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Since Then

from Have A Nice Day! by Happy Ending

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    Original 1983 pressing with original mix (different from download mix). Includes 7" 45 with tracks 14 and 15 of the download, booklet with lyrics and collages. Does not include tracks 1 and 16 of the download, which weren't part of the original vinyl release.

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lyrics

Verse 1: Dissolve into darkness, burn into light
Bombers over London on a cruel hard night
People huddled in basements heard the sirens wail
Saw the sky turn red in the bombers' trail

Well, the screams were silenced by the roar of the planes
They were sent from hell to deliver sufferin' and pain

Chorus: Well, this ol' world ain't really changed much since then
Ain't really changed much since then

Verse 2: Soldiers in Vietnam clutch the weapons they would wield
As thousands lay rotting in a stinking, blood-soaked field
At a soldier's funeral, a corpse is blessed
Reach for the sky, accept far less

Headlines sayin' it ain't a real war fill a young boy's head
It's real enough when steel rips flesh
It's real enough when you're dead

Chorus

Verse 3: Time passed quickly, months became years
Nothing got no better, we'll still live in fear
Nothing can stop the greed in human will
Our nations still pervert us, our leaders they still kill

The evil forces keep on takin' our young
Makin' widows out of our daughters
Makin' corpses out of our sons

Chorus

Verse 4: A lot of suffering ended, can't go back now
March forward emotionlessly like the Jews at Dachau
Once you think it's over, it starts up again
Ain't gonna stop the agony, ain't gonna stop the pain

A power-crazed woman barks orders and rants and raves
A working class English boy dies young
In a cold south Atlantic grave

Chorus

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from Have A Nice Day!, released December 9, 1983
Composed by Jay Mundy

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Happy Ending New Haven, Connecticut

Happy Ending formed in 1983. Inspired by garage rock, psychedelia and folk rock, the songs on debut vinyl LP “Have A Nice Day!” sported lyrics dark with Reagan-era political dread. Thirty years later, the current lineup features original members Hank Hoffman and Richard Brown—now playing guitar and flute as well as sax—along with drummer Tom Smith and bassist Randy Stone. Pop meets psych freakout. ... more

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