They Come at Night

Album: Negative Capability (2018)
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  • Oh now Mama, don't you hear my plea?
    What is this horror Mama, flooding over me?
    They return the Nazis, every seventy years
    Bombs explode in Paris, the future is here

    There's no brave England, no brave Russia, no America, uh huh!
    Their sins come home to haunt us
    From the wrong side of the gun

    Who is that creepin' up the stairs in black?
    It's a murderer Mama, knife you in the back
    They come at night, and the world goes blind with fear
    Terror in Paris, the future is here

    Cry for them, cry for us, playing the game of death, ah hah!
    It's not a game when you are
    Down to taking your last breath, whoah oh!

    They come at night Mama, just like before
    Turn the streets to blood red rivers
    Turn your eyes no more
    They come at night, and the world goes blind with fear
    Iron bars in Europe, the future is here

    Those who survived that night are still completely traumatized
    Whoa oh!
    But the other souls unlucky
    Shot like dogs between the eyes

    There's no brave England, no brave Russia, no America
    Their sins come home to haunt us
    From the wrong side of the gun Writer/s: Marianne Faithfull, Mark Lanegan
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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