Lindisfarne : Day of the Jackal

Folk Rock / United-Kingdom
(1991 - Essential Records)
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1. DAY OF THE JACKAL

My name is David, I live in Tel Aviv
I'm twelve years old, People call me Billy the Kid
My brother and my sister, are gone from my side
Lying together, for together they died

[Chorus]
Everybody dance, do the berserker
Everybody dance, soldier and worker
Pray to the Lord, We can learn to live together somehow
For the day of the jackal is now.

My name is Ishmail, I live in Beirut
I'm twelve years old, but I know how to shoot
My father and mother, were both refugees
With a gun on their head, they died on their knees

[Chorus]

My name is God, or Allah if you choose
And I bring you despair, destruction and abuse
I give you your lands, and you name them after me
But you tear them apart, from the desert to the sea.

[Chorus]


2. DEMONS

All them demons know what it's all about
Talk in whispers don't need to twist and shout.
Dancing in your head, just like the dance of the dead
All them demons know what it's all about.

All them demons know when the time is right
Just when the dawn takes over from the night.
They slide into your dreams, with a smile and a strangled scream
All them demons know what's wrong is right.

[Chorus]
Oh Mamma, can you really feel the pain
Oh Mamma, it's hard to explain.
Oh Mamma, I'm begging on my knees
Oh Mamma, help me if you please.

All them demons know my home address
Inside my head is where I hang my happiness.
But these bastards won't leave me alone, they're even on the ansaphone
Come on Mamma get me out of this mess.

[Chorus]
Oh Mamma, it's so hard to take the pain
Oh Mamma, is it me to take the blame
Oh Mamma,I do love you still
Oh Mamma,won't you help me if you will.



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