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Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem

Mekons
Track 1 on OOOH! 

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Aug. 20, 20021 viewer

Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem Lyrics

The seed of the devil lives on in men
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
Verses 4,5,6 chapters 8,9,10
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
The Landlords and the leaders with their foot on your neck
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
Oh I love the Union and Glory Hallelujah!
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)

Line of the woman
Rising over reason
Out of the slaughter
Over & over
Through the eye of the needle
The width of a circle
They'll be building up the temple
On the backs of the people

Sign of the profit

Oh I love the Union and Glory Hallelujah!
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
All that march through history must still mean something to you
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
Roar reason roar in power again
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
They'll be selling out the women like they sold out the men
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
Heart of the Lion
The plunder & the killing
Over & over
We just tried to stay sober

The sword is sharp the arrows swift the witnesses all seeking
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
So shake & shake for all your worth from Innocence to Experience
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
The Queen of Holland went to meet Red Ken
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
With the Ranters and the Quakers and the Fabians
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
William Blake, William Morris, Tony Benn
(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)
The Levellers and the Diggers and the Muggletonians

(Thee olde trip to Jerusalem)

Glory Hallelujah!

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August 20, 2002
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