Biography:
Graham Parker (born November 18, 1950 in London) is a British rock singer and songwriter. He continues to be best-known as the leader (and singer) of the popular British band Graham Parker & the Rumour, though he has has a number of solo albums to his name. Despite moderate commercial success, he has consistently been hailed by critics as one the most prominent musicians of his generation, with his wittily-heated, often class-conscious lyrics and energy-fueled music preceding the arrival punk rock and new wave music.
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Other songs:
- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Always Greener
- Area 51 In Your Heart
- Back Door Love
- Back In Time
- Between You And Me
- Bring Me A Heart Again
- Broken Skin
- Christmas Is For Mugs
- Discovering Japan
- First Responder
- Get Started Start A Fire
- Girl In Need
- Head On Straight
- Hold Back The Night
- Hotel Chambermaid
- Imaginary Television
- Its My Party But I Wont Cry
- Local Girls
- More Questions Than Answers
- Nation Of Shopkeepers
- New York Shuffle
- Nothings Gonna Pull Us Apart
- Protection
- See Things My Way
- Snowgun
- Something Youre Going Through
- Stick To Me
- Stop Cryin About The Rain
- The Kid With The Butterfly Net
- Three Martini Lunch
- Watch The Moon Come Down
- Weather Report
- What Do You Like
- You Cant Be Too Strong
- Youre Not Where You Think You Are
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[Intro]
D Em G Em D
[Verse 1]
Em D G C
So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed
Am C G D
So Winston Churchill said I could have smacked his head
Em D G C
And all of those infected waiting to be collected
Am C G D
I must get out at any price before the feeling gets too nice
[CHORUS]
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D C D
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G C G C G
Protection, protection
[Verse 2]
E D G C
Every bomb is detonated every switch is thrown
Am C G D
And everybody tells me don't be scared act as if you never cared
Em D G C
So I wear a blank expression to conceal my real impression
Am C G D
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
[CHORUS]
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D C D
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G C G C G
Protection, protection
[Verse 3]
Em G
So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down
Am C
I don't know myself, I don't know you either
Em G
You're full of disease it's something I discovered
Am C
I know you've been mixing with Big Brother's brother
Em G
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
Am C
It's just the thought of someone
Am C
It's just the thought of someone
Am C Em G Em G
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in, sticking it in
[Verse 4]
Em D G C
So if you think that's funny I'm not really laughing honey
Am C G D
Your love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweaty
Em D G C
And then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare places
Am C G D
Happy hours come and gone much too short and much too long
[CHORUS]
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D C D
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G C G C D
Protection, protection
[Verse 5]
Em C G D
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
G C G C G C D
Protection protection protection
Em G
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
Am C Em G
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in
G C G C
Protection protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
C
Protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
C
Protection protection You want to hide? You want to hide?
C
You want to hide, hide, hide? Protection REPEAT AND FADE
D Em G Em D
[Verse 1]
Em D G C
So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed
Am C G D
So Winston Churchill said I could have smacked his head
Em D G C
And all of those infected waiting to be collected
Am C G D
I must get out at any price before the feeling gets too nice
[CHORUS]
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D C D
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G C G C G
Protection, protection
[Verse 2]
E D G C
Every bomb is detonated every switch is thrown
Am C G D
And everybody tells me don't be scared act as if you never cared
Em D G C
So I wear a blank expression to conceal my real impression
Am C G D
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
[CHORUS]
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D C D
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G C G C G
Protection, protection
[Verse 3]
Em G
So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down
Am C
I don't know myself, I don't know you either
Em G
You're full of disease it's something I discovered
Am C
I know you've been mixing with Big Brother's brother
Em G
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
Am C
It's just the thought of someone
Am C
It's just the thought of someone
Am C Em G Em G
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in, sticking it in
[Verse 4]
Em D G C
So if you think that's funny I'm not really laughing honey
Am C G D
Your love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweaty
Em D G C
And then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare places
Am C G D
Happy hours come and gone much too short and much too long
[CHORUS]
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D
Just can't get, just can't get no protection
Em C G D C D
Just can't get, just can't get no Can't get no protection
G C G C D
Protection, protection
[Verse 5]
Em C G D
Turn off all the information radios just pick up that station
G C G C G C D
Protection protection protection
Em G
It ain't the knife in the heart that tears you apart
Am C Em G
It's just the thought of someone sticking it in
G C G C
Protection protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
C
Protection Switch it off switch it off switch it off
C
Protection protection You want to hide? You want to hide?
C
You want to hide, hide, hide? Protection REPEAT AND FADE
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