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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alan Shacklock
Alan Shacklock
Piano
Dave Sharp
Dave Sharp
Background Vocals
Edward Macdonald
Edward Macdonald
Bass Guitar
Ian Fairlie
Ian Fairlie
Trumpet
Ian Kuley
Ian Kuley
Hammond Organ
Mike Peters
Mike Peters
Acoustic Guitar
Nigel Phillips
Nigel Phillips
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Edward Macdonald
Edward Macdonald
Songwriter
Mike Peters
Mike Peters
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alan Shacklock
Alan Shacklock
Producer
Chris Porter
Chris Porter
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Hey
And now they're trying to take
My life away
Forever young I cannot stay
Hey
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
(Promises of love)
They're after you
To sign your life away
(Yeah, yea-oh)
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
The Sixty-eight
Living in the back streets
That's our home from home
The painted walls are all we've
Ever known
"A gun's forever"
That's our battle cry
It is the flag that we fly so
High
For every day
They'll try and drag us down
(Drag us down and down)
I cry with anger
I have done no crime, no
(Yeah, yea-oh)
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
The sixty-eight guns
(Oh-oh)
(Oh-oh)
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
The sixty-eight guns
Written by: Edward Macdonald, Mike Peters

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