The call up    (video)    (intro)

 

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1.     It's up to you not to heed the call-up,

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    you must not act the way you were brought up.

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    Who knows the reasons why you have grown up ?

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    Who knows the plans or why they were drawn up ?

 

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    It's up to you not to heed the call-up, I don't wanna die !

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    It's up to you not to hear the call-up, I don't wanna kill !

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   For he who will die         is he who will kill !

 

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2.        Maybe I wanna see the wheatfields,

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    over Kiev and down to the sea.

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    It's up to you not to hear the call-up, I don't wanna die !

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    It's up to you not to hear the call-up, I don't wanna kill!

 

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2.     All the young people down the ages,

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    they gladly marched off to die.

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    Proud city fathers used to watch them,

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    tears in their eyes.

 

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    It's up to you not to heed the call-up, I don't wanna die !

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    It's up to you not to hear the call-up, I don't wanna kill !

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   For he who will die         is he who will kill.

 

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3.      There is a rose that I want to live for,

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    although, God knows, I may not have met her.

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    There is a dance and I should be with her,

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    there is a town unlike any other.

 

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4.      It's up to you not to hear the call-up,

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    you must not act the way you were brought up.

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    Who gives you work, and why should you do it ?

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    At fifty five minutes past eleven.

 

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     There is a rose.

 

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    It's up to you not to heed the call-up !

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    It's up to you not to hear the call-up, I don't wanna die !

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    There is a rose that I want to live for,

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    It's up to you not to heed the call-up !          ....

 

    (The Clash)