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Oh Jungleland Lyrics
Somebody's screaming out
Somebody's knocking out
Somebody's calling out, come hear it again
Street bells are ringing out
Young girls are singing out
Boys are building up to be men
You've got the love
Then here comes the blood last
The father, the mother, the sister, the chain
Sweet inspirations
Or a cold hearted nations baby
The young man, the brothers, the killers explain
Oh Jungleland
They call you home sweet home
You make me feel so sad, to leave here all alone
But there is a kid called Hope
And he's holding out his hand
He sees the Northern Lights
above this highrise land
Oh Jungleland
Oh Jungleland
Oh Jungleland
In the city, get out the city pretty quick
I've got a prayer, I wanna sing it to you
It says, may little children forget the wild things
But no one listens cause nobody cares
When you've got the love drugs
And you've got the long nights
You got the heartbeat that spirals to heaven
Here comes summer, here comes violence
Over your shoulder the soul boy explains
Oh Jungleland
They call you home sweet home
You make me feel so sad, to leave here all alone
But there is a kid called Hope
And he's holding out his hand
He sees the Northern Lights
above the highrise land
But blood is thicker than water
But blood is sweeter than Holy Lands
Unto the Devil a daughter
When my love sings it's an angel song she sings it
Don't look back, never look back
Don't look back, never look back
Oh Jungleland
Somebody's knocking out
Somebody's calling out, come hear it again
Street bells are ringing out
Young girls are singing out
Boys are building up to be men
You've got the love
Then here comes the blood last
The father, the mother, the sister, the chain
Sweet inspirations
Or a cold hearted nations baby
The young man, the brothers, the killers explain
They call you home sweet home
You make me feel so sad, to leave here all alone
But there is a kid called Hope
And he's holding out his hand
He sees the Northern Lights
above this highrise land
Oh Jungleland
Oh Jungleland
Oh Jungleland
I've got a prayer, I wanna sing it to you
It says, may little children forget the wild things
When you've got the love drugs
And you've got the long nights
You got the heartbeat that spirals to heaven
Over your shoulder the soul boy explains
Oh Jungleland
They call you home sweet home
You make me feel so sad, to leave here all alone
But there is a kid called Hope
And he's holding out his hand
He sees the Northern Lights
above the highrise land
But blood is sweeter than Holy Lands
Unto the Devil a daughter
When my love sings it's an angel song she sings it
Don't look back, never look back
Oh Jungleland
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It\'s about one of the stands at Celtic I think.\n\nOne of the more well known shrines to dire Scottish football.
@JLoDaMofo if somebody marked me down for that, without suggesting an alternative idea?
@JLoDaMofo if somebody marked me down for that, without suggesting an alternative idea?
The band are, I believe, from Glasgow. So there's a 50/50 chance that they're going to be Celtic fans.
The band are, I believe, from Glasgow. So there's a 50/50 chance that they're going to be Celtic fans.
And there really is or was a stand at Celtic called The Jungle.
And there really is or was a stand at Celtic called The Jungle.
What else can it be? He mentions "...he sees the northern lights, above this high rise land".
What else can it be? He mentions "...he sees the northern lights, above this high rise land".
What other jungles are there in the northern hemisphere, far enough north to see the northern lights, with tower blocks beneath. It has to be Celtic.
What other jungles are there in the northern hemisphere, far enough north to see the northern lights, with tower blocks beneath. It has to be Celtic.
Or is the objection that I called Scottish football, dire? This was...
Or is the objection that I called Scottish football, dire? This was written in the 80s y'know. There was no Henrick Larrson weaving his magic back in those days.
You had the likes of....hold on...Oh.... Okaaaaay, they had a tidy side back then by the look of it. Alan McCinally, Mo Johnstone and Brian McClair. Paul McStay, Pat Bonner, Roy Aitkin.
OK, I take it back. It was just the opposition that was dire.
Obviously it has the religious context of many Simple Minds songs too. I don't need to explain that bit.
@JLoDaMofo So I just checked and apparently Jim Kerr is a BIG Celtic fan. So my comment has validity.
@JLoDaMofo So I just checked and apparently Jim Kerr is a BIG Celtic fan. So my comment has validity.