Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats
Performer
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Vocals
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
Composer
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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