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Listen to Back To Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits by The Boomtown Rats
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Listen to New Wave Essentials featuring The Boomtown Rats
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Listen to Classic Punk Essentials featuring The Boomtown Rats
PLAYLISTClassic Punk EssentialsApple Music Punk
Listen to Alternative Hits: 1977 featuring The Boomtown Rats
PLAYLISTAlternative Hits: 1977Apple Music Alternative
Listen to New Wave Deep Cuts featuring The Boomtown Rats
PLAYLISTNew Wave Deep CutsApple Music Alternative
Listen to Alternative Hits: 1978 featuring The Boomtown Rats
PLAYLISTAlternative Hits: 1978Apple Music Alternative
Listen to Sinéad O'Connor: Influences featuring The Boomtown Rats
PLAYLISTSinéad O'Connor: InfluencesApple Music Alternative
Listen to The Boomtown Rats Essentials featuring The Boomtown Rats
PLAYLISTThe Boomtown Rats EssentialsApple Music Rock
Listen to '70s Punk Essentials featuring The Boomtown Rats
PLAYLIST'70s Punk EssentialsApple Music Punk
Listen to Robert John "Mutt" Lange: The Producers featuring The Boomtown Rats
PLAYLISTRobert John "Mutt" Lange: The ProducersApple Music Rock
Listen to Ep. 4 Music's Cool Playlist featuring The Boomtown Rats
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats
Performer
Johnnie Fingers
Johnnie Fingers
Keyboards
Gerry Cott
Gerry Cott
Guitar
Garry Roberts
Garry Roberts
Guitar
Pete Briquette
Pete Briquette
Bass Guitar
Simon Crowe
Simon Crowe
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Composer
Pete Briquette
Pete Briquette
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tony Visconti
Tony Visconti
Producer
Rupert Hine
Rupert Hine
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Banana Republic Septic Isle Screaming in the Suffering sea It sounds like crying Everywhere I go Everywhere I see The black and blue uniforms Police and priests And I wonder do you wonder While you're sleeping with your whore That sharing beds with history Is like a-licking running sores Forty shades of green yeah Sixty shades of red Heroes going cheap these days Price; a bullet in the head Banana Republic Septic Isle Suffer in the Screaming sea It sounds like dying Everywhere I go Everywhere I see The black and blue uniforms Police and priests Take your hand and lead you Up a garden path Let me stand aside here And watch you pass Striking up a soldier's song I know that tune It begs too many questions And answers too Banana Republic Septic Isle Suffer in the Screaming sea It sounds like dying Everywhere I go Everywhere I see The black and blue uniforms Police and priests The purple and the pinstripe Mutely shake their heads A silence shrieking volumes A violence worse than the condemn Stab you in the back yeah Laughing in your face Glad to see the place again It's a pity nothing's changed Banana Republic Septic Isle Suffer in the Screaming sea It sounds like dying Everywhere I go Everywhere I see The black and blue uniforms Police and priests
Writer(s): Pete Briquette, Bob Geldof Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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