Day: 3 March 2025
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City Dweller
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Lyrics Dictum – message of the Euro-boreRandomIt’s a good life, bowing to the tyrant NoneChristian gang chants sweetRegionalKeep your head down for the moment(That now suit is now in bucketIt’s a good life, Europe)Avoid the dismantledAll heads stuck in bloody plant potsAll looking at themForgetting the endless drive against natureCity dwellerMust we base ourselves again…
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The $500 Bottle Of Wine
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Lyrics A five hundred dollar bottle of wineA five hundred dollar bottle of wineA five hundred dollar bottle of wineThat’s all we get for being with him all the time I give them a five hundred bottle of wineThat’s all they get most of the timeA five hundred dollar bottle of wineA five hundred dollar…
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Hey! Student
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Lyrics When I’m walking down the street it’s always you I seem to meetLong hair down and sneakers on your feetAnd write your letters to the Evening News I clench my fist and sing this tuneI said hey student, hey student, hey student, you’re gonna get it through the headI said hey student, hey student,…
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Hey! Fascist
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Lyrics When I’m walking down the streetIt’s always you I seem to meetCar coat on and steel boots on your feet And write your letters to the Evening News I pick up a knife and sing this tuneIt goes, Hey fascist! Hey fascist! Hey fascist!You’re gonna get it through the headI said Hey fascist! Hey…
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Behind the Counter (Remix)
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Lyrics They’re always hitting on meBut I’m getting thin from waiting onThey just want me to be behind the counterBehind the counterBehind the counterThe hen centre was always picking on meThere they are tucking in all over shopGot no time for dinner or teaBehind the counterEvery car I see is always picking on meThey take…
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Happy Holiday
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Lyrics Έλα να δεις και ν’ ακούσεις το Εγγλέζικο σχέδιοΗ εργατική τάξη θέλει λεφτά, κακιά υγεία, ζητάνε τσιγάραΟι σοφοί άνθρωποι ξενιτεύονται σε άλλες πόλειςΣα το μεγάλο σου αδελφόHappy holidayHappy holidayGet awayWell cruised pseudsMuchos queues on cyclesEurope aroundKeeping down figuresHave you ever wondered, coots, what your retirement’s brought unto the people?Happy holidayGrecian, a small town outside…
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M5
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Lyrics You’ll never see me try to raise CainYou’ll never see me wear a suit of greenThere’s a slip road up right aheadLeading to the agragarian But I’m city born and bredToo many car fumes in my headJust a well-read punk peasantBut you’d think a country man would understandThe devil makes work for idle handsM5…
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Cab Driver
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Cab Driver/City Dweller
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Lyrics Cab Driver XXXX City Dweller Dictum – message of the Euro-boreRandomIt’s a good life, bowing to the tyrant NoneChristian gang chants sweetRegionalKeep your head down for the moment(That now suit is now in bucketIt’s a good life, Europe)Avoid the dismantledAll heads stuck in bloody plant potsAll looking at themForgetting the endless drive against natureCity…
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War
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Originally recorded by Henry Cow/Slapp Happy, appearing on “In Praise of Learning” (1975). Credits: Anthony Moore (music); Peter Blegvad (lyrics).
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Behind the Counter
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Lyrics They’re always hitting on meBut I’m getting thin from waiting onThey just want me to be behind the counterBehind the counterBehind the counterThe hen centre was always picking on meThere they are tucking in all over shopGot no time for dinner or teaBehind the counterEvery car I see is always picking on meThey take…