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I've been driving, a mid sized car,
I never hurt anyone
Is that a fact?
The price of gas keeps on rising
Nothing comes for free
Make like a stone, make like a plant
I can tell you, how this ends
We're going to win this
With spades and truncheons, guns and trowels
That is how the war will be won
Just swat the fly
Taking care of cars and bodies
Nothing ever comes for free
The ghosts are here, red white and blue
I can tell you how this ends
We're going to win this
I never hurt anyone
Is that a fact?
The price of gas keeps on rising
Nothing comes for free
Make like a stone, make like a plant
I can tell you, how this ends
We're going to win this
With spades and truncheons, guns and trowels
That is how the war will be won
Just swat the fly
Taking care of cars and bodies
Nothing ever comes for free
The ghosts are here, red white and blue
I can tell you how this ends
We're going to win this
Lyrics submitted by remme
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This is my least favourite song on Silent Alarm because Bloc Party's usual sense of subtlty is completely lost for a broad political statement. The statement itself, however, is commendable. Americans protested a war that was caused by America's giant thirst for petrol. In effect, Bush went to war to secure cheaper fuel for those who took the immediate moral highground. I read an interview with the beastie boys, and they just attacked Bush - while driving around New York in a SUV. It's so fucking contradictory.