Released 43 years ago on 14 May 1982 ... the fourth and final single 'Cantonese Boy' from the classic album ' Tin Drum' by Japan. They would split 6 months later. The song refers to the enlistment of a Cantonese boy to the Chinese Red Army.
We're pushing through these farming towns
We worked hard ploughing over ground
Red army calls you the call of the crowd
Red army needs you they call you now
Cantonese boy
Bang your tin drum
Cantonese boy
Civilian soldier
Cantonese boy
Bang your tin drum
Cantonese boy
Red army calls you home
We're singing marching through the hills
We're changing the lives we've led for years
Red army calls you the call of the crowd
Red army needs you they call you now
Cantonese boy
Bang your tin drum
Cantonese boy
Civilian soldier
Cantonese boy
Bang your tin drum
Cantonese boy
Red army calls you home
Red army calls you
Red army needs you
Gentlemen you heard us call
Raised your glass and called for more
Only young men broke the wall