Gun Cotton Lyrics - As If - Thea Gilmore

Silence in the courtyard, silence in the street 

The powers that be, out by the river, are shuffling their feet 

But the night is full of car alarms and sideways glances 

In this land of milk and money you don?t get your second chances 

Cars are burning on the slip roads, the bars are full of sailors 

Spent a long time trying to fathom which were trips and which were trailers 

England has been bleeding into every police station 

Into every schoolyard, every war and every state occaision 

We?re the gun cotton 

They?ll blast us all in line 

This time 

Children in the boxes paint the underpass red 

The graffiti on the park bench, the faded A to Z 

They?ll make you fat with dreams and sequence on the silver screen 

?Til you?re full of hope and tragedy and crash-site steam 

We?re the gun cotton 

They?ll blast us all in line 

This time 

Said, we?re the gun cotton 

They?ll blast us all in line 

This time 

England has been bleeding, she can?t leave it at that 

She?s waiting round the corner wit a switch-blade in her hand 

So let?s dance for our lives, boys, in this Vaudeville show 

Take your time and take a bow; this place is gonna blow 

We?re the gun cotton 

They?ll blast us all in line 

This time 

Said, we?re the gun cotton 

They?ll blast us all in line 

This time 

In line, this time 

In line, this time