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Artist: Pink Floyd
Track: Waiting For the Worms

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Eins, zwei, drei, alle
Ooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooh, no matter how you try
Goodbye, cruel world, it's over
Walk on by

Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come
In perfect isolation here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come

We're waiting to succeed and going to convene outside Brixton
Town Hall where we're going to be
Waiting to cut out the deadwood
Waiting to clean up the city
Waiting to follow the worms
Waiting to put on a black shirt
Waiting to weed out the weaklings
Waiting to smash in their windows
And kick in their doors
Waiting for the final solution
To strengthen the strain
Waiting to follow the worms
Waiting to turn on the showers
And fire the ovens
Waiting for the queens and the coons
And the reds and the Jews
Waiting to follow the worms

Would you like to see Britannia
Rule again, my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms
Would you like to send our colored cousins
Home again, my friend?

All you need to do is follow the worms

The worms will convene outside Brixton Bus Station
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Pink Floyd – Waiting for the Worms
Pink wars within himself as his insane, dictator rants culminate in shouts of ethnic cleansing, effectively turning him into the very sort of force that killed his father.
Pink Floyd – Waiting for the Worms (Live at Earls Court 1981)
[Intro] / Are you with us!? / Eins, zwei, drei, alle! / Ooooh, you cannot reach me now / Ooooh, no matter how you try / Goodbye, cruel world, it's over / Walk on by / [Verse 1
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Whitenails – Waiting for the Worms
[Intro] / You cannot reach me now / No matter how you try / Goodbye, cruel world, it's over / Walk on by / [Verse 1] / Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall / Waiting for the
Pink Floyd – Waiting For The Worms (1982 Remix)
[Intro] / "Eins, zwei, drei, alle!" / Ooh-ooh, you cannot reach me now / Ooh-ooh, no matter how you try / Goodbye, cruel world, it's over / Walk on by / [Bridge: Roger Waters
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Genius Farsi Translations (ترجمه‌ی فارسی) – Pink Floyd - Waiting for the Worms (ترجمه ی فارسی)
[Intro] / "Eins, zwei, drei, alle!" / یک، دو، سه، همه / Ooh-ooh, you cannot reach me now / اوه، تو نمیتونی به من برسی / Ooh-ooh, no matter how you try / اوه، مهم نیست هر چقدر تلاش
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Genius Nederlandse Vertalingen – Pink Floyd - Waiting for the Worms (Live at Earls Court 1981) (Nederlandse Vertaling)
[Songtekst van "Waiting for the Worms (Live at Earls Court 1981)" (Vertaling)] / [Intro] / "Een, twee, drie, allemaal!" / Ooooh, je kan me nu niet bereiken / Ooooh, maakt niet uit
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[Songtekst van "Waiting for the Worms" (Vertaling)] / [Intro] / "Een, twee, drie, allemaal!" / Ooh-ooh, je kan me nu niet bereiken / Ooh-ooh, maakt niet uit hoe hard je ook
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Pink Floyd - Waiting For The Worms (Traducción al Español)
[Letra de "Pink Floyd - Waiting For The Worms (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro] / "¡Uno, dos, tres, todos" / Uh, no puedes alcanzarme ahora / Uh, no importa cómo lo intentes
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[Verse] / All alone, or in twos / The ones who really love you / Walk up and down outside the wall / Some hand in hand / And some gathered together in bands / The bleeding hearts
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[Verse: Bob Geldof] / So ya thought ya might like to go to the show / To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow / Tell me, is something eluding you, sunshine
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Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3) (1982 Re-recording)
[Intro] / *Smashing TV sounds* / [Verse] / I don't need no arms around me / And I don't need no drugs to calm me / I have seen the writing on the wall / Don't think I need anything
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[Chorus: Welsh Male Voice Choir] / Bring the boys back home / Bring the boys back home / Don't leave the children on their own! No! No! / [Instrumental break] / [Chorus: Welsh Male
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “Waiting for the Worms” by Pink Floyd?
“Waiting for the Worms” by Pink Floyd was written by Roger Waters.
Q:When did Pink Floyd release “Waiting for the Worms”?
Pink Floyd released “Waiting for the Worms” on November 30, 1979.
Q:Who wrote “Waiting for the Worms” by Whitenails?
“Waiting for the Worms” by Whitenails was written by Roger Waters.
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