Rumours Of War
Billy Bragg
There are soldiers marching on the common today They were there again this evening They paced up and down like sea birds on the ground Before the storm clouds gathering I must buy whatever tinned food is left on the shelves They are testing the air raid sirens They've filled up the blood banks and emptied the beds At the hospital and he asylum I saw a man build a shelter in his garden today And we stood there idly chatting He said: ";No, no I don't think war will come"; Yet still he carried on digging Everything in my life that I love Could be swept away without warning Yet the birds still sing and the church bells ring And the sun came up this morning Life goes on as it did before As the country drifts slowly to war90s british chillout elises favourite albums elises favourite artists Favourite Songs favourite songwriters folk inspirational healing John Peel Late Night Listening Mellow mine night political political and social commentar singer-songwriter SNV SNV singer-songwriters UK war
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