Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)

About Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)

"Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" is an anti-Iraq War single from Chumbawamba. This version, different from the one on their album Readymades, is remixed and contains new anti-war lyrics. It contains two major samples: The descending bass line and guitar lick from Davey Graham's song "Anji" (hence the co-writing credit). The voice from Harry Cox's song "The Pretty Ploughboy" off his album A Century of Song ("And they sent him down into the war to be slain, be slain... / And they sent him down into the war to be slain. ")The song can be downloaded from the band's website here. more »

Year:

2003

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Like a sermon on the mountain
Says the dumber got dumb
Hellfire and brimstone
Swapped for oil and guns

When we're pushing up daisies
We all look the same
In the name of the father maybe
But not in my name

On this Jacob's ladder
The only way up is down
One step from disaster
Two to make the higher ground
Jacob's ladder

And they sent him to the wars
To be slain to be slain
And they sent him to the wars
To be slain  

A million lifetimes
Left dying in the sun
In the streets down in Whitehall
Dogs picking at the bones

Nine eleven got branded
Nine eleven got sold
There will be no one left to water
All the seeds you've sown

On this Jacob's ladder
The only way up is down
One step from disaster
Two to make the higher ground
Jacob's ladder

And they sent him to the wars
To be slain to be slain
And they sent him to the wars
To be slain  

And they sent him to the wars
To be slain to be slain
And they sent him to the wars
To be slain  

On this Jacob's ladder
The only way up is down
One step from disaster
Two to make the higher ground
On this Jacob's ladder

The only way up is down
One step from disaster
Two to make the higher ground
Jacob's ladder

Puppy dog leader sooner or later
We'll dig up your cellar and try you for murder

Puppy dog leader sooner or later
We'll dig up your cellar and try you for murder

Puppy dog leader sooner or later
We'll dig up your cellar and try you for murder

Puppy dog leader sooner or later
We'll dig up your cellar and try you for murder

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Chumbawamba

Chumbawamba were a British alternative music band that had, over a career spanning three decades, played anarcho-punk, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music. The band's anarchist politics exhibit an irreverent attitude toward authority, and the band has been forthright in its stances on issues including animal rights, pacifism (early in their career) and later regarding class struggle, feminism, gay liberation, pop culture and anti-fascism. more »

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