Modern Times Lyrics

He vaults the counter with a dancer's grace The time for counting-up has just begun They read a history within his face Negotiating with a loaded gun The spring-board quivers and t...Read Full Lyrics

Blood on o Burberry Jacket Streaked but it won't sook through There's a young man praying For a passing patrol car On a street that they don't go to. This is...Read Full Lyrics

Another feature film about an air-line disaster Another news item and another newscaster But there's worst to come at the arrival gate There's a crack on board and it's running in ...Read Full Lyrics

Old Afrikaaner farmer on the terrace of his home Sits gently in his rocking chair, gazing at this land He owns. There he sees his memories and there his past There he smiles his gr...Read Full Lyrics

Don't walk, don't walk it says but he can't ride Not while his only living relative's inside Who couldn't pay his way and couldn't pay his fines His spirit stretched like gum betwe...Read Full Lyrics

I'm hearing only bad news from Radio Africa, I'rn hearing only sad news from Radio Africa They've still got trouble with a monster in the South Heads buried deep in that lion's mo...Read Full Lyrics

In the house of the almighty lord They all shall come, the great and small They have-nots, and the have-it shall enter. A body from a foreign war Is draped in flag, the bugle calls...Read Full Lyrics

I'll just have one to cut the dust", the nameless Stranger said "But don't you work my tongue loose - need to keep it In my head I need my head on my shoulders, I'm the last one on...Read Full Lyrics

We start so small, there's so much to us Who builds the walls we can never rise above? I can tear them for you Tear them down, but I'm not going to drown for you Chorus: Someone r...Read Full Lyrics

They're growing pines now in cotton soil Still making boxes for the sons of toil Still bend your back to pick you food stamps up Black coffee still comes in a tall white cup They t...Read Full Lyrics