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The Walking Wounded

from Rave on Andy White (reissue) by Andy White

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lyrics

THE WALKING WOUNDED

Whicker’s city of car blasts
there’s violence in the air
suppressed beyond beliefs
there’s only violence for their heirs
herded into the queue
for the last item News at Ten
those vital statistics beckon
condemning leaders condemn
famous for fifteen seconds
the trigger pulls from the past
short paragraph tomorrow’s paper
can’t wait for the weather forecast
the weather’s forecast
for the walking wounded

Off-sales selling off
to an indistinct line of cars
with black shades on their windshields
queueing to turn into bars
carry out cases carried off
taken away in single file
when somebody got lucky
they resurfaced the murder mile
for the walking wounded

There’s weeds strangling the factories
roses bloom in the DHSS
where a caged bird sings love songs
under threat of duress
the people are down in the mouth
down the drain down the dole
the government files their problems
in the dead letter box marked soul
no social security
for the walking wounded

The wounded watch from a distance
Channel 4 moving in for the kill
where Paisley’s taking confession
and the Pope advertises the Pill
video screens in the churches
postcards to keep of the people
cameramen collapse in the corner
when the chimneys turn into steeples
nowhere near
the walking wounded

Grey faces on a grey backdrop
there’s a grey mist in the air
but the grey doesn’t seem to matter
for who’s got the courage to care
caught between the black and the white
signing on for life
semi-detached from reality
it’s the bar the bookies their knife
for the walking wounded
The axeman in the departure lounge
on guaranteed standby stands by
no one misses the third flight
in the dark he’s being taught how to fly
there’s a light at the end of the tunnel
that no one admits they can see
Maggie and the terrorists
sign the death warrant
you can watch the execution for free

Fed lies
dead beat
can you hear the heartbeats

Dead eyes
dead feet
can you hear the heartbeats

Fed lies
dead beat
can you hear the heartbeats

Heart beats
heart beats
heart beats
heart beats
heart beats

Heart beat

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from Rave on Andy White (reissue), released October 15, 2018

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Belfast songwriter, has guitar wants to travel. Latest album - Good Luck I Hope You Make It

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