War Dance Lyrics - Nonsuch - Xtc

There's an epidemic 

Stirring passions in young hearts 

Even the old campaigners 

Have got it really bad 

Well, we ain't seen nothing like it 

Since coronation day 

But when the street parties sound 

I'm going underground 

To keep the rabid hounds at bay 

Oh, my, my, this war dance 

A patriotic romance 

No, we ain't seen nothing like it 

Since coronation day 

Oh, my, my, my 

But when the tickatape flies 

And blood is on the rise 

You know it's got you in its sway 

You've got yourself a war dance 

There's a cheap sensation 

Keeping Fleet Street wide awake 

Everyone wants a slice of 

The jingoistic cake 

And they're resurrecting Churchill 

And bringing national service back 

Fueling power and glory fever 

Makes for a sicker Union Jack 

Yeah, I'm talking about this war dance 

A patriotic romance 

And I know all you poets 

Have seen it all before 

About the stirring of those young hearts 

Back in the first World War 

Oh, my, my, this war dance 

Patriotic romance 

This war dance 

Gotta a World War Three dance 

Oh, my, my, my, war dance 

The stirring of those young hearts, young hearts 

War dance, um, war dance, mmm war dance