Oliver's Army
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Oliver's Army
Elvis Costello
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Don't start me talking;
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I could
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talk all night.
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My mind goes sleepwalking
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while I'm
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putting the world to right.
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Called careers
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information.
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Have you got yourse
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lf an oc
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cup
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ation?
Chorus
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Oliver's Army is
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here to
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stay.
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Oliver's Army are
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on their
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way.
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And I would
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rather be anywhere
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else but he
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re
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today.
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There was a checkpoint Charlie,
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he didn't
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crack a smi
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le.
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But it's no laughing party
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when you've been
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on the murder
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mile.
Only takes one
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itchy trigger,
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one more widow one
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less white
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nigger.
Chorus
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Hong Kong is
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up for grabs;
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London is
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full of Arabs.
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We could be in
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Palestine,
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overrun by the
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Chinese line
with the
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boys from the Mersey and the
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Thames and the Tyne.
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But there's no danger.
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It's a pro
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fessional car
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eer,
though it could be arranged with
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just a word in M
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r. Churchill's e
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ar.
If you're out of
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luck you're out of w
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ork
We could send you t
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o Jo
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hannes
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burg
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Oliver's Army is
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here to
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stay
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Oliver's Army are
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on their
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way.
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And I would
F#m
rather be anywhere
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else but he
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re
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today.(3 times)
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Oh oh oh
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oh___
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Oh oh oh______
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