Go swiftly The flags and drums can hypnotise When glory has faded the dream Is worth more than the prize A twisting turning flame And a freedom burning
Looking back on the road we left behind I wonder just what it is we've done Seems like we've earned the right To throw the dice again Let's make the pieces
All obsessed with the taste of flesh Black panthers and the CIA Into a sharp wit with a stupid slag We've gone and dug our own hole 'Cause everybody
Go swiftly The flags and drums can hypnotize When glory has faded The dream is worth more than the prize A twisting turning flame And a freedom burning
Times are hard and the money's tight Day to day we fight the fight Nothing new, the same old grind Uphill all the way Boss man says, forget the raise
Out of the aeroplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken As he waved a piece of paper in
I don't want to be the one to say, "I'm sorry" I don't want to be the one to take the blame I don't want to be the one to throw it over I don't want to
My word for dark rhymes with your word for light and It's not quite as pretty as the pictures you painted But those were just after thoughts and all your
We came with gifts, too beautiful [Incomprehensible] With anyone who'd care to look Look with only open eyes It's true, our time will come It's true,
Now party people put your hands together Gotta get on up, gotta get on down Wooo yeah I know I wanna get up and I wanna get down Gotta get on up, gotta
Our time is coming Here comes our time Our time is now This is our time They say that time is tight Well, we're tight too Yeah, we know just what we
Hey girl, let's begin again and try to help ourselves We're like weary warriors who just came back from hell You can keep your territory, I will stay
People used to bill and coo But that don't make it with you 'Coz there's other things we do In our time, baby, in our time, yeah In our time, baby, in
Uh huh, holdin' your hand in the very last row Down at the midnight picture show Well, the movie is lousy Oh baby, kiss me again Down by the river as
Today will be the day To start rising up and fighting back And from this moment on we will live our lives With open hearts and open eyes Just keep pushing
Bobby's perfecting his Frisbee technique I'm working on my tan Neighbor comes over looking none to pleased For a word across the back fence Wonders would
I may be dead honey but I was left with my eyes And underneath sugar well, I've been stung by your lies And my heart baby, is cold and blue We're two