Lindisfarne
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All Fall Down

All Fall Down lyrics by Lindisfarne. Councillors, magistrates, men of renown Who needs to live in a dirty old town? Yes, go on, tear it down Who needs the...

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All Fall Down

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Councillors, magistrates, men of renown

Who needs to live in a dirty old town?

Yes, go on, tear it down

Who needs the trees and the flowers to grow?

We can have a motorway with motorway dough

I know, I know, I know, they've got to go

Tear them down, mess them round

Make a mockery of all of the ground

And if you ever have a sleepless night

Just count out your money, it'll be alright

Politicians, planners, go look what you done

Your madness is making a machine of ev'ryone

But one day the machine might turn on

We'll tear you down, mess you round

And bury you deep under the ground

And we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return

And the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn

We'll tear you down, mess you round

And bury you deep under the ground

And we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return

And the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn

We'll tear you down!

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