Lyrics

ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE

He was a good lookin’ lad not skinny not fat
For whom school was always a jape
He thought it a chore yeah kind of a bore
And he looked for a way to escape
She was so young to marry a gun-toting
Soldier who filled her with awe
But they’d get a cheap home new countries to roam
It’s all been done before

So power’s been gained and greed sustained
With the usual rhetoric played
There’s a bit of hot chat ‘bout this and ‘bout that
But the inevitable is only delayed
So send in the tanks the planes the ranks
Of soldiers by the score
We’re gonna defend it our shareholders spend it
It’s all been done before

Yes it’s all been done before my friends
It’s all been done before
Again and again
More lives down the drain
It’s all been done before

So she lowers him down down into the ground
Just a tear and a handful of dust
There’s a treaty just signed new profits designed
To be made in the forthcoming months
As she sits and reflects broken-hearted bereft
The stock market is starting to soar
There’s a spokesman who says “Let’s try to forget”
It’s all been done before

Yes it’s all been done before my friends
It’s all been done before
Again and again
More lives down the drain
It’s all been done before

So heads of state procrastinate
Before you go and start up a war
Which in a short time will be redefined
As a no-win dead score draw
If just a kiss a heart you miss
Of a loved one could be resecured
But our silence is bought our memories short
It’s all been done before

Yes it’s all been done before my friends
It’s all been done before
Again and again
More lives down the drain
It’s all been done before

Yes it’s all been done before my friends
It’s all been done before
Again and again
More lives down the drain
It’s all been done before