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HISTORY - THE SINGLES '85-'91 / NEW MODEL ARMY
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HISTORY - THE SINGLES '85-'91

Release date - 1992

NO REST 
BETTER THAN THEM 
BRAVE NEW WORLD 
51ST STATE 
POISON STREET 
WHITE COATS 
STUPID QUESTIONS 
VAGABONDS 
GREEN AND GREY 
GET ME OUT 
PURITY 
SPACE (LIVE) 
* FAR BETTER THING *
* HIGHER WALL *

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FAR BETTER THING

[Verse 1]
In the white washed cancer ward
With my hot blood running wild
I see the pain behind your eyes
But I search for reason
And the knowing and the fear
Of the passing season now
Please give me strength to cope
And to keep our secret
Please give me strength to cope

[Chorus]
But the things we love
They remain here still
There is time to wait
And there is time to kill
I see your outstretched hands
To the closing door

But it's a far better thing that I do
Than I've done before

[Verse 2]
So it seems that murder is not so hard
I've eaten flesh and blood each day
And if I believe the things I write
Through the passing season
Then with a rifle in my hands
And with a thousand reasons, I'll wait
Far above the ground
In the the summer sunshine
And history changes now, forever

[Chorus]
But the things we love
They remain here still
There is time to wait
And there is time to kill
From this barren land
Comes the seeds of war

So it's a far better thing that I do
Than I've done before
Yeah it's a far better thing that I do
Than I've done before

[Outro]
So of the things we love
They remain here still
There is time to wait
And there is time to kill
I see your outstretched hands
Through the closing door

But it's a far better thing that I do
Than I've done before
So it's a far better thing that I do
Than I've done before
Yeah it's a far better thing that I do
Than I've done before

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HIGHER WALL

[Verse 1]
We're out here on the borders
With our favourite few possessions
Trading stories whispered around the fire
With shadows in the searchlight
Mug shots in the files
Waiting in the camps behind the wire
Kick the door until it opens
What you have, you cannot hold
We are young, forever hungry
You are fat and growing old

[Chorus]
And everyday you try to build a higher wall, a higher wall
And everyday you try to build a higher wall, a higher wall

[Verse 2]
We've picked the leaves of cocoa
And stacked the crates of cola
We wait upon the tables where you dine
And we learned from you not to accept 
The little that we are given
Take the piece of silver where we can
And clutching at these papers
In another office line
We stare in from the darkness
Of the windows filled with light

[Chorus]
And everyday you try to build a higher wall, a higher wall
And everyday you try to build a higher wall, a higher wall

[Special]
In my town, we used to pray to idols
sent from far away
From out beyond the dusty daze
We heard your voices call
In your town the streets are clean
The order stands, the sirens scream
Talk of peace, vacation, dreams
And reinforce the wall

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
Now in your queues of immigration
In the border zone
We are your bastard children
Yeah all coming home

[Chorus]
And everyday you try to build a higher wall, a higher wall
And everyday you try to build a higher wall, a higher wall

[Outro]
And your money cannot stop us
And you fury cannot stop us
No you will never stop us
With your higher wall, your higher wall
Your higher wall

Your higher wall 

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