Morten Harket Follow

As you pour yourself a scotch
Crush a roach or check your watch
As your hands adjust your tie people die
In the towns with funny names
hit by bullets, caught in flames
By and large not knowing why people die
Chorus La la ....
Let me know
People die as you elect
New apostles of neglect, self restraint
Whereby people die
Too far off to practice love
For thy neighbour, brother Slav
Where your cherubs dread to fly people die
Chorus La la ....
Let me know
While the statues disagree
Cain's version, history for its fuel tends buy
Those who die
As you watch the athletes score
Or check your latest statement
Or sing your child a lullaby people die
Time, whose sharp, bloodthirsty quill
Parts the killed from those who kill
Will pronounce the latter tribe
As your type