The Gasman Cometh Lyrics - Stations Of The Crass - Crass

The train now standing on platform four 

What will you do when the gas taps turn? 

Where will you be when the bodies burn? 

Will you just watch as the cattle trucks roll by? 

Pretend it isn't happening? Turn a blind eye? 

See the army convoys quietly passing by? 

Heard the helicopters in your little bit of sky? 

Have you seen the squad cars packed with boys in blue? 

Have you ever wondered what they're there to do? 

Pictures in the paper of soldiers in the street 

Pictures in the history books of rotting human meat 

Auschwitz's now a tourist spot for the goggle eyed to pry 

Still in working order just for you and I 

Photos of the victims, of gas, of gun, of bomb 

Inheritance of violence in the bookshelves of your home 

Don't wait for it to come to you, cos come it surely will 

The guardians of the state are trained to search, destroy and kill 

There's people sitting at this moment, fingers on the trigger 

There's loyalty and royalty to make their violence figure 

Allegiance to the flag, they say, as they lock the prison door 

Allegiance to normality, that's what lobotomies are for 

God, queen and country, they say we've got the choice 

Free speech for all if you've got no voice 

Propaganda on the airwaves, here's the way to live 

Not for you and me the alternative 

The look for peace in Ireland with a thousand squaddy boys 

Torture in their mental homes is another of their ploys 

They'll keep us all in line, by christ, they'll keep us on our toes 

But if we stand against their power, we'll see how violence grows 

Read it in the paper about rebellious youth 

But it's them that are so violent, it's them that hide the truth 

Stay in line, or pay the cost, 

Do you think they care when another life's lost? 

Auschwitz's now a tourist spot for the goggle eyed to pry 

Still in working order just for you and I 

To ashes at Auschwitz it's just a small leap 

From coshes at Southall, life is cheap 

Don't think that they won't do it, cos they already do 

But this time 'round the pawns are me and you