Released: October 28, 1988
Songwriter: Christopher Neil Mike Rutherford
Producer: Christopher Neil Mike Rutherford
While you're defending yourself
Maybe you'd like to explain
Are you a king for a day
Is it some ancient campaign
Warpaint your flag on your face
Gather the troops on the line
You never made a mistake
There at the scene of the crime
Chorus:
Blood on your hands
Blood on your feet
Down in the pouring rain
What do you care
Out on the street
We're gonna drive you insane
Nobody else to blame for all that
Where are the angry young men
Where are the fighters or yore
Looking for trouble again
Looking to settle a score
Why do you reincarnate
Why will you always be here
Pour out a nation of hate
Pour out an ocean of tears
(Chorus)
Nobody questions the power elite
Who's gonna take up the strain
Nobody else to blame!
Maybe you'd like to explain
Are you a king for a day
Is it some ancient campaign
Warpaint your flag on your face
Gather the troops on the line
You never made a mistake
There at the scene of the crime
Chorus:
Blood on your hands
Blood on your feet
Down in the pouring rain
What do you care
Out on the street
We're gonna drive you insane
Nobody else to blame for all that
Where are the angry young men
Where are the fighters or yore
Looking for trouble again
Looking to settle a score
Why do you reincarnate
Why will you always be here
Pour out a nation of hate
Pour out an ocean of tears
(Chorus)
Nobody questions the power elite
Who's gonna take up the strain
Nobody else to blame!
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Living Years (1988)
Mike + the Mechanics popular songs
- The Living Years
- Silent Running
- Let Me Fly
- Over My Shoulder
- Don’t Know What Came Over Me
- Why Me?
- Get Up
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
- Black & Blue
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Stop Baby
- Always Listen to Your Heart
- If I Were You
- Something to Believe In
- Ain’t That Peculiar
- The Way You Look at Me
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- A House of Many Rooms
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)