War
Album - 28 febbraio 1983 - Debaser id 92

Yeah...
Hmm... hmm....

I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long...

'cause tonight... we can be as one
Tonight...

Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the 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
Sunday, bloody Sunday

(Oh, let's go)

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

Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday

How long...
How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long...

'cause tonight... we can be as one
Tonight... tonight...

Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday

(Yeah, let's go)

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
I wipe your tears away
(Sunday, bloody Sunday)
I wipe your blood shot eyes
(Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Sunday, bloody Sunday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)
Sunday, bloody Sunday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

(Yeah, let's go)

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die

(Sunday, bloody Sunday)

The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...

Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday...

It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye
Oh, oh, oh
It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye
Oh, oh, oh
Say bye-bye
Where are you going to now?

Lightning flashes across the sky
East to West
Do and die
Like a thief in the night
See the world by candlelight
Fall, rise and...
Fall, rise and...

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

Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye

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

Fall, rise and...
Fall, rise and...

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
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye.

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
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
The newspaper says, says
Says it's true, says it's true and
We can break through
Torn in two
We can be one
I... I will begin again
I... I will begin again

Yeah
Oh...

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

On New Year's Day...
On New Year's Day...

Wa, war... she's the refugee
I see your face
I see you staring back at me
Wa, war... she is the refugee
Her mama say one day she's gonna live in America

In the morning
She is waiting
Waiting for the ship to sail
Sail away...

Wa, war... her papa go to war
He gonna fight but he don't know what for
Wa, war... her papa go to war
Her mama say one day he's gonna come back from far away

Oh help me
How can you help me?

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

Wa, war... she's a pretty face
But at the wrong time in the wrong place
Wa, war... she's a pretty face
Her mama say one day she's gonna live in America

Yeah, America

Wa, war... she is a refugee
She coming back, she come and keep you company
Wa, war... she is a refugee
Her mama say one day she's gonna live in America

Oh I talk to you
You walk away
You're still on the down beat
You say you don't want my help
But you can't escape
If you're running from yourself

I give you my love
I give you my love
Give you my love
Still you walk away
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
I give you my love, love, love...

Oh, the city's alight
With lovers and lies
And bright blue eyes

Oh, the city is bright
It's 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
Gotta find out
Find out what she's living for

(Surrender, surrender)
(Surrender, surrender)

Oh, the city's a fire
A passionate flame that knows me by name
Oh, the city's desire to take me for more and more
It's in the street gettin' under my feet
It's in the air, it's everywhere I look for you
It's in the things that I do and say
And it I wanna live I gotta die to myself someday

Oh, oh, oh, oh...

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

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?

You 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
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 to sing this song?
How long to sing this song?