Redgum - Asio lyrics

White door, ninth floor, silent number, it's autumn on a cold avenue Telex intercept, he sips a cigarette, warms up his V.D.U. He gets his kicks from microchips, orders from the C.I.A. Birobugs and lasers, casual surveillance, boardrooms and communiques Don't use your phone and don't use mine Don't speak treason, they're tapping the li-ine Break-in, stake out, tell it in code Everything is legal, anything goes The nights gettin' darker and the ill wind blows Your life's in a databank at ASIO Trained in the ghettos of the Lebanon, truncheons and an M16 Selling skag, a U.N. flag, now he's trading in securities Darwin rendezvous, a B-52, trenchcoat slightly creased From a coup in Asia, A U.S. Air Force major Buying dirty laundry, swearin' it's for peace Infiltration, we'll never know Just like Chile but the bruises don't show-ow Break-in, stake out, tell it in code Everything is legal, anything goes The nights get darker and the ill wind blows Your life's in a databank at ASIO Spook behind the bar, unmarked car, rumour hangs like stale perfume Flushing under beds, sniffin' out the Reds, nobody can feel immune No names, no stress, no blame, no press Clean when the dirty work's done Allocate a budget, special branch thugs Do it for the practice, do it for the fun Midnight, flashlight, crash on the door Rats on the table, blood on the floor-oor Break-in, stake out, tell it in code Everything is legal, anything goes The nights get darker and the ill wind blows Your life's in a databank at ASIO