Lyrics: Unmarked

Unmarked

Go and join the army
Said the father to his son
See the world around you boy
And learn to use a gun
Think you’re something special
Well, we’ll make you just the same
There’s nothing wrong in dying
After all, it’s just a game
– It’s just a game

[chorus]
Singing; oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh

Read the morning paper
There’s a picture of a cross
“We were proud in them days”
By the way, I think you lost
Trust me when I tell you boy
That God is on our side
Even Jesus cheers us on
Against the other side
– Against the other side

[chorus]

He who shouts the loudest
Is the one that’s in control
We who never listen
Are the ones who pay the toll
Tell us that it’s time at last
To make a final stand
I’m glad ‘cos all I wanted
Was to kill another man
– Just to kill another man

[chorus]

[credit: Clarke]

Note: ‘Unmarked’ is a typical cold war song, lambasting the hype of contries trying to outbid eachother and claiming the moral highground, as if it is a game and not a potentially deadly reality. The last verse first pictures the common people as victims but then, in a twist of pessimism not uncommon to the era, calls upon the mighty to just push the button and have world war three begin.

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