Us & Them - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Us, and them

And after all were only ordinary men

Me, and you

God only knows its noz what we would choose to do

Forward he cried from the rear

And the front rank died

And the general sat and the lines on the map

Moved from side to side

Black and blue

And who knows which is which and who is who

Up and down

But in the end its only round and round

Haven’t you heard its a battle of words

The poster bearer cried

Listen son, said the man with the gun

Theres room for you inside

I mean, theyre not gunna kill ya, so if you give em a quick short

Sharp, shock, they won’t do it again.

dig it?

I mean he get off

Lightly, cos I wouldve given him a thrashing — I only hit him once!

It was only a difference of opinion, but really… i mean good manners

Dont cost nothing do they, eh?

Down and out

It can’t be helped but theres a lot of it about

With, without

And wholl deny its what the fightings all about?

Out of the way, its a busy day

Ive got things on my mind

For the want of the price of tea and a slice

The old man died