Released: April 23, 1984
Songwriter: Jo Callis Philip Oakey
Producer: Hugh Padgham Chris Thomas
[Verse 1]
She dreams of nineteen sixty-nine
Before the soldiers came
The life was cheap on bread and wine
And sharing meant no shame
She is awakened by the screams
Of rockets flying from nearby
And scared, she clings onto her dreams
To beat the fear that she might die
[Chorus]
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon
The Lebanon
[Verse 2]
Before he leaves the camp he stops
He scans the world outside
And where there used to be some shops
Is where the snipers sometimes hide
He left his home the week before
He thought he'd be like the police
But now he finds he is at war
Weren't we supposed to keep the peace
[Chorus]
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon, the Lebanon
The Lebanon, from the Lebanon
[Bridge]
I must be dreaming
It can't be true
I must be dreaming
It can't be true
[Chorus]
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon, the Lebanon
The Lebanon, from the Lebanon
She dreams of nineteen sixty-nine
Before the soldiers came
The life was cheap on bread and wine
And sharing meant no shame
She is awakened by the screams
Of rockets flying from nearby
And scared, she clings onto her dreams
To beat the fear that she might die
[Chorus]
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon
The Lebanon
[Verse 2]
Before he leaves the camp he stops
He scans the world outside
And where there used to be some shops
Is where the snipers sometimes hide
He left his home the week before
He thought he'd be like the police
But now he finds he is at war
Weren't we supposed to keep the peace
[Chorus]
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon, the Lebanon
The Lebanon, from the Lebanon
[Bridge]
I must be dreaming
It can't be true
I must be dreaming
It can't be true
[Chorus]
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon, the Lebanon
The Lebanon, from the Lebanon
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- Greatest Hits (1988 Version) (1988)
- Greatest Hits (1995 Version) (1995)
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- Human
- Love Action
- The Sound Of The Crowd
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination
- Fascination
- Ringinglow
- Crow and a Baby
- Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)
- Love Action (I Believe In Love)
- Words
- Gordon’s Gin
- Heart Like a Wheel (LP version)
- Filling Up With Heaven
- Kimi Ni Mune Kyun
- Don’t You Want Me (90's Inquisition mix)
- The Black Hit of Space
- Liar
- Fascination - Improvisation
- Men Are Dreamers
- Almost Medieval
- I’m Coming Back
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Extended)
- Swang