The Clash - Rebel Waltz

Sandinista! / 1980-12-12 1. Broadway 2. Career Opportunities 3. Charlie Don't Surf 4. Corner Soul 5. Hitsville U.K. 6. If Music Could Talk 7. Ivan Meets G.I. Joe 8. Junco Partner 9. Junkie Slip 10. Kingston Advice 11. Let's Go Crazy 12. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) 13. Living In Fame 14. Look Here 15. Lose This Skin 16. Mensforth Hill 17. Midnight Log 18. One More Dub 19. One More Time 20. Police On My Back 21. Rebel Waltz 22. Shepherds Delight 23. Silicone On Sapphire 24. Somebody Got Murdered 25. Something About England 26. The Call Up 27. The Crooked Beat 28. The Equaliser 29. The Leader 30. The Magnificent Seven 31. The Sound Of The Sinners 32. The Street Parade 33. Up In Heaven (Not Only Here) 34. Version City 35. Version Pardner 36. Washington Bullets

Rebel Waltz

I slept and I dreamed of a time long ago
I saw an army of rebels, dancing on air
I dreamed as I slept, I could see the campfires,
A song of the battle, that was born in the flames,
and the rebels were waltzing on air.

I danced with a girl to the tune of a waltz
that was written to be danced on the battlefield
I danced to the song of a voice of a girl
A voice that called "Stand till we fall
we stand till all the boys fall."

As we danced came the news that the war was not won
5 armies were coming, with carrige and gun
Through the heart of the camp
swept the news from the front
A cloud crossed the moon, a child cried for food
We knew the war could not be won.

So we danced with a rifle, to the rhythm of the gun
in a glade through the trees i saw my only one
Then the earth seemed to rise hell hot as the sun
The soldiers were dying, there was tune to the sighing.
The song was an old rebel one.

As the smoke of our hopes rose high from the field
My eyes played tricks through the moon and the trees
I slept as I dreamed I saw the army rise
A voice began to call, stand till you fall
The tune was an old rebel one.