Send Herman Home

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Year: 1988
Album: 39 Minutes

INTRO
“They flayed me about the flanks with a stainless steel tennis racket”
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VERSE 1
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One day Nanook and  
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Mr. 
 
Smith
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Were standing in the  
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snow
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Smith says, “See here, now  
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war has come
 
There’s  
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no more Eski
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mo”
 
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It spread all  
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over
 
Stayed in  
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Africa last of  
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all
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Strictly 
 
 
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business
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Spill the blood, first and always
CHORUS 1
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Send 
 
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man 
 
 
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home
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Dust off  
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his 
 
 
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throne
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If you love  
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him 
 
 
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so
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Don’t let  
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go
VERSE 2
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We’ve got a job for  
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Churchill, Nelson and
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Good old Chichester  
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Clark
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To show the white men’s  
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bite is fiercer than
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The blackest  
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bark
 
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Here comes  
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order
 
With all the  
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buckshot and British  
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gas
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Strictly 
 
 
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business
 
They would just  
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spill the blood, first and always
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Send 
 
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man 
 
 
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home
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Dust off  
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his 
 
 
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throne
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If you love  
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so
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Don’t let  
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him 
 
 
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go
INTERLUDE
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“
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I am a reasonable man”
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“The 
 
 
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buttermilk of Beelzebub”  
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VERSE 3
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My dearest  
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colonel
 
Well it was  
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hard but the work is  
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done
 
We’ve got  
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ovens 
 
 
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burning
 
All the  
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day and night these clowns keep calling
CHORUS 1
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Send 
 
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man 
 
 
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home
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Dust off  
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his 
 
 
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throne
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If you love  
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him 
 
 
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so
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Don’t let  
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him 
 
 
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go
CHORUS 2/FADE
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Send 
 
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man 
 
 
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home
 
Send him  
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home, 
 
 
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send him  
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home
 
Send him  
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home, 
 
 
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send him  
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home home home
 
Yeah send him  
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home, 
 
 
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send him  
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home
 
I ask  
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who needs luck  
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with 
 
 
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you as friends?  
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The  
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soldier does  
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what 
 
 
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God intends  
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