Rumours of war    (video)

 

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1.There are soldiers marching on the common today,

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    they were there again this evening.

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    They paced up and down like sea birds on the ground,

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    before the storm clouds gathering.

 

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2. I must buy whatever tinned food is left on the shelves,

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    they are testing the air raid sirens.

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    They've filled up the blood banks and emptied the beds,

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    at the hospital and the asylum.

 

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3. I saw a man build a shelter in his garden today,

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    and we stood there idly chatting.

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    He said: "No, no I don't think war will come."

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    Yet still he carried on digging.     + instrumental = verse 3

 

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4. Everything in my life that I love

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    could be swept away without warning.

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    Yet the birds still sing and church bells ring,

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    and the sun came up this morning.

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    Life goes on as it did before, as the country drifts slowly to war.

 

    (Billy Bragg)