The song The Troubles is performed by XTC in the album named Coat of Many Cupboards in the year 2002 .
Well hush my children don't you cry
The troubles will soon all be over
The tears that swell in every eye
Will fall to the ground and bring clover
The soldiers are only teenage boys
The same as in durban or dover
So rein aside all your warring toys
The troubles will soon all be over
Well hush my children go to sleep
The troubles will soon all be over
Their bombs will form a rusting heap
For flowers and fern to grow over
Their leaders are only drunk with fear
They wouldn't do this be they sober
And when they drink our friendship clear
The troubles will soon all be over
XTC - Coat of Many Cupboards
Coat of Many Cupboards
Apr 2002
- Spinning Top (Live @ Eric's, Liverpool - 1977)
- Traffic Light Rock (Live @ Eric's, Liverpool - 1977)
- Radios In Motion (From White Music)
- Let's Have Fun (White Music out take)
- Fireball XL5/Fireball Dub (White Music out take)
- Heatwave Mk.2 Deluxe (White Music out take)
- Things Fall To Bits (Go 2 out take)
- Us Being Us (Go 2 out take)
- Sleepyheads (Drums and Wires out take)
- Meccanik Dancing (Live @ The Marconi Club, Sydney,1979)
- Atom Age/Hang Onto The Night/Neon Shuffle (medley) (Live @ The Marconi Club, Sydney,1979)
- Reel By Real (Unused single recording)
- When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (Unused single recording)
- Helicopter (DJM version) Unused US single recording)
- Generals and Majors (Rehearsal tape)
- No Language In Our Lungs (From Black Sea)
- Paper and Iron (Live @ The Lyceum, London, 1980)
- Crowded Room (Live @ The Lyceum. London, 1980)
- Senses Working Overtime (Early work tape)=20
- Snowman (Live @ The Hammersmith Odeon, 1981)
- Ball and Chain (Unused single recording)
- Punch and Judy (Unused single recording)
- Fly On The Wall (From English Settlement)
- Yacht Dance (Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test,1982)
- Jason and The Argonauts (From English Settlement)
- Ladybird (From Mummer)
- The Everyday Story Of Smalltown (From The Big Express)
- Let's Make A Den (Home demo)
- Brainiac's Daughter (from Psonic Psunspot version)
- Vanishing Girl (from Psonic Psunspot version)
- Terrorism (Home demo)=20
- Find The Fox (Home demo)
- Season Cycle (From Skylarking)
- The Troubles (Home demo)
- Mayor Of Simpleton (Early work tape)
- Chalkhills And Children (From Oranges & Lemons)
- Didn't Hurt A Bit (Nonsuch out take)