New Model Army You Weren't There lyrics

New Model Army
Eight
You Weren't There
Well you say, you say it's such a small small world
Flying Club Class back from the Far East
Curled up safe and warm in a big chair
You were flying through the skies of anywhere
Get the courtesy car to the Sheraton
There's live on the spot reports from the CNN
Between the outbreaks, so you think you know
What's going on - but you don't

Chorus:
Because you weren't in Belfast you weren't there
And no you weren't in Wickham no you weren't there
And no you weren't in Kosovo you weren't there
And no you weren't in my head so you don't know how it felt
Walking arm in arm with the crowds to the square
The banners waving, and the sun glinting

All this information swims round and round
Like a schoal of fish in a tank going nowhere
Up and down between the glass walls

You're so safe in the knowledge they're impenetrable
And you're looking at the world seeing nothing at all
So go back to sleep and you'll be woken
When the time comes
And you'll never know just what hit you
or where it came from

Chorus:
Because you weren't in Bradford no you weren't there
And you weren't on the hill no you weren't there
And no you weren't with us so you never saw just what happened
When the television crews came knocking at the door
How the people told them all to go to hell
Smashed their cameras and sent them away
There were sirens going off and police coming in
All that you loved was being swept away
In the rush of the black tide
All turning your name
And you'll never know just what happened there
Or how it feels - just how it feels