Vengeance Lyrics - New Model Army

Escaped the net in '45, hiding out in South America 

Protected by money and powerful friends 

Hoping the world has forgotten by now 

All the things that you did in the Nazi Death camps 

The people that you tortured and killed 

You can live you life in expectant fear 

Sure some day you'll be made to pay 

I believe in justice 

I believe in vengeance 

I believe in getting the bastard 

Man walks over dressed in flashy clothes 

With an empty heart and a head full of money 

Puts his arm around the lad of fifteen years 

Talks sort of close like a long-lost brother 

"It's really cool, all the pop stars do 

If you don't try a little you'd really be a fool 

Tell you what I'll do, I'll make the first one free 

And when you want some more just come back to me" 

[Alternative version of second verse:] 

Loading up the barrels at the warehouse gates 

Men in overalls on double rates 

Put the stuff in the river and away for a beer 

Don't worry too much, they don't live around here 

And the poison seeps into every pore 

Every child's eyes, every innocent's sore 

Everybody knows behind the closed doors 

Kick down the doors, kick down the doors 

I believe in justice 

I believe in vengeance 

I believe in getting the bastard 

Top-dog fascist gets the boys in the corner 

Plants poison where there was just confusion 

Walks away scot-free and laughing 

Rides on the tide as the cancer grows 

And the business man on corruption charges 

With millions of dollars in dirty money 

Gets a thousand pound fine after months in court 

While the lawyers get fat and the law gets bought 

I believe in justice 

I believe in vengeance 

I believe in getting the bastard