We Can Swing Together Songtext
von Lindisfarne

No one came to criticize
No one to complain
Just to pass a little bit of time
To play some human games
Some were smoking rollie rolls
While others they had none
But everybody was holding hands
And singing this little song

We can swing together
′Cause we feel we're doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night


Then when things were happening
Around about ten to four
There was a screeching of brakes
A dog barking outside
And a hammering on the door
Then the voice of a fisherman
Saying "Open in the name of the law"
We just kept on holding hands
Singing this song some more

We can swing together
′Cause we feel we're doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night

Then they broke down all the doors
They kicked the windows in
Let their doggies off their leads
And they ransacked everything
They stood us all against the wall
With faces split with grins
Linked each other's handcuffs
And merrily began to sing

We can swing together
′Cause we feel we′re doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night


Everybody keep it
I say the band plays
The first to see the count of Jeff
With a wig hat on his head
Heard our case with a smile on his face
This is what he said
"I have to send you all to jail
For doing this terrible thing"
As I walked down to the cells
I swear I heard him sing

We can swing together
'Cause I feel we′re doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night
We can swing together
'Cause I feel we′re doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night

The first to see the count of Jeff
With a wig hat on his head
Heard our case with a smile on his face
This is what he said
"I have to send you all to jail
For doing this terrible thing"
As I walked down to the cells
I swear I heard him sing

We can swing together
'Cause I feel we′re doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night
We can swing together
'Cause I feel we're doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night

We can swing, we can swing
We can swing, swing, swing
Say swing
We can swing, we can swing
We can swing, swing, swing
We can swing together

Put some lights on the audience, man
Let′s get it swinging, come on
Do some spots on the audience
Hey, look at the balcony, man
We can swing together

′Cause I feel we're doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night
We can swing together

′Cause I feel we're doing it right
We can swing together
We can swing all through the night