UB40 - Present Arms

      Music & Lyrics: Ali Campbell - Jim Brown - Earl Falconer - Robin Campbell - James Stephen Brown -
                Brian Travers - Norman Hassan - Terence Wilson - Michael Virtue
Album: Present Arms (1981)


[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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  You got no job you got no pay
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  Join the military, sign today
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  They'll take you off to fight on foreign shores

[Verse 2]
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  You'll be your mother's pride and joy
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  Her armed and dangerous golden boy
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  They'll pay you to protect what isn't yours

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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  You'll be your mother's pride and joy
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  Her armed and dangerous golden boy
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  A uniformed hero that shows no fear

[Verse 4]
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  The khaki ranks of flesh and steel
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  Learning how to smile and kill
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  They'll teach you to ignore the screams and tears

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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  You'll be your mother's pride and joy
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  Her armed and dangerous golden boy
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  A uniformed hero that shows no fear

[Verse 6]
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  The khaki ranks of flesh and steel
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  Learning how to smile and kill
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  They'll teach you to ignore the screams and tears

[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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