Armistice Day

AUS 12"
• Armistice Day
• Stand In Line

AUS CD (1990)
• Armistice Day
• Stand In Line

From the 1981 album "Place Without a Postcard".
(Copyright of Sprint/Columbia)

You're watching people fighting, you're watching people losing
On Armistice Day

The watchers do the wincing, reporters so convincing
But the TV never lies
I went looking for a war, but the only guns I saw
Never used in anger

You're watching people fight, say they fight, oh say they lose
On Armistice Day

The fixers do the fixing, the locals do the lynching
The papers deny
I went looking for a headline, got talking to the backline
They'd never seen the action

(Hirst/Moginie/Rotsey)