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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Performer
Paul Raven
Paul Raven
Bass
The Youth
The Youth
Bass
Jaz Coleman
Jaz Coleman
Vocals
Paul Ferguson
Paul Ferguson
Drums
Martin Atkins
Martin Atkins
Drums
Geordie
Geordie
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Geordie Walker
Geordie Walker
Composer
Martin Glover
Martin Glover
Composer
Paul Ferguson
Paul Ferguson
Composer
Jaz Coleman
Jaz Coleman
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Producer
Phil Harding
Phil Harding
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Shh
The atmosphere's strange
Out on the town
Music for pleasure
It's not music no more
Music to dance to
Music to move
This is music to march to
Do a war dance
A war dance
A war dance
A war dance
A war dance
Look at graffiti
Scrawled on the wall
You know the reason?
Outside the door
You got something
Nasty in your mind
Trying to get out
Do a war dance
A war dance
A war dance
A war dance
A war dance
You've opened the pit
Honesty is sick
You try to be honest
Look what you get
The food runs short
And then the money talks
One way out
Your premonition is correct
A war dance
A war dance
A war dance
A war dance (war dance)
A war dance (war dance)
A war dance (war dance)
A war dance (war dance)
A war dance
Written by: Geordie Walker, Jaz Coleman, Martin Glover, Paul Ferguson

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