Bruce Cockburn Its Going Down Slow Lyrics

Its Going Down Slow Lyrics

Go tell the sergeant-major To get that thing repaired They're losing their pawns
in Asia There's slaughter in every square Oh -- It's going down slow It's going
down slow 



Go get the fire department To bring that hose along And
them and the schoolboy bandits Can water each other's lawn Oh -- It's going down
slow It's going down slow 



Everybody seems to be leaving Better say
your travelling prayers It don't matter how you get it It's where do you go from
there Oh -- It's going down slow It's going down slow It's going down slow It's
going down slow 



God, damn the hands of glory That hold the bloody
firebrand high Close the book and end the story Of how so many men have died Let
the world retain in memory That mighty tongues tell mighty lies And if mankind
must have an enemy Let it be his warlike pride Let it be his warlike pride