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to twist and go back
on the threat of an attack
and go to the square again
and in the pouring rain
to stand still again
and watch the world on a rack
and Hussein in the country of Iraq
and the stockbrokers take a panic attack
and the excuse of the finding of the Bin
and the cause of the first sin
and the slipping of a micky finn
the british public fight back
of a multitude in london go in
and the guiders of the country take notice
that horror, that horror that we call war
when men become child again and stand for
and the signs in the sky
apocolpyse and the slaughter of the Holy Lamb and the reason why
missiles arain in the great sky
the watchers cannot watch anymore of us fry
to satisfy the pain in the desire to watch die
and hope that the bunkers are built deep
for plenty of survivors alive to keep
and the other souls put to sleep
will wonder will the lamb lie down and be meek.
Georges