Graham Parker - Protection Lyrics
Pre>capo at 2 (intro d em g em dEm g g cSo all of you be damned we cant have heaven crammedAm c dSo winston churchill said I could have smacked his headEm g g cAnd all of those infected waiting to be collectedAm c dI must get out at any price before the feeling gets too niceChorusEm c g dJust cant get, just cant get no protectionEm c g dJust cant get, just cant get no protectionEm c g d g cJust cant get, just cant get no cant get no protection,G c g c dProtection, protectionEvery bomb is detonated every switch is thrownAnd everybody tells me dont be scared act as if you never caredSo I wear a blank expression to conceal my real impressionTurn off all the information radios just pick up that stationRepeat chorus then em/g am/c which repeats over bridgeSo turn off this sound Im ready to go downI dont know myself, I dont you eitherYoure full of disease its something I discoveredI know youve been mixing with big brothers brotherIt aint the knife in the heart that tears you apartIts just the thought of someoneIts just the thought of someoneEm emIts just the thought of someone sticking it in, sticking it inSo if you think thats funny Im not really laughng honeyYour love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweatyAnd then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare placesHappy hours come and go much too short and much too longChorus then this rhythm again em/g am/cTurn off all the information radios just pick up that stationProtection protection protectionIt aint the knife in the heart that tears you apartIts just the thought of someone sticking it inProtection protection switch it off switch it off switch it offProtection switch it off switch it off switch it offProtection protection you want to hide? you want to hide?You want to hide, hide, hide? protection repeat and fade /pre>