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There's four of you and one of them you drag her to the floor,
because holding a banner's more dangerous than fuelling war.
a war that you claim that you're against
well sorry mate you're not even on the fence.
you're hand in hand with the law that supports this war
defending the arms trade, is this what you signed up for when they gave you your badge
made you an officer? to serve and protect? well you're not protecting shit

You're just protecting a system that's fundamentally flawed,
on one had opposing and the other funding war.
I don't know how you sleep at night,
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights

This is our right to protest, this is unlawful arrest
the courts and law are on our side, the judge has decided that
this opposition is justified, we know our right and we'll continue to fight
until you realise though you don't drop the bombs
there's still blood on your hands and this shit is wrong
you've been defending this was all along,
we'll keep on fighting and together we'll stand strong

Stop protecting a system that's fundamentally flawed,
on one had opposing and the other funding war.
I don't know how you sleep at night,
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights

As for the government, i guess there's money to be made
so they sit back and watch as arms dealers trade
in numbers of lives, innocent lost, they only care about their monetary costs
MPs say they're against it, they say this is wrong, yet they still carry on
put their officers on the job to keep the peace, for our own protection,
well we're here for peace and you're just adding aggression

Stop protecting a system that's fundamentally flawed,
on one had opposing and the other funding war.
I don't know how you sleep at night,
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights

In your town, weapons made
profits for the arms trade
act in defiance or do nothing in compliance x4

Stop protecting a system that's fundamentally flawed,
on one had opposing and the other funding war.
I don't know how you sleep at night,
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights
protecting the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights

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from Now That's What I Call Boom Boom Racoon Vol. 1, released November 21, 2018

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