Page type: lyric reference
Artist: John Cooper Clarke
Canonical path: /john-cooper-clarke/action-man
Related lyric paths: 6
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Action Man
Read Action Man lyrics by John Cooper Clarke on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Action Man
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give him scars and khaki to wear
remove his balls, he'll go anywhere
he doesn't speak, he doesn't dare
death sneaks, he isn't scared
minus balls, he doesn't care
jacks beware, action man.
he can ack-ack Ackrington, bomb Berlin
reduce your car to a heap of tin
wage war, what's more - win
punctured skin means nothing to him
the human grenade minus pin
that's him, action man
a chin with a thin Kirk Douglas cleft
squad by the bleeding left
don't shout he's deaf
head over heels in love with death
beware of the wrath of the man bereft
no marriage plans for action man
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Who performs "Action Man"?
John Cooper Clarke performs "Action Man", and this lyric page sits inside the John Cooper Clarke catalog on LyroVerse.
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