The Collaborator
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โฑ๏ธ 4:59 duration
๐ ID: 5790866
๐ Lyrics
Well here's a simple question
Were it 1941
An army came, changed all the names
And finished all your fun
Who'd collaborate?
Is it an easy thing to do
And if fate was just a choice
Who'd be on the side to lose?
Swearing they did not know
I swear I did not know
Hindsight can be cruel sometimes
I swear I did not know
I was waiting in a restaurant
Where officers would eat
And my wife ran the hotel upstairs
And she changed their dirty sheets
They'd treat us good, at least as well
As you'd expect to be
We just did what we were told to do
And then go home and sleep
I swear we did not know
I swear we did not know
We did not have a crystal ball
And had to bear a load
Then came the deliverance
The officers were gone
The tables were left empty
The hotel foreclosed on
We found no love in our city
We had nothing and no one
We lived on food stamps
Until I found work
Selling soap in Avignon
I swear we did not know
I swear we did not know
You lay with dogs, you catch their fleas
Much later down the road
So be careful who you're sleeping with
'Cause times have changed a bit
The borders are more porous now
They breach the walls with tricks
You could be one of them yourself
To someone, somewhere else
Don't mark your hands with blindness
Before all the cards are dealt
'Cause a change will always come.
Were it 1941
An army came, changed all the names
And finished all your fun
Who'd collaborate?
Is it an easy thing to do
And if fate was just a choice
Who'd be on the side to lose?
Swearing they did not know
I swear I did not know
Hindsight can be cruel sometimes
I swear I did not know
I was waiting in a restaurant
Where officers would eat
And my wife ran the hotel upstairs
And she changed their dirty sheets
They'd treat us good, at least as well
As you'd expect to be
We just did what we were told to do
And then go home and sleep
I swear we did not know
I swear we did not know
We did not have a crystal ball
And had to bear a load
Then came the deliverance
The officers were gone
The tables were left empty
The hotel foreclosed on
We found no love in our city
We had nothing and no one
We lived on food stamps
Until I found work
Selling soap in Avignon
I swear we did not know
I swear we did not know
You lay with dogs, you catch their fleas
Much later down the road
So be careful who you're sleeping with
'Cause times have changed a bit
The borders are more porous now
They breach the walls with tricks
You could be one of them yourself
To someone, somewhere else
Don't mark your hands with blindness
Before all the cards are dealt
'Cause a change will always come.
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:27.14] Well here's a simple question
[00:30.36] Were it 1941
[00:34.76] An army came, changed all the names
[00:38.86] And finished all your fun
[00:43.55] Who'd collaborate?
[00:46.78] Is it an easy thing to do
[00:51.14] And if fate was just a choice
[00:54.43] Who'd be on the side to lose?
[00:59.75] Swearing they did not know
[01:03.46] I swear I did not know
[01:07.59] Hindsight can be cruel sometimes
[01:12.04] I swear I did not know
[01:20.96] I was waiting in a restaurant
[01:25.16] Where officers would eat
[01:28.98] And my wife ran the hotel upstairs
[01:33.43] And she changed their dirty sheets
[01:38.45] They'd treat us good, at least as well
[01:42.07] As you'd expect to be
[01:45.95] We just did what we were told to do
[01:50.96] And then go home and sleep
[01:54.78] I swear we did not know
[01:58.95] I swear we did not know
[02:03.04] We did not have a crystal ball
[02:07.55] And had to bear a load
[02:59.65] Then came the deliverance
[03:02.96] The officers were gone
[03:07.46] The tables were left empty
[03:10.75] The hotel foreclosed on
[03:15.96] We found no love in our city
[03:19.42] We had nothing and no one
[03:23.66] We lived on food stamps
[03:25.64] Until I found work
[03:28.28] Selling soap in Avignon
[03:32.57] I swear we did not know
[03:36.47] I swear we did not know
[03:40.47] You lay with dogs, you catch their fleas
[03:44.89] Much later down the road
[03:53.19] So be careful who you're sleeping with
[03:57.49] 'Cause times have changed a bit
[04:02.05] The borders are more porous now
[04:06.06] They breach the walls with tricks
[04:10.19] You could be one of them yourself
[04:13.94] To someone, somewhere else
[04:17.85] Don't mark your hands with blindness
[04:21.66] Before all the cards are dealt
[04:26.46] 'Cause a change will always come.
[04:44.07]
[00:30.36] Were it 1941
[00:34.76] An army came, changed all the names
[00:38.86] And finished all your fun
[00:43.55] Who'd collaborate?
[00:46.78] Is it an easy thing to do
[00:51.14] And if fate was just a choice
[00:54.43] Who'd be on the side to lose?
[00:59.75] Swearing they did not know
[01:03.46] I swear I did not know
[01:07.59] Hindsight can be cruel sometimes
[01:12.04] I swear I did not know
[01:20.96] I was waiting in a restaurant
[01:25.16] Where officers would eat
[01:28.98] And my wife ran the hotel upstairs
[01:33.43] And she changed their dirty sheets
[01:38.45] They'd treat us good, at least as well
[01:42.07] As you'd expect to be
[01:45.95] We just did what we were told to do
[01:50.96] And then go home and sleep
[01:54.78] I swear we did not know
[01:58.95] I swear we did not know
[02:03.04] We did not have a crystal ball
[02:07.55] And had to bear a load
[02:59.65] Then came the deliverance
[03:02.96] The officers were gone
[03:07.46] The tables were left empty
[03:10.75] The hotel foreclosed on
[03:15.96] We found no love in our city
[03:19.42] We had nothing and no one
[03:23.66] We lived on food stamps
[03:25.64] Until I found work
[03:28.28] Selling soap in Avignon
[03:32.57] I swear we did not know
[03:36.47] I swear we did not know
[03:40.47] You lay with dogs, you catch their fleas
[03:44.89] Much later down the road
[03:53.19] So be careful who you're sleeping with
[03:57.49] 'Cause times have changed a bit
[04:02.05] The borders are more porous now
[04:06.06] They breach the walls with tricks
[04:10.19] You could be one of them yourself
[04:13.94] To someone, somewhere else
[04:17.85] Don't mark your hands with blindness
[04:21.66] Before all the cards are dealt
[04:26.46] 'Cause a change will always come.
[04:44.07]