As we are covering it with our 80's band, and as "Sock it to me biscuits, man" is obviously nonsense, I have re-transcribed the lyrics directly from the single. I'm posting them here. These are, I think, the most correct version on the the net.
Incidentally, "Sock it to me biscuits, man" becomes "Let's step into this good night" - a reference to Dylan Thomas' poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", which was also the source of the title of Frankie's later single, Rage Hard.
Two Tribes
7" Single Mix
Words and Music by Peter Gill, Holly Johnson and Mark O'Toole
The air attack warning sounds like.
This is the sound.
When you hear the air attack warning, you and your family must take cover
Ow, ow, ow
Ow, ow
Let’s go
Oh
When two tribes go to war a point is all that you can score
Score no more, score no more
When two tribes go to war a point is all that you can score
Workin' for the black gas
Cowboy number one, a born again poor man's son
Poor man's son
On the air America, I modelled shirts by Van Heusen
Workin' for the black gas
Yeah
Hear me more
When two tribes go to war a point is all that you can score
Score no more, score no more
When two tribes go to war a point is all that you can score
Workin' for the black gas
Switch off your shield
Switch off and feel
I'm workin' on lovin', yeah-eah-eah
Givin' you back the good times
I'm shippin' out, out
I'm workin' for the black gas
Tell the world that you're winning
Love and life, love and life
Listen to the voice sayin' follow me
Listen to the voice sayin' follow me
Oh
When two tribes go to war a point is all that you can score
When two tribes go to war a point is all that you can score
We've got two tribes
We got the bomb, we got the bomb
Yeah, yeah-eah, let’s step into this good night
Are we living in a land
Where sex and horror are the new gods?
Yeah-eah
Ow, ow, ow (When two tribes go to war)
A point is all that you can score
