Shot by Both Sides - Magazine
Words and music by Howard Devoto & Pete Shelly
Intro
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Verse 1
This and that, they must be the same
What is legal is just what's real
What I'm given to understand
Is exactly what I steal
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
I was shocked to find what was allowed
I didn't lose myself in the crowd
Chorus
Shot (shot) by both sides
On the run to the outside of everything
Shot (shot) by both sides
They must have come to a secret understanding
Verse 2
New offences always in my nerves
They're taking my time by force
They all sound the same when they scream
They have to rewrite all the books again
As a matter of course
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
I was shocked to find what was allowed
I didn't lose myself in the crowd
Chorus
Shot (shot) by both sides
On the run to the outside of everything
Shot (shot) by both sides
They must have come to a secret understanding
Instrumental
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Verse 3
'Why are you so edgy, Kid ?'
Asks the man with the voice
One thing follows another
You live and learn, you have no choice
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
I was shocked to find what was allowed
I didn't lose myself in the crow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow....
Didn't lose myself in the crowd
Didn't lose myself in the crowd
I was shocked to find what was allowed
Didn't lose myself in the crowd
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
Shot (shot) by both sides
That old ass was doing the shooting
Shot (shot) by both sides
We must have come to a secret understanding
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Another great song from 1978. Enjoy!!!
The 1st Magazine song on the site.