Thea Gilmore - Gun Cotton lyrics

Silence in the courtyard
Silence in the street
The powers that be, out by the river
Are shuffling their feet
But the night is full of
Car alarms and sideways glances
In this land of milk and money
You don’t get your second chances

Cars are burning on the slip roads
The bars are full of sailors
Spent a long time trying to fathom which
Were trips and which were trailers
England has been bleeding into
Every police station into every schoolyard
Every war and every state occaision

We’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line this time

Children in the boxes paint the underpass red
The graffiti on the park bench
The faded A to Z
They’ll make you fat with dreams and
Sequence on the silver screen
‘Til you’re full of hope and
Tragedy and crash-site steam

We’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line this time
Said, we’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line this time

England has been bleeding
She can’t leave it at that
She’s waiting round the corner with
A switchblade in her hand
So let’s dance for our lives, boys
In this Vaudeville show
Take your time and take a bow
This place is gonna blow

We’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line this time
Said, we’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line this time
In line, this time in line, this time