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Come And See The Blood In The Street
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Rock song with some 'classical'-style piano breaks.
rock music folk folk rock political
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Rock, folk, folk-rock, country. Political. Fun!
NUMBER 1 ON NEIL YOUNG'S WEB CHART WITH "TAKE YOUR WAR AND STICK IT UP YOUR ARSE" To all those who have been voting/listening - a great big thank you. We are hoping to use this to launch a publicity campaign in the UK media. Let's also not forget that, more important than songs going up charts, we can get this war ended as soon as possible. Sollox and The Spooners have been making music for a long time, but the exposure that the www can give them has inspired them to new efforts. The band are . . . Billy Sollox - vocals, writer, arranger. “Guitar” Gill Bates Snr Acoustic six-string, 12-string and electric guitars, backing vocals Chuck Babbage - Keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals Dick Mell - Keyboards, Guitars, Saxophone Job Stevens - Drums, percussion & backing vocals Lee Bernerstim - Bass, backing vocals Little Gilly Bates - Electric guitars Sunil “Sunny” Lavrot - Piano, keyboards Suze Konrad - Backing Vocals, percussion
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Rock General
Charts
Peak #2,612
Peak in subgenre #611
Author
Billy Sollox
Rights
2007
Uploaded
May 11, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.1 MB • 128 kbps • 4:30
Story behind the song
The lyric idea was totally stolen from Pablo Neruda's great poem "I'm Explaining A Few Things."
Lyrics
Come & See The Blood In The Street Come And See The Blood In The Street Verse 1 You might wonder why I’m not singing about cuddly puppies and fluffy kittens Where are the songs about love and lovers Dancing in the street? And making love at midnight And being ready for a brand new beat? Chorus 1 War is here and the time is right To come and see the blood in the street Imagine there’s no heaven . . . . Come and see the blood in the street Wake me up before you all Go to see the blood in the street Verse 2 You may ask why I’m not watching clouds floating over The patchwork fields of this green and pleasant land Or strolling hand in hand? Truly, madly deeply, Through the fields of golden wheat? Chorus 2 War is here and the time is right To come and see the blood in the street Everybody wants to rule the . . . Come and see the blood in the street Don’t you dare look back in anger Come and see the blood in the street Chorus 3 War is here and the time is right To come and see the blood in the street Hope I die before I get old Come and see the blood in the street I took my chevy to the levee . . . Come and see the blood in the street Tramps like us, we ain’t nothing but hound dogs Come and see the blood in the street
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