Mark Gillespie - Battle Stations Lyrics
young men dying in the line of dutyradio stations have got the latest informationwomen and children all crying at the shootingbattlestations, got demonstrationsthe firing squad is ready to shootthere's no time for relaxationor idle conversationit's time for some solutionsstop the mass executionsand there's some new sensationon the television stationsome preacher-man is singing Tutti-Fruittiwhile some cheap imitationgets a standing ovationpeople raving about her charms and beautyfriends and relationsthey're all sending invitationsthey're all sighingand saying "she's so cute!"and they're so impatientthey're so full of expectationsthey can't wait to see her shake her little bootieit's Beauty and the Bruteevery morning, see the warningbeaten to their knees, in miserycome the dawn, new day is borngonna be free, end the slaverybattlestations, more hungry mouths to feedbattlestations, just watching ordinary people bleedthere's going to be celebrationon the day of Liberationan eye for an eyeand tooth for toothyoung girls marching in formationold men wearing decorationsin the ground lies the flower of youththey've got assassinationsnot a moments hesitationsmiling politicians at the polling boothfirst provocation, then retaliationfalse declarations passing for truthtruth and justicehey! what's all the fuss?truth and justiceit ain't no use to uswe've got the whole thing sussed, mantruth and justiceyou've just got to trust usain't no use to usmeanwhile whole cities turn to dust........battlestations, hey! you're going to needall the strength that you can musterbattlestations, on the way to Liberationbattlestations, yeah, that's not just my imaginationbattlestations, not some hallucinationbattlestations, yeah, generation after generationbattlestations, i'm not just making idle conversationThe Great Abomination from Revelationsan Incarnationbattlestations, all across the nation (x4)Salvation in the Final Conflagration...........just want the Truth! (x4)
