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A walk on Parliament Hill
A walk on part in the war
A walk on by in the park, for a leaf grown in a cage
A walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage
A walk on part in The Wall
For a leaf grown in a cage
A walk on part in the war,
for a lead role in a cage
A walk on part in The Wall,
for a lead role in a cage
A walk on part in the war,
for a lead role in a cage
A walk on part in The Wall
For a Negro in a cage.
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage.
A walk on part in The War
For a Negro in a cage.
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage
A walk on part in the war, for a Negro in a cage
A walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage
I still remember this after a couple of decades, brings a laugh.
A walk on part in the war, for a libro in a cage
A walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage
A walk-on part in a war
For a Negro in a cage.
A walk-on part in a war
For a lead role in a cage.
Either Thom wanted to make his own version of the song using his own editing, or he made a very embarrassing mistake!
A walk on part in the war for a leaf rolled in a cane
or
A walk on part in the war, for a negro in a cage
or
A walk-on part in the war for an eagle in a cage
or
A walk-on part in the war for an eagle in a cage
A walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage
A welcome part in the warmth for the lead role in a cage
A walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a Negro in a cave?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
And in this moment, I'm Alpaca.
And in this moment, I am happy.
But my answer is the Indian saying.
But my hands are busy in the air.
Can you tell a green feel from a coasty rain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
Can you tell a green feel?
Can you tell a green field?
Did they get you to trade your heroes for gold?
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for goals?
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Did they get you to trail
Did they get you to trade
Did they get you to train your hero's ghosts
Hot assholes for trees,
Hot air full of cool breeze,
Cold comfort for change.
Did you exchange a walking cane in the war
For a tadpole in a cave?
Did they get you to trade your hero's for ghosts,
Hot ashes for trees,
Hot air for the cool breeze,
Cold comfort for change.
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
Did they get you to train
Your heroes for goats?
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war
For a Negro in a cage?
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
Did you exchange
A walk-on part in 'The Wall'
For an egg roll in a cave?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
Hard ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
Did you exchange
A walk unparred on the wall
For l'hero [like how it would be in French] in a cage?
Hot ashes for trees,
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war,
For a lead role in a cage?
I wish I had beer
I wish you were here
I wish you were Harry
I wish you were here
I wish you were dead
I wish you were here
I wish you were hair.
or
I wish you were queer.
I wish you were here.
I wish you were ham
I wish you were here
I wish you were hell
I wish you were here
I wish you were here, don't you know
The stove is getting colder.
I wish you were here, don't you know
The snow is getting colder.
I wish you were killed
I wish you were here
I'm counting UFO's
I signal them with my ladder.
I'm counting UFO's
I signal them with my lighter.
I'm counting UFOs
I signal them with my latter.
I'm counting UFOs
I signal them with my lighter.
Maybe I should always care,
but my anthem is the end the end is near
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air saying:
Singing in official
Swimming in a fishbowl
So I wish you could hear
So I wish you were here
So I wish you were him
or
So I wish you were her
So I wish you were here
Take walk in the park with a Negro I a cage
A walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage
The sky resembles a backlit cannibal
With full sponge yeti
The sky resembles a backlit canopy
With holes punched in it
The sky resembles a black lit canopy with holes punched in it
I'm gunning UFO's; I signal them with my letters
The sky resembles a back lit canopy with holes punched in it
I'm counting UFOs, I signal them with my lighter
The walk on part in the war, for a leer o in a cage.
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage?
The world's a roller coaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should always care
But my hands are busy in the alley.
The world's a roller coaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air.
The world's a rollercoaster
And I am not trapped in
Maybe I should kill myself
But an insane hole takes me in there, yeeah.
The world's a roller coaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air.
Walk on part of the wharf
A walk on part in the war
We're just two a**holes
Swimmin' in a fishbowl...
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
We're just two lost soles swimming in a fishbowl.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a s***hole
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl.
Wish you were fear
Wish you were here
Wish you worked here.
Wish you were here