29.06.2011

Cock Sparrer - Shock Troops

01) Where are they now?
02) Riot squad
03) Working
04) Take 'em all
05) We`re coming back
06) England belongs to me
07) Watch your back
08) I got your number
09) Secret army
10) Droogs don`t run
11) Out on an Island
12) Argy Bargy
13) Colonel Bogey


01) Where are they now?


I believed in Julie when she said how easy it could be. And I believed in Tommy and his written words of anarchy. And I believed in Joe when he said we had to fight. And I believed in Jimmy when he told us to unite.

Where are they now? Where are they now? Where are they, six years on and they've all gone? Now it's all turned sour, where are they now?

Hollywood nights in Soho, writing on the wall of The Roxy loo. Rotten on the telly, showing what a few choice words can do. Was it ever worth it, causing all the fuss. You know, I believed in them, don't you believe in us?

Where are they now? Where are they now? Where are they, six years on and they've all gone? Now it's all turned sour, where are they now?

No more kids are innocent, we will get fooled again. Only faces ever change, the song remains the same.

Was it ever worth it, causing all the fuss. You know, I believed in them, don't you believe in us?

Where are they now? Where are they now? Where are they, six years on and they've all gone? Now it's all turned sour, where are they now?

Where are they now? Where are they now? Where are they now? Where are they now?


02) Riot squad

When we were at school I thought he had it sussed, fighting the law with the rest of us. Smoking, drinking, acting cool, 'til they started treating him like a fool. Then he stayed on his own for most of the time, dreaming dreams of a life of crime. In and out of trouble he cheated and lied, but who'd have thought he'd join the other side.

He's in a riot squad-Oooohooo! The wanna fight squad-Oooohooo! The shoot on sight squad-Oooohooo! For law and right!

Down to Hendon with the boys in blue, it's amazing what a few weeks can do. Out in the car, out on the street, south of the river on the frontline beat.

He's in a riot squad-Oooohooo! The wanna fight squad-Oooohooo! The shoot on sight squad-Oooohooo! For law and right!

Cracking heads, it was all a game, a finger was pointed and he got the blame. Now he's back where he started, he ain't got a pound, queing with the sorts he used to kick around.

He's in a riot squad-Oooohooo! The wanna fight squad-Oooohooo! The shoot on sight squad-Oooohooo! For law and right!

He's in a riot squad-Oooohooo! The wanna fight squad-Oooohooo! The shoot on sight squad-Oooohooo! For law and right!


03) Working

I been working all day for me mate on the site, running around like a blue arsed fly. I been working and I been working all day for me mate.

Every bleeding minute I been on the go, up and down the ladder like a fiddler's elbow. I been working, I been working all day for me mate.

Wait for tomorrow at half past ten when I sign on, but until then! I'll be working, I'll be working all day for me mate!

Aint' got no cards don't pay no tax, for a score in me hand I'll be breaking me back. I been working and I been working all day for me mate. Call me a crook, call me bent, but I need more than food and rent. I been working and I been working all day for me mate.

Wait for tomorrow at half past ten when I sign on, but until then! I'll be working, I'll be working all day for me mate!

They try to follow me every day, I give 'em the slip and I'm on my way. None of the other blokes thinks it's wrong, 'coz every one of 'em's signing on!

Wait for tomorrow at half past ten when I sign on, but until then! I'll be working, I'll be working all day for me mate!

They try to follow me every day, I give 'em the slip and I'm on my way. None of the other blokes thinks it's wrong, 'coz every one of 'em's signing on!

The benefit boys are out of touch, what they don't know won't hurt 'em much. I been working and I been working all day for me mate.

If I'm caught I'll go down for a month or three, but they'll still Be paying out looking after me. I been working and I been working all day for me mate.

Wait for tomorrow at half past ten when I sign on, but until then! I'll be working, I'll be working all day for me mate!


04) Take 'em all

We worked our way up from east end pubs, to gigs and back stage passes. Ex-boxing champs, West end clubs, Americans in dark glasses. Driving ten grand cars, they drink in hotel bars, they're even making money in bed. They wouldn't be no loss, they aint worth a toss, it's about time they all dropped dead.

Take 'em all, take 'em all-Put 'em up against a wall and shoot 'em! Short and tall, watch 'em fall-Come on boys take 'em all!

Well tough shit boys, it aint our fault, your record didn't make it. We made you dance, you had your chance, but you didn't take it. Well, I gotta go make another deal, sign another group for the company. I don't suppose we'll ever meet again, you'd better get back to the factory.

Take 'em all, take 'em all-Put 'em up against a wall and shoot 'em! Short and tall, watch 'em fall-Come on boys take 'em all!

Take 'em all, watch 'em fall! Take 'em all, watch 'em fall! Take 'em all, watch 'em fall! Take 'em all, watch 'em fall!

Take 'em all, take 'em all-Put 'em up against a wall and shoot 'em! Short and tall, watch 'em fall-Come on boys take 'em all!

Take 'em all, take 'em all-Put 'em up against a wall and shoot 'em! Short and tall, watch 'em fall-Come on boys take 'em all!


05) We`re coming back

We're coming back, we're coming back, we're coming back to you. We're never gonna go away again. Hold on a little longer, try a little harder 'til we're arm in arm together to the end.

So remember, out there somewhere you've got a friend and you'll never walk alone again.

Don't get worried, don't get scared, we're fighting to get there. Never doubt we're gonna get through. We're gonna run, we're gonna crawl, kick down every wall it won't be long we're coming back to you.

So remember, out there somewhere you've got a friend and you'll never walk alone again.

We're coming back, we're coming back, we're coming back to you. We're never gonna go away again. Hold on a little longer, try a little harder 'til we're arm in arm together to the end.

So remember, out there somewhere you've got a friend and you'll never walk alone again.


06) England belongs to me

Years of being told you ain't as good as us, join the line, sign your name. And they all said that our country's going bust, but no-one's fooling us again.

England belongs to me! A nation's pride the dirty water on the river`s, no one can take away our memory! England belongs to me!

We'll show the world that the boys are back to stay and you all know what we can do. Heads held high, fighting all the way! For the red, white, and blue!

England belongs to me! A nation's pride the dirty water on the river`s, no one can take away our memory! England belongs to me!

England belongs to me! A nation's pride the dirty water on the river`s, no one can take away our memory! England belongs to me!

England belongs to me! A nation's pride the dirty water on the river`s, no one can take away our memory! England belongs to me!

England belongs to me! A nation's pride the dirty water on the river`s, no one can take away our memory! England belongs to me!


07) Watch your back

Everybody's talking bout' revolution, everybody's talking bout' smash the state. Sounds to me like the final solution, right wing, left wing full of hate!

We don't wanna fight, because you tell us to! So watch your back when you attack, cuz we might just turn on you!

Things get worse with every hour, the future fades into the past. All they want is total power, climbing on the backs of the working class.

We don't wanna fight, because you tell us to! So watch your back when you attack, cuz we might just turn on you!

We don't wanna fight, because you tell us to! So watch your back when you attack, cuz we might just turn on you!

We don't wanna be part of no new religion, we don't wanna be part of a political dream. We just wanna get on living our lives.

We don't wanna fight, because you tell us to! So watch your back when you attack, cuz we might just turn on you!

We don't wanna fight, because you tell us to! So watch your back when you attack, cuz we might just turn on you!


08) I got your number

It can't be right what i'm reading here, no one believes in all this stuff no more. Our ideas don't see eye to eye, get your press with a pocketfull of lies. Telling everybody every word is true, one day soon they're gonna see... through you.

Oh listen now! I got your number, you can fool some people some part of the time! I got your number, I aint ever gonna toe that particular partyline!

There'll be some people gonna back you up, but don't come here for moral support. Don't you ask no favours to me, I don't believe in charity. Telling everybody you're wonderful, what are you gonna do when there's no one left to tell it to.

So listen now! I got your number, you can fool some people some part of the time! I got your number, I aint ever gonna toe that particular partyline!

You think you're so special, but you're only fooling. Tell your lies to anyone but me.

You think you're so special, but you're only fooling. Tell your lies to anyone but me.

I got your number, you can fool some people some part of the time! I got your number, I aint ever gonna toe that particular partyline!

Ho listen now! I got your number, you can fool some people some part of the time! I got your number, I aint ever gonna toe that particular partyline!

Listen to me! I got your number, you can fool some people some part of the time! I got your number, I aint ever gonna toe that particular partyline!


09) Secret army

Collecting funds for the holy fight, like a door to door salesman in the dead of night. Russian guns help him on his way, bought with money from the USA.

And the ordinary people say what's it for! And the ordinary people say we want no more! But the man at the top knows where to do the most harm, he's in he secret army!

And this man with a gun says not a sound, I want this aeroplane turned around. He spent his life learning how to fill a man with lead, he'll probably spend the rest of it dead.

And the ordinary people say what's it for! And the ordinary people say we want no more! But the man at the top knows where to do the most harm, he's in he secret army!

When a bomb goes off in a city street, when a man gets killed for his beliefs. When a mother cries for the son she had, that's when the world's gone mad.

And the ordinary people say what's it for! And the ordinary people say we want no more! But the man at the top knows where to do the most harm, he's in he secret army!

And the ordinary people say what's it for! And the ordinary people say we want no more! But the man at the top knows where to do the most harm, he's in he secret army! He`s in the secret army!


10) Droogs don`t run

Droogs don`t run! Droogs don`t run!

If you're in any trouble, you know we'll be right there. Droogs don`t run!

We don't take no shit from no one, we'll fight 'em anywhere. Droogs don`t run!

So remember who your friends are, if you wanna keep breathing air. Droogs don`t run!

Your droogie is your brother, someone you can trust. Droogs don`t run!

He comes before your mother, he comes before your lust. Droogs don`t run!

We gotta stick together, this town belongs to us. Droogs don`t run!

Droogs don`t run. Droogs don`t run.

If you're in any trouble, you know we'll be right there. Droogs don`t run!

We don't take no shit from no one, we'll fight 'em anywhere. Droogs don`t run!

So remember who your friends are, if you wanna keep breathing air. Droogs don`t run!

Droogs don`t run! Droogs don`t run! Droogs don`t run! Droogs don`t run!


11) Out on an Island

Everybody's got a number tattooed on their soul and the time's gonna come boy, when your number's called. Everybody gets a uniform and a hut to live in, they give you your rank, you tell 'em your next of kin. And there's no escape for the likes of you, my friend.

But I'm gonna be out on an island, in the middle of the bright blue sea! Out on an island, where nobody's gonna bother looking for me!

Everybody gets the training, in the wind and the rain, ten miles cross country, driving you insane. Everybody gets to jump the hoop and march in time. You just gotta remember you gotta toe the line. So don`t go looking over your shoulder for me.

Cause I'm gonna be out on an island, in the middle of the bright blue sea! Out on an island, where nobody's gonna bother looking for me!

Every number's a hero and every hero's a son, but every son's just a number when the battles begun. So don't go waitin' on a corner for me.

Cause I'm gonna be out on an island, in the middle of the bright blue sea! Out on an island, where nobody's gonna bother looking for me!

Yeah I'm gonna be out on an island, in the middle of the bright blue sea! Out on an island, where nobody's gonna bother looking for me!

And I'm gonna be out on an island, out on an island, out on an island, out on an island...


12) Argy Bargy

It started off like any other show, sunday nights on the radio. Terry played the songs we wanted to hear and Terry said things no one else would dare. He gave it all that he had to give, they said it was his only reason to live. But we just listened to the Rock n roll, Terry the DJ's radio show.

He give it some of that Argy Bargy, giving it all the chat! He give it some Argy Bargy, now what do you think of that!

Then came the evening of the Mile End row, the Ol' Bill found out I don't know how. We know they tried to lock us up that night, we were ready for a fight. Terry came onto the air at ten, he said the filth were waiting for us then. Down at the Black Boy they were there in force and he was right of course.

He give it some of that Argy Bargy, giving it all the chat! He give it some Argy Bargy, now what do you think of that!

They told him that he'd better change the song, they said to tell us that the kids were wrong. They gave him one more Sunday night, to get it right, that was the night when the girls all cried. That was the night that he said goodbye, 'cos no matter who paid him, Terry never told us a lie.

He give it some of that Argy Bargy, giving it all the chat! He give it some Argy Bargy, now what do you think of that!

He give it some of that Argy Bargy, giving it all the chat! He give it some Argy Bargy, now what do you think of that!


13) Colonel Bogey

- Instrumental -

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