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Wardance

Release date: 1st February 1980

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About This Track

"Wardance" is a track by Killing Joke, from the album Killing Joke, released 1st February 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Killing Joke

Killing Joke

Lyrics

Wardance

[Verse 1]

The atmosphere's strange

Out on the town

Music for pleasure

It's not music no more

Music to dance to

Music to move

This is music to march to

Do a war dance

[Chorus]

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

[Verse 2]

Look at graffiti

Scrawled on the wall

You know the reason

Outside the door

You got something

Nasty in your mind

Trying to get out

Do a war dance

[Chorus]

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

[Verse 3]

You've opened the pit

Honesty is sick

You try to be honest

Look what you get

The food runs short

And then the money talks

One way out

Your premonition is correct

[Chorus]

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

A war dance!

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Credits

Writer: Geordie Walker, Jaz Coleman, Martin Glover, Paul Ferguson
Producer: Killing Joke
Credited: Geordie Walker, Jaz Coleman, Martin Glover, Paul Ferguson, The Mad Capsule Markets, Various Artists