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UB40 – The Earth Dies Screaming (1980) | Track profile | Dork

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The UB40 File
The Earth Dies Screaming

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The Earth Dies Screaming

Release date: 1980

From The UB40 File

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About This Track

"The Earth Dies Screaming" is a track by UB40, from the album The UB40 File, released 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

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UB40

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Lyrics

The Earth Dies Screaming

A warm dry wind is all that breaks the silence

The highways quiet scars across the land

People lie, eyes closed, no longer dreaming

The earth dies screaming

Like scattered pebbles, cars lie silent waiting

Oilless engines seized by dirt and sand

Bodies hanging limp, no longer bleeding

The earth dies screaming

The earth dies screaming

The earth dies screaming

Your country needs you, lets strike up the band

The earth dies screaming

The earth dies screaming

Despite all odds we must defend our land

Half eaten meals lie rotting on the tables

Money clutched within a boney hand

Shutters down, the banks are not receiving

The earth dies screaming

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Track details

From The UB40 File

1980

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