“Well they're breaking down doors in foreign countries,
Everybody thinks somebody's hiding something.
There's talk on the street and the nation is worried.
But you can't talk back when you're dead, when you're dead and buried.”

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Song lyrics, Breaking Hearts (1984)

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English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist 1947

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“Well they're breaking down doors in foreign countries,Everybody thinks somebody's hiding something.There's talk on the street and the nation is worried.But you can't talk back when you're dead, when you're dead and buried.”

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“Well they're breaking down doors in foreign countries,
Everybody thinks somebody's hiding something.
There's talk on the street and the nation is worried.
But you can't talk back when you're dead, when you're dead and buried.”