Stand At Ease (John Peel 21/07/85)
This country is protected from the red disease
By men who carry toys and hide themselves in trees
When I was young I said who's that in pyjamas
If we keep our mouths shut they'll promise not to harm us
Mary had a little lamb its fleece as white as snow
She dressed it up in uniform and taught it yes and no
When I was young I said who's that in pyjamas
If we keep our mouths shut they'll promise not to harm us
Is there any point in raising questions?
Is there any point in raising flags?
Is there any point in singing anthems?
How long must we turn our backs?
Stand at ease! Stand at ease!
Ask me no questions, tell me no lies
Have you seen a copper cleverly disguised
He's reading the news and he's telling you lies
The country's getting on like chalk and cheese
They're locking up anyone who disagrees
When I was young I said who's that in pyjamas
If we keep our mouths shut they'll promise not to harm us
Is there any point in raising questions?
Is there any point in raising flags?
Is there any point in singing anthems?
How long must we turn our backs?
Stand at ease! Stand at ease!
Stand at ease! Stand at ease!
Ask me no questions, tell me no lies
Have you seen a copper cleverly disguised
He's reading the news and he's telling you lies
Ask me no questions, tell me no lies
Have you seen a copper cleverly disguised
He's reading the news and he's telling you lies
I said he's telling you lies
I said he's telling you lies
He's telling you lies
By men who carry toys and hide themselves in trees
When I was young I said who's that in pyjamas
If we keep our mouths shut they'll promise not to harm us
Mary had a little lamb its fleece as white as snow
She dressed it up in uniform and taught it yes and no
When I was young I said who's that in pyjamas
If we keep our mouths shut they'll promise not to harm us
Is there any point in raising questions?
Is there any point in raising flags?
Is there any point in singing anthems?
How long must we turn our backs?
Stand at ease! Stand at ease!
Ask me no questions, tell me no lies
Have you seen a copper cleverly disguised
He's reading the news and he's telling you lies
The country's getting on like chalk and cheese
They're locking up anyone who disagrees
When I was young I said who's that in pyjamas
If we keep our mouths shut they'll promise not to harm us
Is there any point in raising questions?
Is there any point in raising flags?
Is there any point in singing anthems?
How long must we turn our backs?
Stand at ease! Stand at ease!
Stand at ease! Stand at ease!
Ask me no questions, tell me no lies
Have you seen a copper cleverly disguised
He's reading the news and he's telling you lies
Ask me no questions, tell me no lies
Have you seen a copper cleverly disguised
He's reading the news and he's telling you lies
I said he's telling you lies
I said he's telling you lies
He's telling you lies
Credits
Writer(s): Ian Peter Cullimore, Anthony Key, Paul David Heaton
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Link
Other Album Tracks
- Drop Down Dead (John Peel 21/07/85)
- Flag Day (John Peel 21/07/85)
- Stand At Ease (John Peel 21/07/85)
- Reverends Revenge (Janice Long 6/11/85)
- Shelter (Saturday Live 04/01/86)
- People Get Ready (Saturday Live 04/01/86)
- Over There (John Peel 06/04/86)
- Caravan of Love (John Peel 06/04/86)
- Happy Hour (John Peel 03/06/86)
- Heaven Help Us All (John Peel 03/06/86)
Altri album
- Caravan of Love
- London 0 Hull 4 (Rarities Edition)
- London 0 Hull 4 - (Rarities Edition)
- London O Hull 4
- London 0 Hull 4 - Deluxe E Album Set
- London 0 Hull 4 (Deluxe Edition)
- The Housemartins - Live At The BBC (BBC Version)
- The Housemartins: Live At the BBC
- The Best of the Housemartins
- Now That's What I Call Quite Good
© 2024 All rights reserved. Rockol.com S.r.l. Website image policy
Rockol
- Rockol only uses images and photos made available for promotional purposes (“for press use”) by record companies, artist managements and p.r. agencies.
- Said images are used to exert a right to report and a finality of the criticism, in a degraded mode compliant to copyright laws, and exclusively inclosed in our own informative content.
- Only non-exclusive images addressed to newspaper use and, in general, copyright-free are accepted.
- Live photos are published when licensed by photographers whose copyright is quoted.
- Rockol is available to pay the right holder a fair fee should a published image’s author be unknown at the time of publishing.
Feedback
Please immediately report the presence of images possibly not compliant with the above cases so as to quickly verify an improper use: where confirmed, we would immediately proceed to their removal.