Electric Avenue (1983)
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(2x)
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1. Down in the street there is
violence,
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and a
lots of work to be done,
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no
place to hang out our washing,
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G
and I
can't blame all on the sun, oh no.
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We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue,
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and then we'll take it higher.
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Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue,
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and then we'll take it higher.
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2. Workin' so hard like a soldier,
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can't
afford a thing on TV,
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deep
in my heart I'm a warrior,
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can't
get food for them kids, good God.
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+ CHORUS +
Oh no ! (4x)
+ CHORUS
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3. Who is to blame in one country,
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never
can get to the one,
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dealin' in multiplication,
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and
they still can't feed everyone, oh no.
+ CHORUS
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+ Out in the street, out in the street.
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Out in the
daytime, out in the
night, oh.
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We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue,
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and then we'll take it higher.
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Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue,
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and then we'll take it higher.
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+ Out in the street, out in the street.
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Out in the
playground, in the dark side of town.
+ CHORUS
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+ Rock it in the daytime (Electric
Avenue) !
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Rock it in the night (Electric Avenue) ...
(orig. = no capo; midi = no capo : G - F ...) (Eddy Grant)