This is the seventh track of the album "Black and white", which was released in
1978. It was commonly claimed that punk bands were musically incompetent and
that punk guitarists could only play three chords. The Stranglers proved their
competence by writing this song in a 7/4 time signature.
Curfew
The enemy has cut down all the power.
London south of the Thames is invaded,
Westminster is raised down to the ground,
The government Has fled,
The government Has fled,
The government Has fled for Scotland today.
It becomes black and white,
Is it true what they say?
They turn the day into night,
Black and white becomes.....
The government has fled into thin air,
What's left of our troops has joined the Scots
To form in defence across the North.
Stay in your homes,
Stay in your homes,
Be off the streets by nightfall.
It becomes black and white,
Is it true what they say?
They turn the day into night,
Black and white becomes.....
Germany failed to protect all borders,
Had grown soft with the American Dream.
The men from The Steppes delivered their vacuum,
A new kind of freedom,
Freedom's a chain.
Maybe I'll find love when there's nothing to do.
It becomes black and white,
Is it true what they say?
They turn the day into night,
Black and white becomes.....
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