The track "Broken English" is taken from Marianne Faithfull's extensive two-disc retrospective "A Perfect Stranger - The Island Anthology" (1998, Universal). This compilation focuses on her very different music from 1979 to 1995.
"...Marianne Faithfull's dark, raspy voice was the bridge between cabaret queen Edith Piaf and modern pop, and this anthology reminds us of its expressive power..."
Lyrics,versuri: "Broken English"
Could have come through anytime
Cold lonely, your return
What are you fighting for?
It's not my security
It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Say it in broken English
Say it in broken English
Lose your father, your husband
Your mother, your children
What are you dying for?
It's not my reality
It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Say it in broken English
Say it in broken English
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
Could have come through anytime
Cold lonely, your return
What are you fighting for?
It's not my security
It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Say it in broken English
Say it in broken English
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
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