Go Man Go
These are danger days (What sort of days are these?)
These are troubled times (Dy'a know what time it is?)
There it goes again (Another gear being slipped)
I must be near the sea (A single cod n' chips)
A cup a tea for three and (Six including V.A.T.)
Around the rugged rocks (A round trip there and back)
The Helter Skelter's Free (Don't tell mad Charlie that)
I'd send a bloody card (He'd want a bloody snap)
I'd stay at home today,
But the world said
(Go man go)
Everybody said
(Go man go)
The local postman said
(Go man go)
I feel so down (so low, too tired to think)
I feel so low (oh no, well, whatdya think?)
My feet slow down (ah slow, well I can't lift my head)
A fevered brow (Oh no, I think I'll stay here in bed)
Thunder over Tokyo, pressure on my eyes,
Hi-fi on their head, while they tidy their tides.
Dear Auntie Fifi, You should see this place
They grow a cushion on you back, and a flu mask on your face.
I'd stay at home today
But the world said
(Go man go)
In Japanese they said
Hoya soto ha ha ha (Go man go)
I heard someone say
(Go man go)
And we went
Go man go [repeat]
These are troubled times (Dy'a know what time it is?)
There it goes again (Another gear being slipped)
I must be near the sea (A single cod n' chips)
A cup a tea for three and (Six including V.A.T.)
Around the rugged rocks (A round trip there and back)
The Helter Skelter's Free (Don't tell mad Charlie that)
I'd send a bloody card (He'd want a bloody snap)
I'd stay at home today,
But the world said
(Go man go)
Everybody said
(Go man go)
The local postman said
(Go man go)
I feel so down (so low, too tired to think)
I feel so low (oh no, well, whatdya think?)
My feet slow down (ah slow, well I can't lift my head)
A fevered brow (Oh no, I think I'll stay here in bed)
Thunder over Tokyo, pressure on my eyes,
Hi-fi on their head, while they tidy their tides.
Dear Auntie Fifi, You should see this place
They grow a cushion on you back, and a flu mask on your face.
I'd stay at home today
But the world said
(Go man go)
In Japanese they said
Hoya soto ha ha ha (Go man go)
I heard someone say
(Go man go)
And we went
Go man go [repeat]
Bob Geldof
©The Boomtown Rats
℗1980 Phonogram Int BV
b/w Another Piece Of Red
I was reading in New Zealand about Ian Smith
I was thinking they were lucky to be rid of that shit.
The people here can still believe in stiff lips and stiff collars
They're speaking deals in English
But they're making deals in dollars.
They're breaking up an empire
Nobody's buying British
They're calling for an umpire
Nobody's playing cricket
The flags are coming down everybody stands saluting
But somewhere in the distance, I can hear somebody shooting.
And another piece of red left my atlas today.
It's so long Hong Kong and no more Singapore
Those steaming nights of Malta
Goodbye Gibraltar
I'll give you arms for Africa
I'm hungry for India
The sun's set on Australia
And vive le Canada
They're breaking up an empire
Nobody's buying British
Calling for an umpire
It really isn't cricket
The flags are coming down
There's a minimum of looting
Somewhere in the distance I can see somebody shooting
And another piece of red left my atlas today....
I was thinking they were lucky to be rid of that shit.
The people here can still believe in stiff lips and stiff collars
They're speaking deals in English
But they're making deals in dollars.
They're breaking up an empire
Nobody's buying British
They're calling for an umpire
Nobody's playing cricket
The flags are coming down everybody stands saluting
But somewhere in the distance, I can hear somebody shooting.
And another piece of red left my atlas today.
It's so long Hong Kong and no more Singapore
Those steaming nights of Malta
Goodbye Gibraltar
I'll give you arms for Africa
I'm hungry for India
The sun's set on Australia
And vive le Canada
They're breaking up an empire
Nobody's buying British
Calling for an umpire
It really isn't cricket
The flags are coming down
There's a minimum of looting
Somewhere in the distance I can see somebody shooting
And another piece of red left my atlas today....
Bob Geldof
©The Boomtown Rats
℗1980 Phonogram Int BV