One By One
Chumbawamba"One By One" is a song by Chumbawamba, released in 2006 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:33 long and contains 48 lines and 248 words.
Lyrics
0:07Pontius Pilate came to our town
0:13Up to the dockyards to see the picket line
0:19We asked him to help but he just turned around
0:25He's the leader of the union now
0:33Leader of the union
0:40All of our questions he ignored
0:47He washed his hands and he dreamed of his reward
0:52A seat in the house of lords
1:27One by one
1:31The ships come sailing in
1:35One by one
1:39The ships go sailing out
1:46We live for words and die for words
1:50Principles we can afford
1:54When all our brothers turn to lords
1:59Whose side are you on
2:03You tell the world your hands are tied
2:07History three times denied
2:11A sea of changes three miles wide
2:15Whose side are you on
2:20One by one
2:24The ships come sailing in
2:28One by one
2:32The ships go sailing out
2:39This conspiracy of shame
2:43Murder by some other name
2:48Play up and play the game
2:52Whose side are you on
2:56If any ask us why we died
3:00We tell them that our leaders lied
3:05Sold us out down the riverside
3:09Whose side are you on
3:13One by one
3:17The ships come sailing in
3:21One by one
3:25The ships go sailing out
3:47One by one
3:51The ships come sailing in
3:56One by one
3:59The ships go sailing out
4:04One by one
4:08The ships come sailing in
4:13One by one
4:16The ships go sailing out
4:21One by one
4:25The ships come sailing in
4:30One by one
4:33The ships go sailing out
Pontius Pilate came to our town Up to the dockyards to see the picket line We asked him to help but he just turned around He's the leader of the union now Leader of the union All of our questions he ignored He washed his hands and he dreamed of his reward A seat in the house of lords One by one The ships come sailing in One by one The ships go sailing out We live for words and die for words Principles we can afford When all our brothers turn to lords Whose side are you on You tell the world your hands are tied History three times denied A sea of changes three miles wide Whose side are you on One by one The ships come sailing in One by one The ships go sailing out This conspiracy of shame Murder by some other name Play up and play the game Whose side are you on If any ask us why we died We tell them that our leaders lied Sold us out down the riverside Whose side are you on One by one The ships come sailing in One by one The ships go sailing out One by one The ships come sailing in One by one The ships go sailing out One by one The ships come sailing in One by one The ships go sailing out One by one The ships come sailing in One by one The ships go sailing out
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