Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway
A place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto
I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
I ain't got time for that now
Transmit the message, to the receiver
Hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, couple of visas
Don't even know my real name
High on a hillside, trucks are loading
Everything's ready to roll, I, I
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nigh time
I might not ever get home
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mud club, or C. B. G. B.
I ain't got time for that now
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
I ain't got time for that now
Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
You ought to know not to stand by the window
Somebody see you up there
I got some groceries, some peanut butter
To last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers
Ain't got no headphones
Ain't got no records to play
Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time?
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard
I can't write nothing at all
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you
But I ain't got no time for that now
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
We blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives
Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle so many times now
Don't know what I look like
You make me shiver, I feel so tender
We make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
You ought to get you some sleep
Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, and it burns like a furnace
The burning keeps me alive
Life During Wartime [Live]
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(Nothing But) Flowers [Lilywhite Mix] A Clean Break [Live] And She Was [Alternate Version] And She Was [Extended Mix] Animals [#][*] Artists Only [Demo Version] Blind [Deaf Dub & Blind Mix] Blind [Deaf Dub/Blind Mix] Blind [Extended Mix] Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [#][*] Cities [#] Cities [Alternate Version][Alternate Take] Cities [Live] Drugs (Electricity) Drugs [Alternate Version][Alternate Take] First Week/Last Week ... Carefree Found a Job [*] Genius of Love [Tom Tom Club] Girlfriend Is Better [Live] Heaven [#][*] Heaven [Live] Hey Now [Milwaukee Mix] Houses in Motion [Live Unedited Version] Houses in Motion [Special Re-Mixed Version][Versio... I Feel it in My Heart I Get Wild/Wild Gravity Love for Sale [Extended Mix] Love for Sale [Love Dub] Mind [#][*] New Feeling [Alternate Version][Alternate Take] Once in a Lifetime (Same as It Never Was) [Liquid ... Once in a Lifetime [#][*] Once in a Lifetime [Extended Mix] Psycho Killer [#][*] Psycho Killer [Live] Radio Head [Extended Mix] Radio Head [Extexnded Mix] Ruby Dear [Bush Mix] Stay Hungry [#][*] Television Man [Dance Mix] Television Man [Extended Mix] The Big Country [#][*] The Book I Read [#][*] The Girls Want to Be with the Girls [*] This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) [Live] Warning Sign [#][*] Who Is It? [#][*] Wild Wild Life [Extended Mix] Wild Wild Life [Long E.T. Mix]
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