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Artist: B.A.D. Big Audio Dynamite
Canonical path: /bad-big-audio-dynamite/beyond-the-pale
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Beyond The Pale
Read Beyond The Pale lyrics by B.A.D. Big Audio Dynamite on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Beyond The Pale
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If you don't know where I come from
You better stear clear of my trail
From the dark side of London
And that's way beyond the pale
My grandpa came from Russia
Stowed away hidden in some bales
And he took my grandma dancing
To the air raid sirens hail
Saint George used his sword
On the immigrant poor
'Cause he can't kill no dragon
If I was in those shoes
I'd say Soweto's gonna happen here too
I gotta get a message through
Tell everybody the news
And with the winter coming
Crossing all the borders
Through the smoke of war and rain
Papers out of order
On a military train
A coat a bag a baby
Status: Refugee
These are the people of my family
Don't anybody know that
This city was made
Of immigrant blood and money
If I was in those shoes
A blackshirt with the playboy blues
I gotta get a message through
Tell everybody the news
And with the winter coming
Now there's a rocker in Vladivostok
Got every side by Jerry Lee
But for accidents of disorder
That guy could well be me
I want everybody to know this
I want everyone to hear
Immigration built the nation
You got a bloodclaat standing here
Saint George used his sword
On the immigrant poor
'Cause he can't kill no dragon
If I was in those shoes
I'd say Soweto's gonna happen here too
I gotta get a message through
Tell everybody the news
And with the winter coming
Don't anybody know that
The city was made
Of immigrant blood and money
If I was in those shoes
A blackshirt with the playboy blues
I gotta get a message through
Tell everybody the news
And with the winter coming
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