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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Graham Parker & The Rumour
Graham Parker & The Rumour
Performer
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Vocals
Brinsley Schwarz
Brinsley Schwarz
Guitar
Martin Belmont
Martin Belmont
Guitar
Bob Andrews
Bob Andrews
Keyboards
Steve Goulding
Steve Goulding
Drums
Andrew Bodnar
Andrew Bodnar
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jack Nitzsche
Jack Nitzsche
Producer
Mark Howlett
Mark Howlett
Engineer
Greg Calbi
Greg Calbi
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed
So winston churchill said I could have smacked his head
And all of those infected waiting to be collected
I must get out at any price before the feeling gets too nice
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Just can't get, just can't get no can't get no protection,
Protection, protection
Every bomb is detonated every switch is thrown
And everybody tells me don't be scared act as if you never cared
So I wear a blank expression to conceal my real impression
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Just can't get, just can't get no can't get no protection,
Protection, protection
So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down
I don't know myself, I don't you either
You're full of disease it's something I discovered
I know you've been mixing with big brother's brother
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
It's just the thought of someone
It's just the thought of someone
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in, sticking it in
So if you think that's funny I'm not really laughing honey
Your love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweaty
And then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare places
Happy hours come and go much too short and much too long
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Just can't get, just can't get no can't get no protection,
Protection, protection
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
Protection protection protection
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in
Protection protection
switch it off switch it off switch it off
Protection
switch it off switch it off switch it off
Protection protection
you want to hide? you want to hide?
You want to hide, hide, hide?
Protection protection protection
Written by: Graham Parker
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