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Generals And Majors Lyrics
Generals and Majors ah ah
they're never too far
from battlefields so glorious
out in a world of their own
They'll never come down
till once again victorious
Generals and Majors always
seem so unhappy 'less they got a war
Generals and Majors ah ah
like never before are tired of being actionless.
Calling Generals and Majors
Generals and Majors everywhere
Calling Generals and Majors
your World War III is drawing near
Generals and Majors ah ah
They're never too far
away from men who made the grade
out in a world of their own
They'll never come down
until the battle's lost or made
Generals and Majors ah ah
like never before, are tired of being in the shade
they're never too far
from battlefields so glorious
out in a world of their own
They'll never come down
till once again victorious
seem so unhappy 'less they got a war
like never before are tired of being actionless.
Generals and Majors everywhere
Calling Generals and Majors
your World War III is drawing near
They're never too far
away from men who made the grade
out in a world of their own
They'll never come down
until the battle's lost or made
like never before, are tired of being in the shade
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Damn catchy. Also, the promo video for this song is really cute. Bouncy Castles and go-karts and everything. :]
This song is another anti-war song from Black Sea. Catchy pop song like so many of XTCs songs are. You hear this once you won't forget it. Whistling in music is nothing new but I can't remember it sounding so good!
What a brilliant album. Listening to it again today and it sounds so fresh and timeless
It's funny how in 1980 we all believed the generals and majors wanted a big glorious war. What they really wanted was an easy win, like the Falklands or Grenada.
Sure, we did come scarily close to the end of the world anyway a few times by accident (Able Archer 83, etc.), but we got lucky, and got a decade of great music out of our collective desperation, so maybe it was all for the best.
Much truer now than back in the 80s.