Can't Take Another Earthquake Songtext
von Beans on Toast

It′s the beginning of British summertime
The clocks go forward and the nights get light
The full moon, one week ago
Had quite an effect on things at home
We all know full moons make things weird
It hasn't been this close for years

And the moon went full
On a world gone crazy
Safe to say
We can′t take another earthquake
A great big wave
And a nuclear disaster
There's nothing we can do
But throw a Tomahawk at Libya
You might not think these things are linked
It's definitely worth a think


And we′re told to think that the world′s a mess
And no one really knows what to suggest
We read about a tragedy every day in the paper
While we travel to work to keep paying our taxes
Help fund a country, help fund a war
Where everybody's scared of losing their jobs

And the moon went full
On a world gone crazy
Safe to say
We can′t take another earthquake
A great big wave
And a nuclear disaster
There's nothing we can do
But throw a Tomahawk at Libya
You might not think these things are linked
It′s definitely worth a think


Me and the moon, we are one and the same
It's winking at me when I wander through rain
The oceans within are pulled to high tides
We act fuckin′ mental but can't work out why
So much of us water, we oughta take count
For the forces that pull us to pieces, shout
For the species alone in the grip of the present
Screaming our secrets to the arc of the crescent
Me and you sat there watching it smiling
Moon sinks away beneath the horizon
We nod at each other, this must be the reason
The world went nuts when we should have been sleeping

And the moon went full (And the moon went full)
But instead we were creeping to town
With our feet in the clouds
No need for speaking out loud
We watch as it sinks
The things that we think
Could be explained by the drinks
But more to the point, we are creatures of nature
Ripped half to shreds by the beauty and danger
Of howling ourselves into halfs so it blossoms and blooms
Never forget the effect of the moon
Never forget the effect of the moon
No, never forget the effect of the moon

And the moon went full (And the moon went full)
On a world gone crazy
Safe to say (Safe to say)
We can't take another earthquake
A great big wave (Great big wave)
And a nuclear disaster
There′s nothing we can do (No, there′s nothing we can do)
But throw a Tomahawk at Libya
You might not think these things are linked
It's definitely worth a think

And that′s okay, because we're British
And don′t you know, we got the Olympics
It cost us a fortune, we've been building for years
A running track only a few people use
You think that that′s a waste of spending?
Wait 'til you hear about the royal wedding

And the wedding bells ring (Wedding bells ring)
Across broken Britain
You wanna be a king (You wanna be a king)
You best bring us a kingdom
Not a celebrity (Celebrity)
And a newspaper scandal
There's nothing we can do (No, there′s nothing we can do)
It′s just diverting our attention
Because there's bigger things at stake
Than a slice of wedding cake