Flags And Emblems


(It's A) Long Way To Paradise (From Here)
Stand Up And Shout
Each Dollar A Bullet
The 'Cosh'
Beirut Moon
The Game Of Life
Human Shield
Johnny 7
Die And Burn
No Surrender






(It's A) Long Way To Paradise (From Here)

When you're young you stand your ground
And nothing seems to get you down at all
Then you grow to realize
That everything ain't black and white
It's brown
On and on your life drags on
And every day's the same

Chorus:
It's a long way to paradise from here
It's a long way to paradise from here

Every week you stand in line
You queue to put your name upon a form
And every week they have devised
Another way of making you feel small
On and on your life grinds on
And you're not living at all

Chorus repeats

You think you're tough
You think you're smart
But they know how
To break your heart
They'll chew you up
And spit you out
And make you start again

Chorus repeats



Stand Up And Shout

It's time to ask yourself just what you want to be
Just look around tell me exactly what you see
No sitting out no time to settle in your place
You're with us now don't be a name without a face

Chorus:
Stand up and shout
For what you want to be
Stand up and shout
What you believe
Stand up and shout
For those you want to free
Stand up for the one and only

Get on your feet and raise you fist up for the count
What's yours is yours if you just stand up and shout
No looking back you got to play the cards you're dealt
Break down the barricades and speak up for yourself

Don't you know who speaks up for you
You can't rely on no-one else to pull you through

So what you're thinking might be what we want to hear
Don't keep it hidden got to shout your message clear
No easy answers when the question is self doubt
Better wrong than silent gotta let your feelings out



Each Dollar A Bullet

Oh it must be so romantic
When the fighting's over there
And they're passing round the shamrock
And you're all filled up with tears
"For the love of dear old Ireland"
That you've never even seen
You throw in twenty dollars
And sing "Wearing of the Green

Chorus:
Each dollar a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Americans kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun

Now you've never stood on Belfast's streets
And heard the bombs explode
Or hid beneath the blankets
When there's riots down the road
No you've never had your best friend die
Or lost a favorite son
But you'll stand there and tell us
Just what we're doing wrong

Each false word a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Englishmen kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun

From the minute that you're born you're told
To hate the other side
"They're not like us, they're not the same
We know because we're right"
But can't you see we're all the same
There is no right and wrong
Why can't we stop and realize
Just what we're doing wrong
We've hated too much too long

Each old lie a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Irishmen kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun

How can you convince yourself
That what you do is right?
When people are dying there
Night after night
Don't you ever wonder
Why it still goes on?
The hopes and fears and all the tears
Are buried in your ground
Buried in your ground

Each rumour a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And careless talk kills Irishmen
As surely
As if words fired the gun

Well it's lasted for so long now
And so many have died
It's such a part of my own life
Yet it leaves me mystified
How a people so intelligent
Friendly, kind and brave
Can throw themselves so willingly
Into an open grave

Each new day a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And ignorance kills Irishmen
As surely
As if we fired the gun



The 'Cosh'

Everything is turning upside down in this town
The crime rate's rising up as employment swoops down
Kids can't trust their parents to protect them no more
And if you're black or Irish you just can't trust the law

Winos on the corner with no hope and no plan
Kids on 5 quid drug deals waiting for their man
Estates in states of chaos, hatred scrawled on the walls
The men of law and order writhe about on the floor
No-one dreams of living, those hopes lie on the rocks
Your newly detached heaven is a cardboard box

Chorus:
And it seems
And it seems
Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees
Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees

Old folk freeze to death in flats where damp streams down the walls
Poll tax bailiffs scream unheard in countless council halls
Plans for new development that never cure the mess
Benefits that won't be paid unless you've an address
No-one dreams of living, those hopes lie on the rocks
Your newly detached heaven is a cardboard box

Our Welfare State's collapsing
And no-one seems to care
As long as money's being made
And profits there to share
Buy into a service that
Belonged to you and me
Soon you'll find our country
Is the UK pic

No-one dreams of living, those hopes lie on the rocks
Your newly detached heaven is a cardboard box

Chorus:
Down on its knees
Down on its knees
Someone's used the Cosh
The country's down on it's knees
Down on it's knees
Down on it's knees ... And it seems ... (Chorus)



Beirut Moon

(Announcer: Speech)


"We'd like to help you," the consul said
"But there's nothing we can do."
"Well, you knew the risks when you took the job.
After all you're not a fool.
So don't call me, don't call me.
I just can't bend the rules.
Keep your chin up, I know it's tough.
Somehoe you'll get through."
It seems the Americans
Can bargain and rescue
But if you get caught
You're left to rot
Under a Beirut, under a Beirut Moon

Chorus:
Under a Beirut Moon
Sorry son, there's nothing we can do
Under a Beirut Moon
Different rules, we haven't got a clue

"We can't be seen to be giving in
To these terrorists you see.
If we talk with them it would mean the end
Of all that we hold dear.
So don't call me, don't call me
I'm doing all I can
Although it seems from where you sit
I don't give a damn."
Back home they'll remember you
In papers, on TV
Because when you're caught
You're left to rot
Under a Beirut, under a Beirut Moon

Chorus repeat x 2

And though you dream of being free
There's not much hope that I can see
Under a Beirut, under a Beirut Moon

Now just today on the news I saw
A hostage walking free
He talked of how it came about
He gained his liberty
He said, don't give up, don't give up
Argue, beg and plead
Keep the pressure up, don't let it drop
Sometime you'll get free
He said the Americans
Would bargain and rescue
But when Brits get caught
They're left to rot
Under the Beirut, under the Beirut Moon

Chorus repeat x 2



The Game Of Life

From the minute you're born
Til the day you die
Y'know they put you on trial
Yeah, they make you strive, strive, strive
Here's my little warning
It's a word to the wise
Don't get too involved in
The Game of Life

When the wheel of fortune
Grinds your face in the sand
And opportunity's knocking
Only bruises your hand
They call it enterprise culture
I call it pressure and strife
And the winners stay winners
In the Game of Life

Chorus:
The Game of Life
You're born to play
The Game of Life
You play to win
The winners stay winners
In the game of life

Putting the pressure on you
Your head is on the block
With every day more frantic
You've gotta beat the clock
Try to slow down sometime
If you don't you'll find
You've no time for living
The Game of Life

Chorus Repeat

From the minute you're born
Til the day you die
Yeah they put you on trial
Yeah they make you strive, strive, strive
They call it enterprise culture
I call it pressure and strife
And the winners stay winners
In the Game of Life

Chorus x 3



Human Shield

How do you propose to live your life in times like these
Growing up surrounded by the fear and hate disease disease
I believe that we all need protection from the world
And our friends enfold us like a barrier unfurled unfurled

I believe in the human shield
I believe in the human shield

People try to use you and abuse you every day
Doesn't seem to matter what you do or what you say you say
Then you need a friend that you can call on when you're down
Someone who will ward off all the hatred all around

The human shield
Protects your soul
And keeps you on the ground
The human shield
Protects your heart
From being ground down



Johnny 7

I remember back so long ago
Where I went you'd always go
Never left my side, I never felt alone
Just you and me always on our own
Those were the days I loved but now it seems so strange
It's all so different I guess everything has to change

Chorus:
Johnny 7 now where are you
Johnny 7 help me see it through
Johnny 7 I need you right by my side
Was all so easy way back then
I pull the trigger just fire and end
No need to run Johnny 7 no need to hide

The years go by and you are gone
Never thought I'd miss you for so long
A world like this needs a seven too
I guess I'd still run back to you
They told me I'd forget as time goes by
But they can say what they want I know I'll never try

Could this all be a dream
So what I'll live my dream

I guess it's wrong to look back to you
What can you change what can you do
Is it so wrong is it all pride
Why pretend what I feel inside
But then I look around and I still want you back
I pull the trigger now - come on let's attack



Die And Burn

You're holding on to something
I don't believe it's real
You're living in the past
And you refuse to reappraise
Your ridiculous commitment
To an outmoded ideal
Are you honestly that stupid
Or will these wounds never heal

Chorus:
You can keep your flags and emblems
I don't need them anymore
So just take your age-old hatred
And then walk out of the door
I hope that you die and burn tonight
I hope that you die and burn tonight

You think of all your neighbours
As just scum upon the earth
And you live inside a bubble
Where a badge is all you're worth
All your dreams are built on loathing
All your hopes are built on hate
I can't see any way out
Of this hell that you create

Chorus

I wish you could see yourself
As others all see you
Then maybe you'd realise
That you seem such a fool

Chorus



No Surrender

Here's your mask and here's your glove
It's all an arcade game
We call it "Virtual Reality
So nothing's what it seems
Although we may want you to kill
Just do it now for fun
You play on the computer screen
While these men load your gun
Men who only think of fortune
No matter the price
Men who kill for sand and petrol
Never thinking twice

Chorus:
So let the young men fight
Die in battle for the glory
And we know it's right
So shoot son never worry
That your mother cries
She can't see the reason
Your battle cry is
No Surrender Here At All

Here's your mask and here's your gun
It's no longer a game
This is absolute reality
Though it's not what it seems
We told you we need you to fight
For freedom and for right
What we want is our man restored
To hell with what he's like
Our man sells us oil and petrol
At a price that's fair
Our man kills collaborators
In the Public Square

I believe in hopes and dreams
I believe in life
I don't believe in hate and greed
Tyranny or spite

Might is Right
My will be done
I pull the trigger
You fire the gun
No surrender








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