Bombscare - The Selecter

I hear an urgent message

From a panicking voice

Start moving your feet

Get out into the street

There’s been a bombscare

An unattended bag in the corridor

Looking innocent

But we’re all unsure

There’s been a bombscare

If this is a joke it’s not funny to me

My heart clocks the seconds and my shoes are loose

Is someone out to get me

Or is someone making headlines for the 9 o’clock news

Bombscare

Girl in the office

Shoppers down in the street

Do you care, do I care

Now we’re living in fear

There’s been a bombscare

The unattending hand

Plays a bitter game

A faceless choice

Kill or maim

This is a bombscare

Whoever you are now you’ve gone too far

You’re not fighting for them, you’re not fighting for me

Shatter glass, shut us up, cut us up brick it up, break it down

Your good reasons mean nothing to me

Now you’re scared

Automatic printout brings the numbers and news

Telephones are calling, but the lines are dead

Is it the IRA or the SAS

All you can do is stand and guess

Right in the east

And down in the west

People them a wonder

A who a the best

Lord, cho, let me tell you is a

Bombscare

For dis ya world is a bombscare