Barrel of the Gun

Barrel Of The Gun - The Levellers

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In a strange land

Far from these shores

Lay two men and a woman

Killed by the law

No matter what country

Under the sun

You can't mete justice

From the barrel of a gun

A car bomb they say

The S A S on offence

Shot in the back

Makes no difference

Oh no Oh no

So no matter what country

Under the sun

You can't mete justice

From the barrel of a gun a gun

Shoot to kill

Till both sides have their fill

Till both sides have their martyrs

And all the kids have no fathers

Oh no oh no

So no matter what country

Under the sun

You can't mete justice

The barrel of a gun

Oh 'til you mothers have no sons

'Til your battle it is won

Tell both sides

They have lost

All the blood that it cost

So no matter what country

Under the sun

You can't mete justice

No from the barrel of a gun