The Housemartins — Get Up Off Our Knees lyrics

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Famines will be famines, banquets will be banquets
Some spend winter in a palace, some spend it in blankets
DonЂ™t wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away
DonЂ™t shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today
Time to end the praying
Listen what theyЂ™re saying
Get up off your knees
You can wag your finger till your fingerЂ™s sore
Shake your head till it shakes no more
Paupers will be paupers, bankers will be bankers
Some own pennies in a jar, some own oil tankers
What may sound like tomorrow could be ours today
ThereЂ™s no more need for sorrow if we get off our knees to pray
Time to end the praying
Listen what theyЂ™re saying
Get up off your knees
You can wag your finger till your fingerЂ™s sore
Shake your head till it shakes no more
Countries will be countries, borders will be borders
Some have lost their folks at war, some have give orders
DonЂ™t wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away
DonЂ™t shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today
Time to end the praying
Listen what theyЂ™re saying