REQ: 68 Guns

[E. Wennick]

I can't for the life of me remember the name of the group that did this
song . . . I think it maybe had something to do with Strawberries . . .

Anyway, it was from the mid-80s and the lyric line went something like
"68 guns will never die, 68 guns our battle cry . . ."

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[mamu]

Sixty Eight Guns
The Alarm

And now they're trying to take my life away
Forever young I cannot stay
On every corner, I can see them there
They don't know my name, they don't know my kind
They're after you with their promises
They're after you to sign your life away

Sixty Eight Guns will never die
Sixty Eight Guns our battle cry
Sixty Eight Guns will never die
Sixty Eight Guns our battle cry
Sixty Eight Guns, Sixty Eight Guns

For living in the backstreets that's our home from home
The painted walls are all we've ever known
'The Guns Forever' that's our battle cry
It is the flag that we fly so high
For every day they try to drag us down
I cry with anger, I have done no crime

[Ann McGrath]

It was The Alarm, song is called 68 Guns

And now they are trying to take my life away

Forever young I cannot stay

On every corner I can see them there

They don't know my name

They don't know my kind

They're after you with their promises
They're after you to sign your life away

The sixty eight guns will never die
The 68 guns is our battle cry
The sixty eight guns will never die
The 68 guns is our battle cry
68 guns
68 guns
68 guns

For living in the backstreets

That's our home from home

The painted walls are all we've ever known

And The Guns Forever that's our battle cry
It is the flag we fly so high
And every day they try to drag us down
But I cry with anger

I have done no crime

The sixty eight guns will never die
The 68 guns is our battle cry
The sixty eight guns will never die
The 68 guns is our battle cry
68 guns
68 guns
68 guns

The sixty eight guns will never die
The 68 guns is our battle cry
The sixty eight guns will never die
The 68 guns is our battle cry
68 guns
68 guns
68 guns

Regards

Ann
Edinburgh-Scotland