Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song When A Drum Beats, artist - Big Country. Album song Restless Natives & Rarities, in the genre ПопDate of issue: 31.12.1997
Record label: Mercury
Song language: English
When A Drum Beats |
| Is this civilization |
| Is this all we’re gonna be |
| A helpless United Nations |
| A censored BBC |
| War in the African nations |
| Hate in the Middle East |
| Just a mess of frustration |
| Waiting for release |
| Oh, no! |
| When they beat a drum |
| It’s too much to swallow |
| Oh, no! |
| When they beat that drum |
| It just sounds so hollow |
| I’m not ready to fight |
| I’m not ready to go |
| I saw an F-111 |
| Beside a Kremlin guard |
| And the Magnificent Seven |
| In the printed word |
| Is this a public service |
| Or a civil war |
| While I sit here nervous |
| Waiting for a call |
| Oh, no! |
| When they beat a drum |
| It’s too much to swallow |
| Oh, no! |
| When they beat that drum |
| It just sounds so hollow |
| I’m not ready to fight |
| I’m not ready to go |
| Let cities crumble, empires waste |
| And generals find a resting place |
| For leaders too will be replaced |
| If fear and fate come face to face |
| Leave a red sky for night time |
| Know a mother’s love |
| Here now for all time |
| Lose the tyrant’s glove |
| Give the whole of the life lime |
| On the reaching palm |
| Leave us out of the dead line |
| For tomorrow’s man |
| Oh, no! |
| When they beat a drum |
| It’s too much to swallow |
| Oh, no! |
| When they beat that drum |
| It just sounds so hollow |
| I’m not ready to fight |
| I’m not ready to go |
| Oh, no! |
| When they beat a drum |
| It’s too much to swallow |
| Oh, no! |
| When they beat that drum |
| It just sounds so hollow |
| I’m not ready to fight |
| I’m not ready to go |