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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…
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Light/Fireworks
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Lyrics Cold, cold, can’t controlCold, can’t controlLight up a cigarette, cos it might be your lastCold, cold, can’t controlCold, can’t controlLight up a cigarette, cos it might be your lastCold, cold, can’t controlCold, cold, can’t controlCold, can’t controlFireworks, darknessCascading with fireworksFireworks, can’t read itFireworks, can’t fathom itFireworksComing up to the dawn hereWhat are those burnt…
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A Past Gone Mad
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Lyrics The Infotainment Scan Serial killers were always a bore in my bookAlong with Spangles and soccer booksRid us of old fogeys scuttling and swerving over the roadsComma, kids in pubsPassableWhy is Pete Gabriel always following us?PassableAnd before the grub comes a moralist Dissonance of infotainmentA past gone madAlive and well, he is on all…
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League Moon Monkey Mix
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Lyrics You know when you end up in some sort of a cinema complex and the person next to you is someone you hate?Well well well well well well well well with me, I end up like that, all around and inside leftAll through the wallsIt suppuratesLook it up! I’m immobileIs your house for sale?…
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The League of Bald-Headed Men
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Lyrics You know when you end up in some sort of a cinema complex and the person next to you is someone you hate?Well well well well well well well well with me, I end up like that, all around and inside leftAll through the wallsIt suppuratesLook it up! I’m immobileIs your house for sale?…
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Service
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Lyrics Why do you have a cloud in your eye?Why do you have a cloud in your eye?Walked downstairs, got my hat and my corny brown leather jacketStreets were grey and clean for a change, must have been the rainThought transferenceAnd this man in digs with me would spit out two or three teeth a…
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Paranoia Man In Cheap Sh*t Room
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Lyrics Paranoid man in mid- thirties At the height of paranoiaAt the zenith of his powersBy bed replica shooterZenith dissolvingBy his bed replica shooterParanoid man in his early thirties, at the zenith of his powersWhen girls pass, puts head down, in the streetHis neighbours now are listening to thisShakes in the chemist’s while buying his…
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It’s a Curse
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Lyrics It’s a curseWell thy forsoothWho is that interesting hack over there?By Gad, verilyCracked curseDislikedDislikedBurdenedIt’s a curseAnd I’m not unguilty of using itYou, your tone isYou tone of everybodyTrying to bolt out ofTrying to get overOperation mind fuck I do not like your tone, it has ephemeral whinging aspectsIt’s a curseIt’s a curseI am not…
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Ladybird (Green Grass)
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Lyrics And there’s a big concert going down in this townPeople cannot see society broken downI sat upon the green grass but it just brought me downAnd the wife said “get up” and it just brought me roundFly ladybird, get right outta townUse your transparent wingsLadybird fly, fly ladybird Green grass was purple black and…
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Lost in Music
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Lyrics Sister Sledge We’re lost in musicCaught in a trapNo turnin’ backWe’re lost in musicWe’re lost in musicFeel so aliveI quit my nine-to-fiveWe’re lost in music[Verse 1]Have you ever seen some people lose everything?First to go is their mind (Huh)Responsibility to me is a tragedyI’ll get a job some other time, uh-huhI want to join…
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Glam-Racket
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Lyrics Stop eating all that chocolate, eat salad instead In fact, you’re a halfwit from somewhere or otherWhy don’t you bog off back to Xanadu in IrelandGlam RickGlam Rick(Glam Rick)Don’t try to cheat me, I’m fragileYou hang around with camera crews in shell-suitsYou lecture on sweetsYou read Viz comicGlam Rick(Glam Rick)Glam Rick(Glam Rick)You are bequeathed…
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Why Are People Grudgeful?
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Lyrics People Grudgeful (Joe Gibbs) People Funny Boy (Lee Perry) The Fall All over the world – deference, deferenceAll over Europa – deference, deferenceCome on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come onWhen you were down and outI always helped you outAnd when you go outYou just chat and…
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Married, 2 Kids
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Lyrics In 1978, was in a hotel in Notting Hill GateNow in 1992, staying in a hotel in Notting Hill Gate AbjectI’m too busy to thinkToo busy to workJust can’t cut itMarried, two kidsMarried, two kidsI pretend to go to workI pretend to go to workGot a porta-faxAftershave like mustard Two pints of lager do…
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Gentlemen’s Agreement
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Lyrics We plough the fields togetherIn all types of intemperanceOur bones cracked in unisonGentlemen’s, gentlemen’s agreementYou know what he is, and probably still isSticking his colours to whatever new mast there isBut our agreement is overI thought we had some kind of agreementBut with you it was just prurienceYou’re addicted to excitementMy energies are down…
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Just Waiting
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Lyrics Hank Williams The old maid’s waitin’ for leap year to comeThe crooner’s just waitin’ to singThe old cow’s standin’ by the Bull Durham signJust awaitin’ for the grass to turn greenThe bar-fly’s waitin’ for an easy markAn’ the hitch-hiker’s waitin’ for a rideThe life-termer’s waitin’ for a prison breakThe beachcomber’s waitin’ for the tideFarmer’s…
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Two-Face!
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Lyrics Two-face, that’s what they call meThey call me a two-faceTwo-face, that’s what they call meThey call me a two-faceTwo-face, boat race disgraced, his face displaced againInto two dimensionsInto two directionsTwo-face, boat race displaced, my face disgraced againInto the dimensionsInto two directionsNowhere for him to goNowhere for him to goThat’s what they call meThey call…
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Immortality
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Lyrics You try and change itYou try and arrange itYou try and shape itBut it’s immortality, yeahIt’s immortality You cannot change itOr rearrange itIt’s immortalityImmortalityImmortalityThat’s where you’re at, dearYou’re shedding your mentalityBut it’s immortalityAnd you cannot buy itYou cannot put it in your pocket bookYou can’t put it in your BCI Don’t try and shape…
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Time Enough At Last
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Lyrics It’s time I started thinking on my feet instead of on my backNow I got time, time enough at lastTime enough at last, boyTime enough at lastIt’s been the bane of my lifeBut I’ve got time enough at lastI got timeTime enough at lastTime enough at last, boyTime enough at lastAnd sometimes people think…
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The Birmingham School of Business School
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Lyrics The car is at the roundaboutThe policeman is at the roundabout But I’m full of surprises nowAnd my friend, he said I’m full of surprises nowLet me tell you about scientific managementAnd the theft of its concealmentThe Birmingham School of Business SchoolIn BirminghamIt’s main themeWeave a web so magnificentDisguise in the art of conceitGive…
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So-Called Dangerous
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Lyrics The selfish smiling fool and the sullen frowning fool shall both be thought wiseThinkThinkLike mountain climbing or skiing in the AlpsThink of it, I don’tIt was a big fat FebruaryWet, the ugly pavement crackedPause, unsafeI thought, insect posse will be crushedIt was a bit of Code SelfishThere was not much going on in the…
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Return
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Lyrics God bless the cold winds and its refreshing consequence, uh huhOh please, returnHellas did tremble Hellas did go to wasteFinding it difficult to stand in its fury over the ironing boardBut still this golden curl vented its Hellas furyReturnBaby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, come back to meCome back to meReturnI was told to…
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Everything Hurtz
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Lyrics Come to meCome unto meAll ye that labourYou that are heavy ladenCos everything hurtsAnd everything hurtsI’ve been pursuing the fuel too longGot a big fat pain in my chest boneGot an empty pocketbookGot a big fat no no in my chequebookAnd everything hurtsAnd everything hurtsI got the disease tinnitusI’m speakin’ like I’ve got Tourette’sAnd…
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Free Range
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Lyrics In 2001, a life codeIt pays to talk to no-one, no-one!Proliferating across the earthAlso Sprach ZarathustraFaction EuropaFree rangeFree range2001 – Also Sprach ZarathustraProliferating across the earthPressure guiltGrudge matchTwelve c.m. flak unitRange one stroke thirty-fiveThis is the spring without endThis is the summer of malcontentThis is the winter of your mindFree rangeFree rangeBy 2001, Also…
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Sinister Waltz
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Lyrics He must go downHe must go downHe must come downHe mustHe must go downHe must go downHe must go downHe mustWas fraternising with JamesHe embraced the hordes from eastHe must go downHe must go downHe must come downHe must go downHe must go downHe must go downDown with the curseHe must go downAnd reinforced…
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Rose
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Lyrics The step goes downI hope you are alrightI am alrightThere’s a letter marked “urgent”I have not yet read itRoseRose RoseI hear you are in Hampstead I hope you can get marriedRoseRoseHear that wah-wah going?Remember you started itFrecklesRoseIt is now all the rage with the younger set Your replacement, he is a good manRose RoseI’ve…
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The Mixer
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Lyrics The Mixer The mixer is close to meHe turns his head and smiles at meAnd I am blessed he earns my salary The mixer In Español restaurants the people and staff they clapThe mixer sweatsIn comic type lettersThe voices are sayingClap, clap The mixer sweatsThe mixer sweatsThe mixer of Jamaican originBorn, raised in the…
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You Haven’t Found It Yet
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Lyrics Where are you going?This work has not yet reached cessationYou haven’t found it yetHaven’t found it yetYou just haven’t found it yetFound it yetFound it yetFound it yetLook at the glass, turn your headYou haven’t found it yetMoving down the lane insideIt’s flashy Camden Town It’s that London lyric againYou haven’t found it yetYou…
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Shift-Work
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Lyrics She’s ten-to-five But I’m shift-workAnd my woman aliveShift-workShift-workI thought shift-work would work but it’s good as broken us apartLights flash over meTwenty-four hour bulbI’m just home for teaBut she’s in work modeShift-workShift-workAnd they will shake you by the hands for shift-workBut being abandoned by your woman is the price for shift-workShift-workShift-workShift-workShift-work, you let me…
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The War Against Intelligence
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Lyrics The war against intelligenceWar versus intelligenceNotebooks out plagiarists The war against intelligenceWar versus intelligenceThey got a lot of debris yesterdayThey stuck out its golden hornsAnd volunteered its essenceThe war against intelligenceThe war against intelligenceThe war versus intelligenceThe war against intelligenceHey pseud! Why did you defect to the other side?Hey dude! Give the info a…
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The Book of Lies
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Lyrics You keep reading me the Book of Lies You keep reading me the Book of LiesAnd you keep giving meAnd you keep reading me The Book of LiesThe Book of LiesBook of LiesYou keep telling me, Book of LiesThe Book of LiesBook of LiesBook of LiesThe Book of LiesYou keep reading me the Book…
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Pittsville Direkt
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Lyrics No current is waned where it wants to goSome are only happy in the throes of bitter argumentsReady and packedTo ride there by train ride, by plane ride, by walkingOr from the insidesI can’t deal with Pittsville DirektI don’t wanna go Pittsville DirektNo, no, no, no, Pittsville DirektYes, yes, yes, Pittsville DirektStood off the…
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Edinburgh Man
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Lyrics It’s springtime but I still miss the streets at dawnAnd in the morning walking your bridges homeAs I sit and stare at all of England’s soresI tell you somethingI wish I was in EdinburghI don’t mind being by myselfDon’t wanna be anywhere elseJust wanna be in EdinburghI wish I was an Edinburgh manYou can…
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Idiot Joy Showland
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Lyrics Idiot groups with no shape or formOut of their heads on a quid of blowThe shapeless kecks flapping up a storm Look at what they are, a pack of wormsIdiot Joy ShowlandIdiot Joy ShowlandIdiot Joy ShowlandIdiot Joy ShowlandThe nylon leaves are fallingFrom the twisted shell of your craniumYour mystic jump-suits cannot hideYour competitive plagiarismIn…
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So What About It?
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Lyrics So What About It? Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!The Year Number One has gone and turned into Year of Bomb TV wars twenty-four hours, but it happensFall advice!Fall advice!Fall advice!Shaking my bones down the M40, passenger seat gripped tightIn a Series ThreeI cannot sleep, but I’m happyI cannot eatSo…
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Christmastide
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Lyrics Xmas with Simon Do not fret, rest your head, Jesus had no fearDo not fret, rest your head, Christmas time is hereCastle in the snowSouthern white signNo explanation for the lightsEmpires were tumblingPity the people in the desert, Jesus didPity the people who had too much dessertJesusBig old nice old houseIt’s ChristmasIn old English…
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High Tension Line
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Lyrics High tension line, step downHigh tension line, step downHigh tension line, step downHigh tension line, step downJeanette Fletcher is strange but not in a horrible wayAnd Michelle Spencer is this tight, come and hear her todayAnd see forty year olds in multicoloured shirts It never used to concern me, but now it’s making me…
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Life Just Bounces
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Lyrics The Dredger EP Dr Boring had a relationship with the drug company tooAnd I’m half-associated with the Softness Group PLCOn TV today somebody claimed their dog had been molested by a textile chemistBut life just bounces so don’t you get worried at allSometimes life just bounces so don’t you get worried at allThe prescription’s…
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White Lightning
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Lyrics The Big Bopper XXXX The Fall In North Carolina way back in the hillsLived my pappy and he had him a stillHe brewed White Lightning till the sun go downThen he’d get out a jug and pass it around Mighty mighty pleasing Poppa kept a- squeezingCalled it White Lightning G-men, T-men, Revenue tooSearching for…
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Arms Control Poseur
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Lyrics Death of a sense of humourAnd death of senseHow do you recover from this?What do you fear? Being found outThen why do you always give yourself away?What do you want to do? HideThen why go out and make an exhibition of yourself?What do you seek? OblivionAnd drugs walk the streetsWhat you want to be…
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And Therein…
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Lyrics When You know by now the Lord lays hard trailsyou see that man outside in the bucketing rainYou picture it in your cosy homeYou think you’ve blown a fuseDon’t know how to reactYou don’t know where it’s atAnd therein lies the difference, and therein And therein lies the difference, and therein And therein lies…
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The Littlest Rebel
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Lyrics There’s loads of people trying to suss out the sceneSniffing about and sticking their noses inRebelRebelRebelBut she was the littlest rebelBlue suit with nylon weaveShe wears jet-black high heelsShe throws Nikes down the wellShe’s the littlest rebelRebelRebelRebelBut she was the littlest rebelShe consigns them all to hellShe’s the littlest rebelHer tormentors jet past in…
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Chicago, Now!
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Lyrics Do you work hard?Do you work hard?You don’t!You don’t!You don’t! Chicago, now!Do you work hard?Do you try hard?You don’t! Chicago, now!All is commission timeCommission C.T. timeSit down, sitting downC.T., C.T. timeChicago, now!Chicago, now!Work hardDo you try hard?Dear crewTry hardChicago, now!That’s it, you don’tThat’s it, you don’tChicago, now!Chicago, now!You sit down, just sitting downYou sit…
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Hilary
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Lyrics Hilary, where’s the sixty quid you borrowed off me for the gas, or I won’t give you a kissHey Hilary, HilaryHey Hilary, yeah Hilary”New Faces” on Saturday at six brought you back to meHilary, hey HilaryHilary, ah ha HilaryI’m sure it was you in the new Audi Outside Sainsbury’s Hey Hilary, ah ha HilaryAh…
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Popcorn Double Feature
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Lyrics The Searchers XXXX The Fall Everybody’s going through changesEverybody’s got a bag of his own Everybody’s talking about places That can only be found in the greater unknownPeople are dying, and babies are crying Don’t nobody care at all? There’s love and disaster And good things come after Just follow the paths alongPopcorn double…
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Black Monk Theme Part II
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Lyrics The Monks (Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)Well, I been waiting a long, long, long, long, long, long time(Oh, how to do now)(Oh, how to do now)Well,…
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Black Monk Theme Part I
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Lyrics The Monks Hey woman, I hate you with a passion baby(But call me)Well you know my hate’s everlasting, baby(But call me)Do you, do you, do you, do you, do you, do you, do you, do you [ ] know why I hate you baby, huh, do you now?(But call me)Well, it’s because you make…
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Bill is Dead
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Lyrics Last week after “Dynasty” I had crow’s feet under my eyesPaid two days for getting highFreezingWheezingGot pasted in a barI hope I’ve got the numberThese are finest times of my lifeThis is the greatest time of my lifeThis is the greatest time of my lifeThese are the biggest times of my lifeBut just lately,…
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Telephone Thing
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Lyrics I hear you telephone thing, listening inI hear you telephone thing, listening inHow dare you assume I want to parlez-vous with youSorry to be so short with youBut I’m tappedBut I’m tappedI hear you telephone thing, listening inI hear you telephone thing, listening inThe use of nodule and your smug advertisements of your tendril…
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Big New Priest
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Lyrics X Commentary < Post in progress > < Redirected Footnotes Sources / Links
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Last Nacht
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Lyrics Bremen Nacht Something happened in BremenI know something I don’t want toSomething under the ceiling mutteredSomething in its steel shuttersUnderlining, my usual timing, aligning casual set-listAnd it aligned knowing where right room isI was more than usual pissedWas first ashamed at bruise on wristWas then annoyed at skin patch on backThen I did myself…