Lyric

[Kitch]

What is the subject of the following

Its a bit schizophrenic in the track itself
change in colour represents change in 'personality' ( tune, pace, tone)

Its funny how you never new what my name was,
Our only contact was a form for the election.

These days I find that you don't listen,
These days I find that we're out of touch,
These days I finds that I'm to busy,
So why the attention now you want my assistance -
what have you done for me.

You've gone and got your self in trouble,
Now you want me to help you out.

These days I find that I can't be bothered,
These days I find that its all too much,
To pick up a gun and shoot a stranger,
But I've got no choice so here I come
- war games

I'm up on the hills playing little boy soldiers,
Reconnaissance duty up at 5:30.
Shoot shoot shoot and kill the natives;
You're one of us and we love you for that

Think of honour Queen and country,
You're a blessed son of the British Empire,
God's on our side and so is Washington.

Come out on the hills with the little boy soldiers.

Come on outside I'll sing you a lullaby,
Or tell a tale of how goodness prevailed.

We ruled the world - we killed and robbed,
The noping lot - but we don't fell bad.

It was done beneath the flag of democracy,
You'll believe, and I do - yes I do - yes I do - Yes I do

These days I find that I can't be bothered,
To argue with them, well whats the point?
Better to take your shots and drop down dead,
then they send you home in a pine overcoat.

With a letter to your mum

Saying find enclosed one son - one medal and a note to say he won.

[mharky]

is kitch going insane???

[Scotia]

i think he needs some 1mile intervals tomorow...

[Kitch]

Its just Friday
and I was listening to the album that this song is on last night

And I thought it was uncannily relevant to the war in Iraq.

The album in question however is Setting Sons by The Jam
and it was produced in 1979
and I've no idea what specific events Weller was refering to when he wrote it
but the fact that it fits Iraq so well, is not only spooky
its fairly depressing

[Mr Chips]

The lyrics suggest UK soldiers fighting abroad with US support - something that hadn't happened (as far as I can recall) since 1953 when the Korean conflict ended. Between then and 1979 UK forces were mostly active in Northern Ireland, apart from the Suez crisis in 1956 when US support was conspicuously lacking. Perhaps the writer was just generalising about the plight of young men of military age?

But for the specifically national references it could refer to the recently ended Vietnam war; the last line is remeniscent of Country Joe's jolly little number: "Yippee! We're all gonna die" which ends - "...and be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box".

[PorkyFatBoy]

Maybe it is a perceived threat against the then Soviet Union. I remember there being a lot of CND stuff happening around that time, lyrically it is better than:
1,2,3,4 we don't want a nuclear war
5,6,7,8 we don't want to radiate

('though that's not difficult)

[rob f]

has anyone heard mosh, eminems view on bush - what do they think