Hold on and don't let go
    Of my love

    The storms will pass
    It won't be long now
    The storms will pass
    But my love last forever

    And take my hand
    You know I'll be there
    If you can I'll cross the sky
    For your love
    Give you what I hold dear
    Hold on, hold on tightly
    Hold on, hold on tightly
    Rise up, rise up, with wings
    Like eagles you'll run, you'll run
    You'll run and not grow weary

    Take my hand, take my hand
    Hold on, hold on tightly
    Hold on, hold on tightly
    This love lasts forever
    This love lasts forever
    Take my hand
    Take my hand



    THE REFUGEE

    War
    She is a refugee, I see her face
    I see her starin' back at me

    War
    She is a refugee, her momma say
    One day she's gonna live in America

    In the morning she is waiting
    Waiting for her ship to sail
    Sail away

    Here
    She's got a heart

    War
    Poppa go to war, he go to fight
    But he don't know what for

    War
    Poppa go to war, her mama say
    One day he's gonna come back from far away

    Heartbeat
    I can hear a heartbeat

    In the evening, she is waiting
    Waiting for her man to come
    And take her by the hand
    And take her to this promised land

    War
    She is a pretty face
    Born at the wrong time, and in the wrong place

    War
    She is a pretty face
    Her mama say

    One day she's gonna live in America
    (Yeah, America)

    War
    She is a pretty face
    Her mama say
    One day she's gonna live in America

    War
    She is a refugee
    She'll come and dance
    She'll keep you company

    War
    She is a refugee
    Her mama say
    One day she's gonna live in America



    TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE

    I don't know
    I don't know which side I'm on
    I don't know my right from left
    Or my right from wrong

    They say I'm a fool
    They say I'm nothing
    But if I'm a fool for you
    Oh, that is something

    Two hearts beat as one
    Two hearts beat as one
    Two hearts

    I can't stop to dance
    This is my last chance
    I said I can't stop to dance
    Baby, this is my last chance

    Two hearts beat as one
    Two hearts beat as one
    Two hearts

    Beat on black, beat on white
    Beat on everything, don't get it right
    Beat on you, beat on me
    Beat on love

    I don't know how to say
    What's got to be said
    I don't know if it's black or white
    There's others see it red

    I don't get the answers right
    I leave that to you
    Is this love out of fashion
    Or is it the time of year


    Are these words distraction
    To the words you want to hear
    I try to spit it out
    I try to explain
    The way I feel
    Oh yeah, two hearts



    RED LIGHT

    I talk to you, ooh walkaway
    You're still on the downbeat
    you say you don't mind
    But you get hurt scared
    If you're running from yourself

    I give you my love
    I give you my love
    Give you my love
    And still you walkaway, well

    It's your own late show
    As you jump to the street below
    But where can you go to leave yourself behind
    Alone in the spotlight
    Of this your own tragedy

    Give my love
    Love love love love
    Love love love love
    Love...

    In the heart of the city, see me
    Calling, calling, calling
    See me calling
    I spend my life just calling you

    And I'll bring you
    And I'll bring you
    Night and day
    I'll give you my love

    Give you my love, give you my love
    Give you my love, give you my love



    SURRENDER

    The city's alight
    With lovers and lies
    Bright blue eyes
    The city is bright
    Brighter than day tonight
    Surrender, Surrender
    Surrender, Surrender

    Sadie said she couldn't
    Work out what it was all about
    And so she let go
    Now Sadie's on the street
    And the people she meets you know
    She tried to be a good girl
    And a good wife
    Raise a good family
    Lead a good life
    It's not good enough
    She got herself up on the 48th floor
    Go to find out, find out
    What she's living for
    Surrender, Surrender
    Surrender, Surrender

    The city's a fire
    A passionate flame
    That knows me by name
    The city's desire
    To take me for more and more
    It's in the street getting under my feet
    It's in the air it's everywhere I look for you
    It's in the things I do and say
    If I want to live, I've got to die to myself someday

    Papa sing my sing my song
    Papa sing my sing my song
    Papa sing my sing my song



    "40"

    I waited patiently for the Lord
    He inclined and heard my cry
    He brought me up out of the pit
    Out of the miry clay

    I will sing
    Sing a new song
    I will sing
    Sing a new song

    How long
    To sing this song?
    How long
    To sing this song?

    How long, how long
    How long, how long
    To sing this song?

    Well he set my feet upon a rock
    And made my footsteps firm
    Many will see
    Many will see and hear

    I will sing
    Sing a new song
    I will sing
    Sing a new song

    How long
    To sing this song?
    How long
    To sing this song?



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