David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Order 1081 lyrics

A bomb went off this morning
Raining bodies on TV
They're blaming the insurgents
They're blocking off the streets

And the smoke is rising slowly
From the barrel of a gun
Disillusion to disruption
Order 1081

Now the sunsets are incredible
Across Manila Bay
You can hear the bombs landing
At the U.S Air Force Base

Somewhere in the distance
At the ominous setting sun
There was sign of conformation
Order 1081

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Now we live down by the water
In a shack that's made of wood
And the bankers need to fight us
So they need some extra room

We will find us somewhere better
There's enough for everyone
Got a perfect explanation
Order 1081

I thought I ordered coffee
But they gave me 7 Up
Gotta clear away these shanties
And these ugly nimble huts

So the seeds of our great future
They can grow here when we die
And it's clearly all because of
Order 1081

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For many days that rain fell
We were nearly washed away
The lady's all fell silent
Nothing left to do but pray

And the senator, he told us
The gorillas are on the run
And the reason they are hiding
Order 1081

They're planting plastic flowers
On the sea side esplanade
The Pope is speaking Spanish
But we can't hear what he says

Gotta stop all this confusion
Gotta wipe away the scum
And the way to make it happen
Order 1081

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It's amazing that the soldiers
Somehow all know how to dance
It's amazing how the soldiers
Keep the creases in the pants

Now it's safe to walk the streets at night
A new world has begun
Everybody's sleeping soundly
Thanks to 1081

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