‘Up For Murder (Second Generation)’ [2:33] (Sharp/Twist), Mike Peters
Lead Vocals:Mike Peters
Lyrics
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Well a take a look and listen to the things that I have said Well could I really tell the truth with a shotgun at my head Yeah, I gunned down a president Yeah I have done a crime But now you've got to listen 'cos I'm running out of time Well it's not me that you're after it's not me that's gonna pay It's not me that is guilty It's a man at the C.I.A. Well I got put in jail because I got into a fight And while I was in prison I got beat up every night Yeah, torture it was blackmail I was messed up with cocaine And then they had me thinking that I knew just who to blame Well it's not me that you're after it's not me that's gonna pay It's not me that is guilty It's a man at the C.I.A. Well it's not me that you're after it's not me that's gonna pay Well it's not me that is guilty It's a man at the C.I.A. So there I stood before him a revolver in my hand With one shot for the torture and a bullet for the man So now I'm UP FOR MURDER on a charge I can't deny Well there ain't no clues I'm bom to lose and no ones gonna ask me why It's not me that you're after it's not me that's gonna pay Well it's not me that is guilty It's a man at the C.I.A. Well, it's not me that you're after it's not me that's gonna pay Well it's not me that is guilty It's a man at the C.I.A. C.I.A. C.I.A. The C.I.A.
Notes
:Produced by Michael Peters
Engineered & Mixed by Mark Phythian
Mike Peters – Acoustic/Electric Guitars, Bass, Harmonica & Vocals
Owen Thomas – Drums
Mike Peters Notes
:Up For Murder started life alongside “unsafe Building” as the earliest of Alarm songs. I first heard it sung by Dave Sharp in his 1981 skiffle band “The Screamin’ Demons”. Dave had borrowed my acoustic guitar while I was away in London & fitted it with a cheap electric guitar pickup. This became the genesis of the early Alarm guitar sound. This recording of “Murder” replicates the high speed tempo (198 B.P.M.) of the earliest version.
(Second Generation sleeve notes, September 1995)
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