Key: C
Introduction:
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It was just before dawn one miserable morning in black forty-four
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When the forward commander was told to sit tight,
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When he asked that his men be withdrawn
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And the generals gave thanks, as the other ranks
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Held back the enemy tanks for a while
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And the Anzio Bridgehead was held for the price
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Of a few hundred ordinary lives
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And kind old King George sent Mother a note when he heard that Father was gone
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It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll with gold leaf and all
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And I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs hidden away
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And my eyes still grow damp to remember
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His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
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It was dark all around, there was frost in the ground
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When the Tigers broke free
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And no-one survived from the Royal Fusiliers, Company "C"
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They were all left behind, most of them dead - the rest of them dying
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And that' s how the high command took my daddy from me
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So ya thought ya might like to go to the show
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To feel the warm thrill of confusion
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That space cadet glow
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Tell me is something eluding you sunshine?
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Is this not what you expected to see?
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If you wanna find out what' s behind these cold eyes?
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You' ll just have to claw your way through this disguise
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Mamma loves her baby
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and daddy loves you too
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and the sea may look warm to you babe
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and the sky may look blue
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Ooooooooooooh babe
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Oooooooh baby blue
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Ooooooooooh ooooooh babe
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If you should go skating
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On the thin ice of modern life
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Dragging behind you the silent reproach
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Of a million tear stained eyes
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Dont be surprised, when a crack in the ice
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Appears under your feet
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You slip out of your depth and out of your mind
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With your fear flowing out behind you
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4. Another Brick in the Wall part 1
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Daddy' s flown across the ocean
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Leaving just a memory
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A snapshot in the family album
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Daddy what else did you leave for me
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Daddy what d' ya leave behind for me
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All in all it was just a brick in the wall
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All in all it was all just bricks in the wall
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When we grew up and went to school
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There were certain teachers who would
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Hurt the children any way they could
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By pouring their derision upon anything we did
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Exposing every weakness, however carefully hidden by the kids
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But in the town it was well known when they got home at night
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Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them
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Within inches of their lives
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We don' t need no education
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We don' t need no thought control
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No dark sarcasm in the classroom
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Teachers leave them kids alone
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Hey teacher leave them kids alone
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All in all it' s just another brick in the wall
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All in all you' re just another brick in the wall
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Mother do you think they' ll drop the bomb
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Mother do you think they' ll like the song
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Mother do you think they' ll try to break my balls
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Ooh ah Mother should I build a wall
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Mother should I run for president
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Mother should I trust the government
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Mother will they put me in the firing line
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Ooh ah, is it just a waste of time ?
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Hush now baby don' t you cry
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Mama' s gonna make all of your nightmares come true
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Mama' s gonna put all of her fears into you
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Mama' s gonna keep you right here under her wing
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She won' t let you fly but she might let you sing
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Mama' s gonna keep baby cosy and warm
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Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe, of course mama' s gonna help build the wall
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Mother do you think she' s good enough for me ?
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Mother do you think she' s dangerous for me ?
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Mother will she tear your little boy apart ?
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Ooh ah, Mother will she break my heart ?
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Hush now baby, baby don' t you cry
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Mama' s gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
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Mama won' t let anyone dirty get through
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Mama' s gonna wait up untill you come in
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Mama will always find out where you' ve been
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Mama' s gonna keep you healthy and clean
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Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe, you' ll always be a baby to me.
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Mother, did it need to be so high.
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Ooooooooooooooooooh
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D-d-d-did you see the frightened ones ?
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D-d-d-did you hear the falling bombs ?
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D-D-D-did you ever wonder
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Why we had to run for shelter
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When the promise of a brave new world
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Unfouled beneath a clear blue sky ?
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Ooooooooooooooooooh
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D-d-d-did you see the frightened ones ?
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D-d-d-did you hear the falling bombs ?
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The flames are all long gone
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But the pain lingers on
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Goodbye Blue Sky
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Goodbye Blue Sky
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Goodbye
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I am just a new boy
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A stranger in this town
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Where are all the good times
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Who' s gonna show this stranger around?
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Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman
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Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl
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Will some cold woman in this desert land
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Make me feel like a real man
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Take this rock and roll refugee
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Oooh Babe set me free
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Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman
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Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl.
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Day after day, love turns grey
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Like the skin of a dying man
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And night after night, we pretend it' s all right
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But I have grown older and
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You have grown colder and
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Nothing is very much fun anymore.
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And I can feel one of my turns coming on.
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I feel, cold as a razor blade
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Tight as a tourniquet
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Dry as a funera