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I'm walking through these pastures

 I'm picking up sweet fruit

 I'm shaking hands with people

 That previously I'd shoot

 But nothing will dissuade me

Nothing will dilute

I want to execute

I want to execute

 And you tend to meet a lot of scum en route

 It doesn't mean you've joined the other side

 And because I still wear shorts and my smile is oh so cute

 It doesn't mean I'll run away and hide

Chorus

 To a world where the leaders finally confess

(I think the answer's yes, I think the answer's yes)

 To the burning of the Stock Exchange and bombing of the press

(I think the answer's yes, I think the answer's yes)

[end Chorus]

 I think the answer's yes, yes, yes, I think the answer's yes

I'm walking through these corridors

 Where crime meets pantomime

 They're laughing and they're drinking

 On the swill of overtime

 And no-one seems to know about

 The death-wish that they've signed

Ah, life's unkind

Ah, life's unkind

 And they see me as a potential new recruit

 They rub their hands, slap their backs and smile

 But I still wear suspenders underneath my business suit

 So needn't worry about me for a while

Chorus

And no-one seems to know about

 The death-wish that they've signed

Ah, life's unkind

Ah, life's unkind

 Life's unkind, life's unkind

 >From poor old U2 to poor old Simple Minds

 No amnesty for murderers of poor old working class

 Rope or gas, rope or gas, rope or gas

 No amnesty for murderers of poor old working class

 Rope or gas, rope or gas

Lyrics C 1990 Go! Discs Music Ltd., used without permission.

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date: 95/10/15

I'm walking through these pastures

 I'm picking up sweet fruit

 I'm shaking hands with people

 That previously I'd shoot

 But nothing will dissuade me

 Nothing will dilute

I want to execute

I want to execute

 And you tend to meet a lot of scum en route

 It doesn't mean you've joined the other side

 And because I still wear shorts and my smile is oh so cute

 It doesn't mean, I'll run away and hide

 To a world where the leaders finally confess

(I think the answer's yes, I think the answer's yes)

 To the burning of the Stock Exchange and bombing of the press

 I think the answer's yes, I think the answer's yes

I'm walking through these corridors

 Where crime meets pantomime

 They're laughing and they're drinking

 On the swill of overtime

 And no-one seems to know about

 The death-wish that thay signed

Ah, life's unkind

Ah, life's unkind

 And they see me as potential new recruit

 They rub their hands, slap their backs and smile

 But I still wear suspenders underneath my business suit

 So needn't worry about me for a while

 So to a world without hunger, where royalty face death

(I think the answer's yes, I think the answer's yes)

 To the breaking down of barriers of North, South, East and West

 (I think the answer's yes, I think the answer's yes)

 So to a world without hunger, where royalty face death

(I think the answer's yes, I think the answer's yes)

 To the breaking down of barriers of North, South, East and West

 (I think the answer's yes, I think the answer's yes)

And no-one seems to know about

 The death-wish that they've signed

Ah, life's unkind

Ah, life's unkind

Life's unkind, life's unkind

From poor old U2 to poor old Simple Minds

No amnesty for murders of poor old working class

Rope or gas, rope or gas

No amnesty for murders of poor old working class

Rope or gas, rope or gas