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Not Now John - Pink Floyd

Album: The Final Cut

genre: Progressive Rock

Fuck all that we’ve got to get on with these
Got to compete with the wily Japanese
There’s too many home fires burning and not enough trees
So fuck all that, we’ve go to get on with these

Can’t stop, lose job
Mind gone, silicon
Tsar bomb, what bomb?
Get away, pay day
Make hay, break down
Need fix, big six
Click click
Hold on, oh no
Bingo!
Make them laugh
Make them cry
Make them dance in the aisles
Make them pay
Make them stay
Make them feel okay

Not now John we’ve got to get on with the film show
Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow
Who cares what it’s about as long as the kids go
So, not now John we’ve got to get on with the show

Hang on John I’ve got to get on with this
I don’t know what it is, but it fits on here like-
Come at the end of the shift, we’ll go and get pissed
But now now John, I’ve got to get on with this

Hold on John, I think there’s something good on
I used to read books but-
It could be the news or some other amusement
Or it could be reusable shows

Fuck all that we’ve got to get on with these
Got to compete with the wily Japanese
No need to worry about the Vietnamese
Got to bring the Russian Bear to his knees
Well, maybe not the Russian Bear, maybe the Swedes
We showed Argentina, now let’s go and show these
Make us feel tough and wouldn’t Maggie be pleased?

Nanananananaana
One, two, Free Four!
S’cusi dove il bar? (What?)
Se para collo pou eine toe bar?
S’il vous plait ou est le bar? (Say it in English!)
Oi, where’s the fucking bar John? (Oh, now you’re talking!)
(Oh! Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the day)
Down! Go, Maggie!
Hammer, Hammer, Hammer, Hammer, now!

 

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"Not Now John" reached number 30 on the UK Singles chart.
Song details
  • Composition: Roger Waters
  • Vocals: Roger Waters, David Gilmour
  • Release Date: 3 May 1983
In the live performances, the words "fuck all that" were replaced with "stuff all that".