The Stranglers - 2.b2 - Five Minutes

This track was originally released as the Stranglers' fourth single. When "No more heroes" was released on CD it was added to the album as a bonus track.

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Five Minutes

I need a dream where I can live what I said,

I need a place where I can make my bed,

I need a hole where I'll find darkness now,

And if you hassle me, Mister, I might just lose my head.

Five minutes and you're almost there,

Five minutes and you're almost dead,

Five minutes and you're almost there,

Five minutes and you're almost dead.

They came home on Saturday night,

They killed a cat and they raped his wife,

And in their eyes there was fear and hate,

And when they spoke, they spoke with knives.

Five minutes and you're almost there,

Five minutes and you're almost dead,

Five minutes and you're almost there,

Five minutes and you're almost dead.

Some say that I should hate them all,

But I say that wouldn't help at all,

I just wanna find those guys, that's all,

I just wanna find those guys, that's all, that's all, that's all!

Five minutes and you're almost there,

Five minutes and you're almost dead,

Five minutes and you're almost there,

Five minutes and you're almost dead.

The night time comes, and the streets they ring

With the fears of a thousand things,

But if you worry about your ports of call

You'll never get nothing done at all

Five minutes and you're almost there,

Five minutes and you're almost dead,

Five minutes and you're almost there,

Five minutes and you're almost dead.

Some say that I should hate them all,

But I say that wouldn't help at all,

I just wanna find those guys that's all,

I just wanna find those guys that's all,

I just wanna find those guys that's all, that's all!