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Belsen Was A Gas

This version of Belsen Was A Gas was released by Sex Pistols in 1979.

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belsen was a gas i heard the other day in the open graves where the jews all lay life is fun and i wish you were here they wrote on postcards to those so dear oh dear, oh dear, oh dear…. sergeand majors on the march wash the bodies in the starch see them all die one by one guess it’s dead guess it’s glad so bad, so bad, so bad…

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The lyrics for Belsen Was A Gas are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Sex Pistols. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Belsen Was A Gas have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Belsen Was A Gas - Sex Pistols and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

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