LEVELLERS MUSIC
Weapon Called The Word 1990
World Freak Show
In the past fools would pay
to see the freaks of the day
contradictions of the norm
the bizarre, the wonderful and deformed
no need for the tents
and the cages now
the world comes to my eyes
in front of my TV circus
a freak show in disguise
circles and roundabouts
how much did you know
going round and coming back
the world freak show
swings and revolutions
how much did you know
going round an coming back
world freak show
Another tree is coming down
another harponed whale is drowned
another child's belly needs feeding
on land of the fast food chain is bleeding
and we bought our new green wool
and pulled it over our eyes
as the circus goes on
all around
a freak show in disguise
Carry MeWhen you're standing by the roadside
And it's a long way to go
Ah, to carry me
to carry me, carry me, carry me, friend
Oh, to carry me
Together in this mad land
far from truest of hands
well I'll carry you
if you'll carry me, carry me, carry me, friend
Oh, carry me
And we'll petrol Bomb the state
we'll blow away the hate
But we'll do it in our minds
If we can take the time
we'll build ourselves a road
from what we know
each take our part
and now's the time to start
Oh yea take
Oh it must be
Oh it must be
Oh it must be
But Jane's taking Heroin
and Paul is getting pissed
Steve is getting stoned
to fucked to fight
Sarah's on the Acid
and Sean has blown his mind
someone's busy hiding
to fucked to fight
Yea, Some have found religion
and some have run away
and some they formed a party
to find a way
Yea, some joined the system
some just look away
and some just bite their backsides
to find a way
And there is a way ...
Yes, there is a way ...
Yes, there is a way ...
When you're standing by the roadside
and it's a long way to go
Well I'll carry you
if you'll carry me, carry me, carry me, friend
well I'll carry you
Outside / Inside
He was on the outside
but it was not his own choice
the city schemes had swallowed his dreams
and they silenced his voice
Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away.
She was on the inside
looking for a way to be free
she was doing nine to life
working for the company
Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away.
This is the place the rat the race
this is the place we have no face
Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away.
(Run, run, run)
There is an end to adversity
an end to the company
a time and a place for you and me
Where I can laugh and you'll be free
and there'll be no more outside or inside
to keep us apart
no more outside or inside
to keep us apart
This is the place the rat the race
this is the place we have no face
This is the place the rat the race
this is the place we have no face
I state my case
Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away.
Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away.
Get away
Together All The Way
You taste a drink in your hometown
you smile for the things you've known
that's when you were playing games
you couldn't hope to play today
Dare you look to the future
the speed the pages turn
today your hope
for tomorrow is to smile anyway today
Don't pray to a god
we're in this together all the way
from the old to the young
and from the cradle to the grave
Look to yourself
because there's plenty of wealth
in us all
if we fight the good fight
the we gonna have to fall to us all
Do you remember the smells of childhood
do they still come once in a while
perhaps you're still full of that passion
well if you go on then smile
Chorus
Barrel Of The Gun
In a strange land
far from these shores
lay two men and a woman
killed by the law
No matter what country
Under the sun
You can't mete justice
From the barrel of a gun
A car bomb they say
The S.A.S. on offense
Shot in the back
Makes no difference
Oh no, Oh no,
So no matter what country
Under the sun
You can't mete justice
From the barrel of a gun, a gun.
Shoot to kill
'til both sides have their fill
'til both sides have their martyrs
and all the kids have no fathers
Oh no, oh no,
So, no matter what country
Under the sun
You can't mete justice
the barrel of a gun
Oh, 'til you mothers have no sons
'til your battle it is won
Tell both sides
they have lost
all the blood that it cost
So, no matter what country
under the sun
you can't mete justice
No, from the barrel of a gun
Three Friends
Burning searing sun
soft through the skin
bring your grace down here
tearing past the grey shadows of today
stroke away the fear
cold and steaming moon
call down a tune
lend us your ear
glide by the curves
which your secret serves
but bring not your speer
and life holds no time
by the blink of your eyes as both
you watch your sister planet die
I Have No Answers
Tell me now I want the answers for
famine Starvation Bloodshed War
all the blood that's run before
why can't politician's fight their own law
I have no answers for
the problems caused by gouvernment and law
the only solution is to rearrange
from the bottom to the top
this system must change
Tell me the answers to
all the questions I ask you
I've got to know right now
you keep the power with you
no questions asked
but I'm demanding answers now
for the present and for the past
I tell you it's dis-disinformation
that keeps us ll in our station
you tell me that I'm confused
I tell you that we're all used
No Change
Can you hear the sound
of the fiddle and the drum ?
passing them fade
Can you hear the sound
of chanting in the streets ?
screaming for better days.
you've heard it all
yes, we've all heard it all
but tell me what has changed
you've seen it all
we've all seen it all
so tell me what has changed.
and the palace stays the same
only the guards ever change
so lay me down
you've heard the singer
sing proud their songs
telling us what is wrong
you've read the books
that say where to look
well, where's the answers gone
you've seen it all
yes, we've all seen it all
but tell me what has changed
but the palace stays the same
only the guards ever change
so lay me down
Blind Faith
A hollow heart and empty head
make the streets run red
a careless desire leaves a child
a future of fire
but you don't care
how could you care
Blind Faith It'll be okay
Everybody tells you so
Don't look it'll go away
Everybody tells you so
Blind Faith It'll be okay
Everybody telling you so
Don't look it'll go away
Everybody tells you so
You lead your nation with a sword
pressed to its back
you mark the last page of history in black
but you don't care
how could you care
Blind Faith It'll be okay
Everybody tells you so
Don't look it'll go away
Everybody tells you so
Blind Faith It'll be okay
Everybody telling you so
Don't look it'll go away
Everybody tells you so
Why must you poison ?
You're taking it all away
Why must you rape ?
The future this way
Now you made your Babylon, what next?
should only take you 7 days to fix the mess
you don't care
how could you care
The Ballad Of Robbie Jones
There was Robbie Jones
He used to walk so tall
You know he'd hurt no one at all
Chased the girls around the world
Danced them round the dance halls
We'd have a drink and then he'd sink
Into nostalgic talk
We carried him home in the fallen snow
When he was too drunk to walk
Then came the day
We were sent away
We got our papers
Posted trough the door
And sent off to war
Dear old Tom
He'd sing a song and he'd play the guitar
He'd tell you all the stories
Of his travels near and far
Signed up one day to learn a trade
But that dream didn't go far
He'd be fighting Argentinians
With his gun not his guitar
He used to walk so tall
You know he'd hurt no one at all
Chased the girls around the world
Danced them round the dance halls
We'd have a drink and then he'd sink
Into nostalgic talk
We carried him home in the fallen snow
When he was too drunk to walk
Then came the day
We were sent away
We got our papers
Posted trough the door
And sent off to war
Dear old Tom
He'd sing a song and he'd play the guitar
He'd tell you all the stories
Of his travels near and far
Signed up one day to learn a trade
But that dream didn't go far
He'd be fighting Argentinians
With his gun not his guitar
England My Home
You gave me my birth
Then you made me pay
What is it worth
Cast me away
You've really done it now
Dying in my arms
You stand here with nothing
But you've still got english charm
Oh England, you're my home
My heart's heart
Crashing thunder of love
You're a place of the poor
Open wound
The lost rites of love
You cut your own throat
Then you let it bleed
Misleading your people
From what they all need
Roots forgotten
That's what we all say
But what does it matter
You're the USA
Why is it England
I feel like rubbish on your streets
Why is it when I care
If feel incomplete
Why does our future seem
Such a feat
When will our consciousness
Finally meet
Oh, whatever happened to
My green and pleasant land
What You Know
Have you seen an ocean
Deep and wide
Have you been an island
Lost inside
Have you ever walked the streets
In black and white
But you're in colour
Alienated and afraid
You look in from the outside
As you go through
You keep on walking
But you don't know what to do
But there's plenty of time
In a day
But in a town
Your mind can go away
So I take a walk
Get out of the place
Where all the trees
Have a concrete face
So when the pressure's on
And there's nowhere left to go
You're gonna have to come to terms
To terms of what you know through
Social Insecurity
Well it's another social worker in his government disguise
Sittin' behind his bullet-proof glass tryin' to tell me 'bout my rights
I don't like the way that he's asking me these questions
I can read between the lines
I don't think that I could trust you,
With the story of my life
Another communications network brings you to your knees
They're genocidal maniacs, they're doing just what they please
Gotta move these mountains 'cause they're standing in the way
If it's in the name of progress, son, yeah, we can make you pay for our
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Social insecurity
Well they're trying to take my history away from me
Social insecurity
Don't look at me, they're trying to take my life
It's never seemed so tragic now as dawn breaks into day
You're staring at a tower block where a green field once lay
All the mighty rivers full of factory decay
Is this just some small price that we have learned to pay for your
CHORUS
So this is your democracy,
Yeah this is your bureaucracy,
I call it damn hypocrisy,
If you ask me I'll tell you about your life.
Cardboard Box City
Have you seen them in every station
Begging in their separate ways
Some of them are no more than children
Some of them are runaways
I don't care for your opinion
I've seen you turn your face the other way
And you said to me "Son, what's your problem?
Can't we talk about this over lunch some day?"
And I bet you've never
Been south of the river
Down the Old Kent Road or down
Southwark way
I bet you've never never seen them
Lying in the litter
In the cardboard boxes
Where you make them stay
In the docklands of East London
Where those great tall ships once sailed
Of a price of couple of hundred thousands
I have seen your condominiums for sale
In the north by the archway tavern
You can see them lying there every day
And they're drunk to hell, they'll scream their minds to the heaven
"My God why did it have to be this way?"
And I bet you've never
Been south of the river
Down the Old Kent Road or down
Southwark way
I bet you've never never seen them
Lying in the litter
In the cardboard boxes
Where you make them stay
I worked my time and I paid my taxes
I've lined your pockets with my pay
You said you'd take my money
You said you'd help them
But in your pockets it just seems to stay
And I've seen your fancy house in Richmond
And where you moor your boat on Kingston Quay
Every week you take your wife and children sailing
Try taking them down to south London some day
And I bet you've never
Been south of the river
Down the Old Kent Road or down
Southwark way
I bet you've never never seen them
Lying in the litter
In the cardboard boxes
Where you make them stay
In the cardboard boxes
where they have to stay