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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Alarm
The Alarm
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mike Peters
Mike Peters
Songwriter
Edward Macdonald
Edward Macdonald
Songwriter
Dave Sharp
Dave Sharp
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
MICK GLOSSOP
MICK GLOSSOP
Producer
Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Come on down and meet your maker
Come down and make the stand
[Verse 2]
Oh, I have been out searching, with the black book in my hand
And I've looked between the lines that lie on the pages that I tread
I met the walking dude, religious, in his worn-down cowboy boots
He walked like no man on Earth
I swear he had no name (Had no name)
I swear he had no name
[Verse 3]
Come on down and meet your maker
Come on down and make the stand
Come on down, come on down
Come on down and make the stand
[Verse 4]
As I crawled beneath the searchlights
Looking through the floorboards of this life
I met Doctor Strangelove's cousin, he bore the marks of time
Hey, Trashcan, where you goin', boy?
Your eyes are feet apart
Is that the end you're carryin', shall I play your funeral march? (Play the march)
Play the funeral march
[Verse 5]
Come on down and meet your maker
Come on down and make the stand
Come on down, come on down
Come on down and we'll make the stand
[Verse 6]
Come on down and meet your maker (Come on down)
Come on down and make the stand
Come on down, come on down
Come on down, we'll make the stand
[Verse 7]
When I looked out the window
On the hardship that had struck
I saw the seven vials open, the claimed man and son
Four men at a grave in silence, hats bowed down in grace
A simple wooden cross, it had no epitaph engraved (It had no)
No epitaph engraved
[Verse 8]
Come on down and meet your maker
Come on down and make the stand
Come on down, come on down
Come on down, we'll make the stand
[Verse 9]
Come roll out the red carpet, come bugler sound the horn
The hero is returning, come welcome him to his home
Don't say I didn't warn you, this prophecy's comin' true
The cavalry is thunderin', ridin' over the hill
Riding over the hill
[Verse 10]
Come on down and meet your maker (Come on down)
Come on down and make the stand
Come on down, come on down
Come on and make the stand
[Verse 11]
Come on down and meet your maker (Come on down)
Come on down and make the stand
Come on down, come on down (Come on)
Come on down and we'll make the stand
[Verse 12]
Come on down and meet your maker
Come on down and make the stand
Come on down, come on down
Come on down and we'll make the stand
[Verse 13]
Come on down and meet your maker
Come on down and make the stand
Come on down, come on down
Come on down and we'll make the stand
[Verse 14]
Come on down and meet your maker (You're gonna meet your maker)
Come on down and make the stand (Come on)
Come on down, come on down
Come on
And we'll make the stand
Written by: Dave Sharp, Edward Macdonald, Mike Peters

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