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1. _ On Ebay
Mr. Kokoschka, it just happened again -
they struck the museum like a hurricane.
All of our culture, it´s dead and it's gone,
from Babylon baby back to Babylon.
There´s stuff you find along the way and stuff you leave behind,
and it all in ends up as stuff that you can buy.
On ebay - from Babylon back to Babylon.
On ebay - from Babylon back to Babylon.
In old Bagdhad they´re dursting off the antiques;
it's the fourteenth guernica we´ve had this week.
I got twenty-five dollars for a Persian vase.
Hold the critique. I think I´ll go large.
That stuff inside your houses and that stuff behind your eyes,
well it all ends up as stuff that you can buy.
On ebay - from Babylon back to Babylon.
On ebay - from Babylon back to Babylon.
They´re building a tower of wrappers and cans,
and now we speak in language that we all understand
t-t-t-t-t-tongue tied and starry eyed -
it´s the ancient history of old school ties.
There´s stuff dressed up as truth and then there´s stuff dressed up as lies
and it all ends up as stuff that you can buy.
On ebay - from Babylon back to Babylon.
On ebay - from Babylon back to Babylon.
On ebay - from Babylon back to Babylon.
On ebay - from Babylon back to Babylon.
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2. _ By & By
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3. _ Just Desserts
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4. _ Bankrobber
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5. _ Bella Ciao
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6. _ Rebel Code
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7. _ Laughter in a Time of War
Sometimes feels like singing your life away
F sharp minor up and down the motorway
Too dog-tired; wouldn't want it any other way
Laughter in a time of War
Love on a Monday, football on a Saturday
Home-grown strawberries to justify the rain
Sometimes I do, but I shouldn't complain
Laughter in a time of War
Oh my soul
We got oil for the pan
We got rock n roll
Laughter lines run deeper than skin
And the world's just
Something that the cat brought in
Late summer evening after the attack
Food from the aeroplanes wrapped up in a flag
He went for the money but he won't come back
Laughter in a time of War
Take my life and sing it back to me
My big mouth, it's my own worst enemy
Funny how it all sounds better in harmony
Laughter in a time of War
Oh my soul [Repeat: x3]
The people at the top have further to fall
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8. _ We Don't Want to Sing Along
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9. _ Be with You
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10. _ Learning to Love
I courted a man from the Lancs Fusiliers
He gave me his heart and so I loved him dear
For he took me a-courting and he taught me to dance
Then he marched with the infantry over to France
He told me to wait he'd be back in a year
Now seventeen months I have wished he were here
And I'll wait no longer, I'll take what I can
So I'm learning to love with another young man
[Chorus]
Learning to love
Learning to love
Tired of the waiting
I'm learning to love
So I courted a man from the Royal Horse Blues
He soon had to leave and I said I'd be true
Now he's gone for his duty not seven weeks yet
So I've found a new young man to help me forget
[Chorus]
I courted a man from the Kent Volunteer
Now he's gone a-marching, and I wish he were here
What can I do while my love is away?
But court with a soldier from the Royal Scots Grey
[Chorus]
One day they'll come back and then I'll be true
For I've learnt how to love and I've learnt how to choose
To every young woman who waits at the shore
Love while you're waiting; you'll learn so much more
[Chorus]
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11. _ William Francis
William Francis, noble lord
His fortune built on sweat and sword
Built an empire tall as a hill
But he don't have fun and he never will
My, my
Sees the world so far below
And though he tries, he'll never know
Friends to greet the breaking of day
And love to pass the night away
My, my
William Francis high and dry
With his paradise denied
My, my
William Francis, lost, alone
A thousand ifs and a heart of stone
He measures his life in gain and cost
But he'll never add up the world he lost
My, my
William Francis works us hard
But we'll dance all the way to the knacker's yard
He cannot laugh and he cannot cry
'Cause William Francis is cold inside
My, my
William Francis high and dry
With his paradise denied
My, my
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12. _ Wizard of Menlo Park
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13. _ Smith & Taylor
Built with lives
Remembered in plans
A history of no-ones
For the glory of just one man
Should Smith now fall
Then Taylor takes his place
We're measuring our progress
By burying our waste
Pyramids, palaces
Railways and mills
Viaducts, offices
Pipelines and canals
Bells for the architect
Ringing through the land
A hundred honest men to wash
The ink stains from his hands
For the forging of words
Comes easy as sleep
Stones for Smith & Taylor
Their memories to keep
Every maiden voyage
Leaves a widow on the shore
And every blessed spire
Sees the earth get its reward
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14. _ When Alexander Met Emma
When Alexander met Emma
The first day she came to New York
Sach's cafe in Manhattan
Coffee and cigarettes and talk
Sun beating down on the East Side
Introductions are made in the haze
Emma, meet Alexander
Emma just smiles as she says
"Take my hand
I'll take yours,
Save my life
I'll save yours"
Life stretches loudly before her
From the Bowery to old Suffolk Street
The five dollar bill in her pocket
And a world full of people to meet
Ships riggin' up in the Hudson
Waiting for love to set sail
Emma, she tells Alexander
"I'll be there when you walk from the jail"
"Take my hand
I'll take yours,
Save my life
I'll save yours"
Newspaper talk turns to headlines
A love so cemented in fame
A word to the strike-breaking bosses
Propaganda in deed and in name
Fourteen long years on the island
It's a lifetime of summers to wait
And Emma, she meets Alexander
As they unlock the last prison gate
"Take my hand
I'll take yours,
Save my life
I'll save yours"
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15. _ Walking into Battle with the Lord
A new crusade to the Holy Land
Walking into battle with the Lord
An army of men under my command
Walking into battle with the Lord
Fight the good fight here at home
Walking into battle with the Lord
Send those men to kingdom come
Walking into battle with the Lord
Take my aim with a higher will
Trust my Lord to hold me still
Say "amen" and shoot to kill
Walking into battle with the Lord
Walking into battle with the Lord
With open arms on Judgment Day
Walking into battle with the Lord
Teach the children how to pray
Walking into battle with the Lord
Faithful, blind, we all believe
Walking into battle with the Lord
I was taught by Adam but I blame it on Eve
Walking into battle with the Lord
All my words in kindness came
Your souls in mercy to reclaim
Cleanse this world of sin and shame
Walking into battle with the Lord
Walking into battle with the Lord
Holy Father, Mother Tongue
Walking into battle with the Lord
Manna from heaven, right from wrong
Walking into battle with the Lord
Take my place on the witness stand
Walking into battle with the Lord
Trigger fingers, praying hands
Walking into battle with the Lord
When two men meet on the field of war
They both ask "what are we fighting for?"
And haven't we heard it all before?
Walking into battle with the Lord [Repeat: x4]
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16. _ Land of Do What You're Told
Have a word with your patron saint
Cover up the cracks with a lick of paint
All the exits are double-locked
Because st Sebastian sways but doesn't rock
Here's to you - you put up a fight
You're the last to leave, now turn out the light
You danced to the devil and the feathery wife
Now the ordinance survey is mapping out your life
Look at the small print, it's what we agreed
Sign your name before we teach you how to read
This is the land, the land of 'Do What You're Told'
The land of the free, if you don't leave the fold
Smile a little wider as you're waiting to be sold
This is the land, the land of 'Do What You're Told'
I'm a celebrity - let me in here
One last jump from the end of the pier
We breached the wall, but I was too tired to run
My get up and go got up and now it's gone
Look at the small print, it's what we agreed
Sign your name before we teach you how to read
This is the land, the land of Do What You're Told
The land of the free, if you don't leave the fold
Smile a little wider as you're waiting to be sold
This is the land, the land of Do What You're Told
This is the land, the land of Do What You're Told
With a little lip service to breaking the mould
Smile a little wider as you're waiting to be sold
This is the land, the Land of Do What You're Told
(We're going on strike for twelve per cent
We're not downhearted yet
They're filming it all for a reality show
So twelve per cent we'll get)
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17. _ I Did It for Alfie
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18. _ Everything You Know Is Wrong
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19. _ Fade Away (I Dont Want To)
Some set their hearts on a rocking chair
The better to sleep out the days
But I'm looking for a reason to kick and scream
I don't want to fade away
We think that the power is in our hands
Cause we're holding the remote control
Pile up the lot and what've you got?
Bitter-sweet nothing at all
[Chorus]
Some set their hearts on a rocking chair
The better to sleep out the days
But I'm looking for a reason to kick and scream
I don't want to fade away
Fade away, fade away
I don't want to fade away
It's a mighty long way from my own front door
To the world we were going to make
We got bloodied and bruised for the old excuse
That it's hard just staying awake
[Chorus]
Fade away, fade away
I don't want to fade away
Wake me up if you catch me falling
Gently into the night
Shine up my shoes 'cause I can't get used
To the dying of the light
[Chorus]
Fade away, fade away
I don't want to fade away
Fade away, fade away
I don't want to fade away
Fade away, fade away
I don't want to fade away
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20. _ You Can (Mass Trespass, 1932)
For all those feet in ancient times
For stepping out of line
Dragging time and tide
Against the keepers of the past
The flags of class and caste
Limp upon the mast
[Chorus]
All your week you were someone's slave
Today you're a free man
If they tell you you can't
Then you can
You can, you can, you can
Walking high upon the hills
Rough-shod against well-heeled
A butterfly breaks upon the wheel
A compass and a cap
A sing-song and a scrap
A dotted line across the map
[Chorus]
Every five-barred gate my home
A place to call my own
Stone to boundary stone
For every footprint on the land
The banners and the banned
Who swayed the best-laid plans
[Chorus]
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