UB40

Released: July 18, 2005

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: UB40

On the radio wave, the call to the grave
Is wrapped up in glory to fool the brave
They tell a tall story of all those that gave
All that they had for the freedom they'd save

On the TV broadcast, they said it won't last
All over by Sunday, consigned to the past
The cleanup starts Monday, despite the bomb blast
A brand new beginning, the die has been cast

There's plenty more where that came from
Five megatons of oblivion
Sent with love from the Pentagon
On a laser guided Neutron Bomb

But a satellite link said it's worse than they think
They can't find the body, it's causing a stink
The guy in the Oval is back on the [Incomprehensible]
And Uncle Sam's poodle's in need of a shrink

It's been a full year, the families can cheer
Their sons and their daughters are now in the clear
The war is all over but it wouldn't appear
That those left behind are all living in fear

There's plenty more where that came from
Five megatons of oblivion
Sent with love from the Pentagon
On a laser guided Neutron Bomb

There's plenty more where that came from
Five megatons of oblivion
Sent with love from the Pentagon
On a laser guided Neutron Bomb

Loot shoot, gunfire salute
How many innocent die every day
Loot shoot, gunfire salute
Innocent die from the games that you play

Deceit and deception and there's always some deception
Like the unjust executions that they forget to mention
You stop, stare and wonder but you make the blunder
Your enemies draw near with the sound like rolling thunder

Torture and detention, there's always some detention
For the fall guy, the patsy, the one they never mention
You play your war games and play with innocent life
You keep the dice rolling with elaborate lies

Loot shoot, gunfire salute
How many innocent die every day
Loot shoot, gunfire salute
Innocent die from the games that you play

Loot shoot, gunfire salute
How many innocent die every day
Loot shoot, gunfire salute
Innocent die from the games that you play

Loot shoot, gunfire salute
How many innocent die every day
Loot shoot, gunfire salute
Innocent die from the games that you play

UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records. The ethnic make-up of the band’s original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage.

Their hit singles include their debut “Food for Thought”, “Red Red Wine” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band’s version of “I Got You Babe”. Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

On January 24, 2008, it was announced that Ali Campbell would be leaving the group after 30 years. It was reported by some Birmingham newspapers on 13 March 2008, that Maxi Priest would be the new lead singer of UB40 and had recorded a cover of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” with the band.

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