Gun Cotton Lyrics

The song Gun Cotton is performed by Thea Gilmore in the album named Songs from the Gutter in the year 2005 .



Silence in the courtyard, silence in the street
The powers that be, out by the river, are shuffling their feet
But the night is full of car alarms and sideways glances
In this land of milk and money you don’t get your second chances

Cars are burning on the slip roads, the bars are full of sailors
Spent a long time trying to fathom which were trips and which were trailers
England has been bleeding into every police station
Into every schoolyard, every war and every state occaision

We’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line
This time

Children in the boxes paint the underpa*s red
The graffiti on the park bench, the faded A to Z
They’ll make you fat with dreams and sequence on the silver screen
‘Til you’re full of hope and tragedy and crash-site steam

We’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line
This time
Said, we’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line
This time

England has been bleeding, she can’t leave it at that
She’s waiting round the corner wit a switch-blade in her hand
So let’s dance for our lives, boys, in this Vaudeville show
Take your time and take a bow; this place is gonna blow

We’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line
This time
Said, we’re the gun cotton
They’ll blast us all in line
This time
In line, this time
In line, this time



Thea Gilmore - Songs from the Gutter

Aug 2005

  1. Down To Nowhere
  2. When Did You Get So Safe
  3. Tear It All Down
  4. The Dirt Is Your Lover Now
  5. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
  6. Lip Reading
  7. Heart String Blues
  8. Mud On My Shoes
  9. Water To Sky
  10. And Well Done
  11. Cover Me
  12. I'm Not Down
  13. Hydrogen
  14. Beelzebub
  15. Maybe
  16. Red Farm
  17. Brittle Dreams
  18. December in New York
  19. Gun Cotton
  20. Don't Set Foot Over the Railway Track
  21. Lavender Cowgirl
  22. You Tell Me
  23. Straight Lines

Gun Cotton