Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Wagner At The Opera, artist - Chumbawamba. Date of issue: 25.02.2010
Song language: English
Wagner At The Opera |
| I’m laying on the pavement |
| And the last thing I recall |
| Picked up by the arms and legs |
| And taken from the hall |
| For squaring up to culture |
| In the circle and the stall |
| All because they’re playing Wagner at the opera |
| All because they’re playing Wagner at the opera |
| Hurt can make you act without |
| Apology or regret |
| Over half a century |
| But still I can’t forget |
| Ideology makes a mockery |
| Of the string quartet |
| All because they’re playing Wagner at the opera |
| All because they’re playing Wagner at the opera |
| When they came to take me |
| I was standing on a chair |
| I can’t keep quiet |
| I have something to declare |
| Listen to my rattle |
| For my rattle says «Beware» |
| All because they’re playing Wagner at the opera |
| All because they’re playing Wagner at the opera |
| A rattle for remembering |
| The rattle of the chains |
| A rattle for remembering |
| The rattle of the trains |
| From Warsaw down the decades |
| To hell and home again |
| All because they’re playing Wagner at the opera |
| All because they’re playing Wagner at the opera |
| For everyone we lost |
| I swing the rattle loud and long |
| I swing it 'til I drown out |
| All the music and the songs |
| This tattoo will last forever |
| And my memory is long |
| Here’s to no more playing Wagner at the opera |
| Here’s to no more playing Wagner at the opera |
| Here’s to no more playing Wagner at the opera |