Graham Parker & The Rumour - Arlington's Busy lyrics

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WELL YOU HARDLY RECALL THAT IT’S STILL GOING ON

IT’S BARELY RECOUNTED IN SPEECH OR IN SONG

IT’S NOT VERY PLEASANT SO LET’S MOVE ALONG

BRING ME A SLICE AND A COKE

AND IT DOESN’T SEEM REAL IS IT FICTION OR FACT

TILL JOHNNY COMES HOME WITH A HOLE IN HIS BACK

AND THAT DOESN’T LAST LONG AS HE

FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS

THE CRACKS IN THE GREAT DIVIDE

AND ARLINGTON’S BUSY AND NOBODY CARES

IT’S NOT REALLY CURRENT SO IT’S NOT OUR AFFAIR

IT’S DISTANT INTANGIBLE AND WAY OVER THE THERE

UNDER A FOREIGN SUN’S GLARE X2

ARLINGTON’S BUSY

ARLINGTON’S BUSY AND NOBODY, NOBODY CARES

WHILE I WAS SLEEPWALKING SOMEONE GOT HIT

BROUGHT TO THE GROIUND LIKE A DOG IN A PIT

OUT IN AFGANISTAN SHOWING TRUE GRIT

A REPLACEMENT IS HEADING HIS WAY

FUNNY I JUST DIDN’T FEEL ANYTHING

BUT SOME SLIGHT DISCOMFORT IN THIS COLD NORTHERN SPRING

I NEED A NEW COAT I’VE GOT HOLES IN THIS THING

THE WEATHER’S BEEN BRUTAL THIS YEAR

AND ARLINGTON’S BUSY AND NOBODY CARES

WE’RE LOOKING AT TUSCON

WHEN WE LOOK FOR CROSSHAIRS

BUT BULLETS ARE FLYING

AND WE’RE NOT EVEN SCARED

EVERY MINUTE WE BREATHE X2

ARLINGTON’S BUSY

ARLINGTON’S BUSY AND NOBODY, NOBODY SEES

NOW THE RANGERS WERE OUT

NEAR THE PAKISTAN LINE

IN THE KHOST PROVINCE DOING THEIR TIME

WHEN THE SECOND PLATOON TOOK ON ENEMY FIRE

AND FELL INTO THE FOG OF WAR

TILLMAN GOT HIT AND WENT DOWN LIKE A STONE

BUT THEY COVERED IT UP

LIKE A DOG COVERING A BONE

COS THE TOP BRASS AT HOME DIDN’T WANT TO ADMIT

BY FRIENDLY FIRE HE WAS HIT

RUMSFELD AND McCHRYSTAL

WERE IN ON THE LIE

THE PR MACHINE WAS IN OVERDRIVE

BUT FALSIFIED STATEMENTS AND A NICE SILVER STAR

DOESN’T DO IT JUSTICE BY FAR

AND ARLINGTON’S BUSY YEAH BUSINESS IS BRISK

NOT THAT YOU’D NOTICE COS IGNORANCE IS BLISS

LETS SEND 30 THOUSAND MORE DISPOSABLE SOULS

AND PRETEND THAT IT’S MAKING US FREE X2

ARLINGTON’S BUSY

ARLINGTON’S BUSY AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS WILL BE