Ben H. Allen - Cannons lyrics

[Intro] Look alive Pick a side Draw a line in the sand You're just the band [Verse 1] They treat us like we're extras in an epic They treat us like we're mud on their boots They leave us on the stretchers when the credits roll Retreating safely to institutes Where dinner party military forces Toast themselves with the blood of us all Smashing regimes between courses Chanting "education, education, and war" [Pre-Chorus] We're gonna need a lot more cannons We're gonna need a lot more cannons If you wanna be home by Christmas If we're gonna be home by Christmas [Chorus] I know there is another way If you wanna see their face again I know they feel the same way over there [Verse 2] They're making all the difficult decisions Politicians and children first Followed by their personal physicians who say You will be happy if you expect the worse Armed with paper straws and a bible Lamps are going out across department stores You will be issued with a rifle on arrival chaps For education, education, and war [Pre-Chorus] We're gonna need a lot more cannons We're gonna need a lot more cannons If you wanna be home by Christmas If we're gonna be home by Christmas [Chorus] I know there is another way If you wanna see their face again I know they feel the same way over there [Chorus] I know there is another way If you wanna see their face again I know they feel the same way over there [Bridge] Oh oh oh oh oh Show us the way to go Hell or Heaven help us Show us the way to go Save our souls Show us the way back home Save our souls Show us the way to go [Narration: Bill Nighy] Quick time Get in Line Get behind the man in front You're the grunts Look alive Pick a side Draw a line in the sand You're just the band [Chorus] We're gonna need a lot more cannons We're gonna need a lot more cannons If you wanna be home by Christmas If we're gonna be home by Christmas I know there is another way If you wanna see their face again I know they feel the same way over there I know there is another way If you wanna see their face again I know they feel the same way over there [Outro] Hello Heaven help us [Poem: Bill Nighy] The Occupation The Occupation The occupation of Damnation Eternal Decreed by Commander in Chief Won by the infantry, led by the Colonel Came at costs that would beggar belief As they marched upon the inferno And the infidels dropped to their knees Millions of civilians crammed in pavilions Came to watch it on big screen TVs The population of Damnation Eternal Went from millions to thousands to one The survivor then wrote in his journal "Why on Earth did it take them so long?" Within weeks we constructed a pipeline Within years we'll have run the place dry It'll just about last us our lifetime So it's hip hip hoorays and high fives On the factory floor there's a whisper We built cannons before it began But the engines still pumping its piston And the turbine still whirring its fan The a**embly line spits out the surplus Into purpose built lead lined white vans Rockets stockpile as ministry workers Fill their pockets with all that they can Secret meetings are held in the senate What to do with this excess supply There's a plan to abandon the planet One V.I.P at a time So we get up each day and have breakfast Read the news and the weather forecast As we sit and we open our letters And we pray that it won't be our last