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Album: The Stranglers IV (1978)
Charted: 11
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  • I need a dream where I can live what I said
    I need a place where I can put my head
    I need a whole where I'll find darkness now
    And if you hassle me mister I might just
    Loose my head

    Five minutes and you're almost there
    Five minutes and you're almost dead
    Five minutes and you're almost there
    Five minutes and you're almost dead

    They came on a Saturday night
    They killed his cat and they raped his wife
    And in their eyes there was fear and hate
    And when they spoke they spoke with knives

    Five minutes and you're almost there
    Five minutes and you're almost dead
    Five minutes and you're almost there
    Five minutes and you're almost dead

    Some say that I should hate them all
    But I say that wouldn't help at all
    I just want to find those guys that's all
    I just want to find those guys that's all
    That's all that's all

    Five minutes and you're almost there
    Five minutes and you're almost dead
    Five minutes and you're almost there
    Five minutes and you're almost dead

    The night time comes and the streets they ring
    With the fears of a thousand things
    But if you worry about your ports of call
    You'll never get nothing done at all

    Five minutes and you're almost there
    Five minutes and you're almost dead
    Five minutes and you're almost there
    Five minutes and you're almost dead

    Some say that I should hate them all
    But I say that wouldn't help at all
    I just want to find those guys that's all
    I just want to find those guys that's all
    I just want to find those guys that's all
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Comments: 1

  • Zabadak from London, EnglandSuperior Stranglers single, with Rok It To The Moon on the flip. Reached #11 in the UK in 1978.
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