Asio lyrics

White door, ninth floor, silent number, it`s autumn on a cold avenue
Telex intercept, he sips a cigarette, warms up his V.D.U.

He gets his kicks from microchips, orders from the C.I.A.
Birobugs and lasers, casual surveillance, boardrooms and communiques

Don`t use your phone and don`t use mine
Don`t speak treason, they`re tapping the li-ine

Break-in, stake out, tell it in code
Everything is legal, anything goes
The nights gettin` darker and the ill wind blows
Your life`s in a databank at ASIO

Trained in the ghettos of the Lebanon, truncheons and an M16
Selling skag, a U.N. flag, now he`s trading in securities

Darwin rendezvous, a B-52, trenchcoat slightly creased
From a coup in Asia, A U.S. Air Force major
Buying dirty laundry, swearin` it`s for peace

Infiltration, we`ll never know
Just like Chile but the bruises don`t show-ow

Break-in, stake out, tell it in code
Everything is legal, anything goes
The nights get darker and the ill wind blows
Your life`s in a databank at ASIO

Spook behind the bar, unmarked car, rumour hangs like stale perfume
Flushing under beds, sniffin` out the Reds, nobody can feel immune

No names, no stress, no blame, no press
Clean when the dirty work`s done
Allocate a budget, special branch thugs
Do it for the practice, do it for the fun

Midnight, flashlight, crash on the door
Rats on the table, blood on the floor-oor

Break-in, stake out, tell it in code
Everything is legal, anything goes
The nights get darker and the ill wind blows
Your life`s in a databank at ASIO
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