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  • 10cc, Rubber Bullets, 1973
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1qKBv4eY3E

    [Verse 1]
    I went to a party
    At the local county jail
    All the cons were dancing
    And the band began to wail
    But the guys were indiscreet
    They were brawling in the street
    At the local dance
    At the local county jail

    [Verse 2]
    Well the band were playing
    And the booze began to flow
    But the sound came over
    On the police car radio
    Down at Precinct 49
    Having a tear-gas of a time
    Sergeant Baker got a call
    From the governor of the county jail

    [Chorus]
    Load up, load up, load up
    With rubber bullets
    Load up, load up, load up
    With rubber bullets
    I love to hear those convicts squeal
    It’s a shame these slugs ain’t real
    But we can’t have dancin’
    At the local county jail

    [Verse 3]
    Sergeant Baker and his men
    Made a bee-line for the jail
    And for miles around
    You could hear the sirens wail
    There’s a rumor goin’ ’round death row
    That a fuse is gonna blow
    At the local hop
    At the local county jail
    (Whatcha gonna do about it?)
    (Whatcha gonna do?)
    (Whatcha gonna do about it?)
    (Whatcha gonna do?)

    [Bridge]
    Sergeant Baker started talkin’
    With a bullhorn in his hand
    He was cool, he was clear
    He was always in command
    He said, “Blood will flow
    Here, Padre
    Padre, you talk to your boys
    Trust in me
    God will come to set you free”

    [Verse 4]
    Well, we don’t understand
    Why you called in the National Guard
    When Uncle Sam is the one
    Who belongs in the exercise yard
    We all got balls and brains
    But some’s got balls and chains
    At the local dance
    At the local county jail

    [Chorus]
    Load up, load up, load up
    With rubber bullets
    Load up, load up, load up
    With rubber bullets
    Is it really such a crime
    For a guy to spend his time
    At the local dance
    At the local county jail?
    At the local dance
    At the local county jail?
    (Whatcha gonna do about it?)
    (Whatcha gonna do?)
    (Whatcha gonna do about it?)
    (Whatcha gonna do?)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc

    10cc are an English rock band who formed in Stockport, England in 1972.

    Rubber Bullets — Wikipédia
    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_Bullets

    Rubber Bullets est une chanson du groupe de rock britannique 10cc sortie en single en 1973.

    Vers la même époque, l’armée britannique commence à employer des balles en caoutchouc (rubber bullets) dans le cadre du conflit nord-irlandais. Plusieurs radios croient que la chanson de 10cc fait référence à ce fait d’actualité et en interdisent la diffusion. Cela n’empêche pas le single, bien aidé par un passage du groupe dans l’émission Top of the Pops, de se classer en tête du hit-parade britannique pendant une semaine en juin, et 73e aux États-Unis. Elle apparaît également sur le premier album du groupe, également appelé 10cc, sorti en juillet de la même année.

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