Jones, Howard - Assault And Battery Lyrics






The lives were taken
For feasts at the table
A life of misery
Ending with a shock

Brutal murder (brutal murder)
All hands to the slaughter
Mass torture
All hands to the knife

And I can hear the screams
With the knife, the jolt, the wring
They must follow in our dreams
Carrying a twisted sting

Children's stories with their farmyard favourites
At the table in a different disguise

Don't talk to me of health
Or something someone else will do
We're talking about the act
Of taking life for me and you
And I hear their screams





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    Wait...why all of this talk about it being about butchering animals? I really thought it was about sibling rivalry-just how dang MEAN we get. Haha!

  2. A.... B....

    Always a favorite-used to HIT that soccer ball to this one-pumps up the adrenaline enough to give you a hefty slam and sharp dribble. Great one.

  3. N.... M....

    Fiona had the sexiest voice

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    Saw this Vice episode when it was first broadcast in 85. Absolutely riveting back then and still to this day.

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    JACKIE!!! I LOVE YOUUUU!!!!

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    Don't forget the echo😎! Epic scene.

  6. c.... f....

    After reading the book mentioned, Assault and Battery, been vegetarian for last 33 years. Sometimes you can make a difference, even if it's only a small one. Never forgotten 'children's stories with their farmyard favourites, at the table in a different disguise'

  7. c.... ....

    Such a wonderful song by Mr.Jones. A song that targets your conscience. Used in Miami Vice for completely different but very effective reasons.

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    Great lyrics that do resonate.

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    Yes, Miami Vice brought me here.

  10. R.... S....

    Why can't you find this on Itunes?

  11. A.... A....

    Nice song featured n the best tv-series

  12. R.... B....

    ...a strong message. This should've been the Anthem for Animal Activism, as this is what the lyric is about.

  13. K.... K....

    The man & song directly responsible for me becoming a vegetarian at 16.. (1986) Also cut my hair into a mohawk. Love HoJo!!

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    This hit from Howard Jones was heard on the Miami Vice episode, Little Miss Dangerous, which aired on January 31, 1986. Miami Vice will always be one of my all time favorite shows. It was the first to combine MTV with police action drama.

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    Jackie!!!!! I love you!!!

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    That's how I found out about it too. Richard Blade was referencing the music of Miami Vice for his 1st Wave "Thursday Themes."

  15. G.... M....

    Sounds much like the Mellenium War. against Q-Human and Space Q-T beings.. Space Q-T were Food for Planet Cuda of Q- Humans. the greys on there side took on a diskies

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    Featured in Miami Vice episode " Little Miss Dangerous". Great Song.

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    "Little Miss Dangerous" is one of the greatest Miami Vice episodes. It has some of the best music of any MV episode. And it was all used so perfectly.

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    Oh yes, i agree,thanks James, Miami Vice forever.

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    yes..in this episode you can also find songs of Ted Nugent and Public Image

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    Cat (Larry Joshua) is looking for Jackie (Fiona) when this song plays.

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    Has anyone listened to the words? It's about the murder of animals??? It made me go vegetarian 33 yrs ago when I heard it and read the book, Assault and Battery x

  17. R.... E....

    great great song, thank you very much for remember!!

  18. G.... J....

    Makes you think that maybe Trent Reznor owned this album :)

    G.... J....

    I really really...you said that and holy cr*p, right? Total Trent tune. It's 80's version.

  19. B.... E....

    Loving the wrong intentional note at the end x

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    Children's stories with their farmyard favourites, at the table in a different disguise