Carving up the World Again... a Wall and Not a Fence

The Russians, the Americans, the British and the French
 They're carving up the world again, it's getting kind of tense
 A whole lotta posture and very little sense
 It's no surprise they hide behind a wall and not a fence
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 The Irish and the English and the Scottish and the Welsh
 A damp and misty history they keep it to themselves
 All lost in dark antiquity and smouldering descent
 Invisible divisions behind a wall and not a fence
 Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour
 Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire
 Call up the cavalry and double up the guard
 Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards
 In China they got worried so they built themselves a wall
 They built it big and long and tall to keep away the hoard
 A hundred years of blood and toil, a million lives expend
 The steely grip of dynasty behind a wall and not a fence
 Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour
 Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire
 Call up the cavalry and double up the guard
 Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards
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 Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour
 Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire
 Call up the cavalry and double up the guard
 Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards
 Emperors and Sultans, Kings and Presidents
 Dictators and ambassadors engaged in our defence
 A lifetime of great service, of selfless good intent
 Guaranteed immunity behind a wall and not a fence
 Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour
 Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire
 Call up the cavalry and double up the guard
 Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards
 Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour
 Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire
 Call up the cavalry and double up the guard
 Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards