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Song Lyric
War Crimes
Jerry Dammers
Bombs to settle arguments, the order of the boot
Can you hear them crying in the rubble of Beirut?

I can still see people dying, now who takes the blame?
the numbers are different, the crime is still the same

From the graves of Belsen where the innocent were burned
To the genocide in Beirut, Israel was nothing learned?

I can still hear people crying, now who takes the blame?
The numbers are different, the crime is still the same

Bombs to settle arguments, the order of the boot
From the graves of Belsen, to the ruins of Beirut

I can still see people dying, now who takes the blame?
The numbers are different, the crime is still the same
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Released as : The Special A.K.A.
Single Cover : War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same) (CHS TT23)
War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same)

UK Release Date : November 1982
Catalog Number : CHS TT23
UK Single Chart : not placed
Single Track Listing : War Crimes
War Crimes (Version)
 
Notes :
  • War Crimes was the debut single for the regrouped Special A.K.A.
  • The single was released in a 10" format as well as the standard 7" single