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Cary Grant’s Wedding
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Lyrics I said shut up!Everybody go Cary Grant’s weddingEverybody go Cary Grant’s weddingChampagne hip hip hoorayThank you folks for coming todayHow much was the price of the Dodge? Sure it’s worth a whole lot moreI said go to Cary Grant’s weddingAll you folks and fools Cary Grant’s weddingCary Grant’s weddingCary Grant’s weddingCary Grant’s weddingAll you…
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Spectre vs. Rector 2
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Lyrics M.R. James, vivant, vivant Yog Sothoth, Ray Milland Sludge hai choi choi choi son M.R. James, vivant, vivant Yog Sothoth, Ray MillandVan Greenway, R Corman Sludge hai choi choi choi sonPart one – spectre versus rectorThe rector lived in Hampshire The spectre was from Chorazina In evil dust in the airThe rector locked his…
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That Man
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Credited to Marc Riley, Craig Scanlon and Mark E. Smith. First released as a studio outtake on “Totale’s Turns” (1980). First live performance: Rock Garden, Middlesbrough, 4 November 1979.
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Up Too Much
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Lyrics Not up to muchNot up to muchShe’s imitativeHer mind’s in piecesShe says we can’t all liveHer mind is in piecesShe says we can’t all live in semi-detached housesShe’s OedipusShe gets the checkFor car taxShe is OedipusShe gets the checkFor car taxWith barely a muttered thanksToo much Warehouse shop Too many fancy hatsClothes imitationA body…
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Three Points
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Middle Class Revolt – Simon, Dave & John
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Lyrics Middle Class Revolt Everything you see you wantGo to clubsMiddle class revoltMiddle class revoltPut it downPut it downHe wants Homestyle Sublimates the envy to C2sBump into each other and joltD2s, D1s, bump into each other and jolt A middle class revoltCalorificA middle class revoltA middle class revoltEverything you seeMiddle class revoltGo to clubsCrashing into…
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Glasgow Advice
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Passable
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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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Outro [27 Points]
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Bounces – Leeds
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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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Paranoid 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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Prague ’91/Mr. Pharmacist
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Lyrics The Other Half Mr. PharmacistCan you help me out todayIn your usual lovely wayOh Mr. Pharmacist, I insistCan you give me something that will persistMr. PharmacistDear Pharmacist, won’t you pleaseGive me some energyMr. PharmacistMr. PharmacistHey Mr. PharmacistI’ll recommend you to my friendAnd they’ll be happy in the endOh Mr Pharmacist, can you helpAnd send…
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Glam-Racket/Star
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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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Hi-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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M.H.’s Jokes
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Intro – Roadhouse
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Ten Points
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Lyrics One: it’s up to you….. and nobody likes youWhy don’t you do us all a favour and bog off back to Xanadu in IrelandTwo:You hang around with camera crews in shellsuitsYou lecture on sweets and propose saladYou are coming round to Viz comicYou also make all history and related topics thematicThree:You are operation mindfuck…
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Idiot – Walk Out
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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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Boxoctosis Alarum
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Lyrics Land of bountyOpen the box, open the box Open the goddam box!Open the box, open the boxOpen the goddam box!I opened the box of imperial stuffAnd to my surprise I found twenty-five warriorsWarriors, with shields Open the box, open the boxOpen the goddam box!Open the box, open the boxOpen the goddam box!I opened the…
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Spoilt Victorian Childe
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Lyrics Past trees the fairies are flying Past trees with rose bushes inChild was spoilt VictoriaChild was spoilt VictoriaSpoilt Victorian childSpoilt Victorian childSpoilt Victorian childSugar and cakes appear mean, sitting at the tableTigers pop-up from booksSpoilt Victorian childSpoilt Victorian childSpoilt Victorian childLet’s take it ten years onYou’re looking back from thenUnder rough grey blanketsThread loose…
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Sparta F.C. No. 3
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Lyrics Sparta 2# (US album version) XXXX UK album version Come on I will show you how I will changeWhen you give me something to slaughterShepherd boy, heyHey!Everybody sing, heyHey!Better act quick, heyHey!Be my toyCome on have a betWe live on bloodWe are Sparta F.C.I don’t have a jackknife it went up the hillI don’t…
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Green-Eyed Snorkel
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Lyrics Iodeo (demo version) I was doing the (deed)All the toughs, hip, the (wait)I felt good in my hoodIt was a night of the howling matesNight of the housematesI felt good in my red hoodI felt so deep within my red hoodA tin bottomed (sea bottom) came outSerpentine in a marble (sepulchre)Chasing me up the…
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All Clasp Hands
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Lyrics Peel Session version We’re going down to SkagaströndN.Y.C.And God put it hereClasp handsWell, I went out the night before lastI saw a queue outsideClasp handsAnd they didI was empoweredAnd the empowerment made me gentle in my baldnessI was so gladIt was part of the job club Fulfilled, I wasOver the death march of the…
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Jet Plane
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Lyrics Diane Worstock and Dr Geoffrey Henning first came up with their innovative new idea whilst standing in an airline queue of all places(On the Milan to London flight on a cold Italian [ ] their London flight had been delayed by two hours)Standing in the queue, who would’ve thought that this innovative new idea…
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Auto (2014) Chip Replace
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Lyrics Suffering away ay aySufferingSuffering away ay aySufferingSuffering away ay aySufferingSuffering away ay aySufferingTwo oh one four!Suffering away ay aySuffering away ay aySufferingSufferingSufferingSufferingTwo oh one fourHe sees life through a cracked chipHe sees life through a twenty fourteen chipInternal medicineHow bad English musicianTwo oh one four descendingHow bad are English musiciansHe sees life through a…
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Wings (With Bells)
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Lyrics Day by day the moon gains on meDay by day the moon gains on mePurchased a pair of flabby wingsI took to doing some hoveringThere is a list of incorrect thingsHovered mid-air outside a studyAn academic kneaded his chinSat in the dust of some cheap magazinesHis academic rust could not burn them upRecruited some…
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Strychnine
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Lyrics The Sonics Some folks like waterSome folks like wineBut I like the tasteOf straight strychnine (Hey, hey)You may think it’s funnyThat I like this stuffBut once you’ve tried itYou can’t get enough, wowWine is red, heyPoison is blueStrychnine is goodFor what’s ailin’ you (Wow)Wow, wine is redPoison is blueStrychnine is goodFor what’s ailin’ youIf…
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Noel’s Chemical Effluence
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Lyrics Noel’s chemical effluence Noel’s chemical effluenceWe were going right through the Alps when we picked up this fabulous scentOf Noel’s chemical effluenceNoel’s chemical effluenceNoel’s chemical effluenceThere was a fuss about the elementsWaiting for the keyboards as everThe firmamentThe firmament of it is going out the exitNoel’s chemical effluenceNoel’s chemical effluenceNoel’s chemical effluenceThere’s an inherent…
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I’m Ronnie The Oney
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Cloud of Black
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Lyrics It’s stifledIt’s jealousyPlots behind my backAre all in itCloud of blackCloud of blackNorth-west territoryWake up pressurised every dayIn low-lying landsThe sight every day is cloud of greyTake me back to the old east babyFor silver eyesCloud of greyLasering my backCloud of blackWake up mesmerisedCrumbling in the skiesWake up mesmerisedCrumbling in the skiesSee a cloud…
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Amorator!
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Lyrics The Remainderer EP version Fade in nowFade it in Hat’s on in a spotThat resembled an attempt to knit flagTunnel imploringTunnel exploding Our intersection colludesInto a vacation you became When your profession Dropped you in a job, exhilarantIt hits you And the terrorOur heartsWe are …[ ]Never forget, your brain is a bubble of…
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Irish
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Lyrics The bath clique Out of reachThe bath cliqueThank GodOut of reachThe women have skins of peach OldThey’re making my bad dreams overThe bath clique is out of reachMaking my bad dreams overStretches outsideStretches outsideExtension magnifiqueOn a beachOn a beachAnd a streetJames Murphy is their chief They show their bollocks when they eatCommercial rate awaitsFor…
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Sir William Wray
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Lyrics G g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g gish! Gish!Wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa waaaaaaa!Grey!You’re preposterous![ ]And preposterousAnd all you do is love, love, loveAll you do is push, push, pushWrayAnd grey, and gayYou know how how how…
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Cowboy George
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Lyrics George Low fat canned meatI wonSaid I wonI hate youLow fat limeysIn CavalryUnseen footageUnseen factsUnseen knowledge Low fat LimeysI’d back intoA mad sinnerI’ve lost the plotInto the hillInto the hillInto the hillInto the hillUnseen knowledgeUnseen factsUnseen footageUnseen knowledgeUnseen hillsUnseen factsOn facts, on facts, on factsI had two broken bottlesI had two brown bottlesAnd a…
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Chino
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Lyrics This was an actual account of the operational experienceWhen he thought at first he was going outIn fact, he was going in for itWhen do I quit?Where do I quit?I need to knowI can’t leave this bench alone to be with my darlingWhen do I quit?C.O. can you digress – self When it came…
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50 Year Old Man
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Lyrics Computer doesn’t work for meI had a Sinclair back in 1983OL2QU pre-warrantyAnd don’t forget he’s still up to it, that Steve AlbiniHe’s in collusion with Virgin Trains against meI’m a fifty year old manI’m a fifty year old manBut it won’t get meGo down Manchester townCan’t navigate itThe club scene, manYou can’t compare with…
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Wolf Kidult Man
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Lyrics Reputation is goneYou’re in the clear, boyEvery day of your lifeYou persevere, boyWolf kidult manWolf kidult sonWhere is your mum?Your power is goneEvery moment of truth is here to staySomewhere up in your earYou’re babbling, franticWolf kidult manWolf kidult sonWhere is your mum?Your power is goneYou start to walkWhere are you going?Going to a…
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Reformation!
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Lyrics Black RiverFall MotelCheese State TLC Back eighty-oneRepeatUnderneathBlack RiverBlack RiverFall MotelCheese StateReformationO six seven hoursO six seven hoursBlack RiverFall MotelTilesGoldfish bowl Blimp T F TraitorPostArseReformation post- TLCLoveDeafen mitte unsArbeit mitte uns Arbeit mitte unsReformationEx eighty-oneReformationEx 2007Reformation post- TLCReformationBlack RiverFall MotelDrum rollLook rightGoReformationArbeit mitte unsArbeit mitte unsThis is what it’ll sound likeThis is what it sound…
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What About Us?
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Lyrics Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba baWell, leg-end livingWe are living leg-endsThe living leg-endI am a rabbit from East Germany I was very happyAnd I could get anything I wantI was so oh happyThen I moved to North BritainI became an immigrantI could frolic around all night, in the green grassI…
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Pharmacist
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Lyrics The Other Half Mr. PharmacistCan you help me out todayIn your usual lovely wayOh Mr. Pharmacist, I insistCan you give me something that will persistMr. PharmacistDear Pharmacist, won’t you pleaseGive me some energyMr. PharmacistMr. PharmacistHey Mr. PharmacistI’ll recommend you to my friendAnd they’ll be happy in the endOh Mr Pharmacist, can you helpAnd send…
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Enigrammatic Dream
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Lyrics Modernity, moderninity, Water Lane 01715599 Dream sat may tents and tomatoes at Blackpool where Jimmy Bloomfield has been brought back to host jousts in moderninityOne of the many football grounds that have been converted to hold this revived sportFrom today and forthwith, jousts at moderninityJoust in moderninityCharred landscape, watching the female bouts at the…
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New Formation Sermon
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Lyrics In the sandThe beach, the arms outstretchedFearsome waist, elbows in triangleThe bracing chill of the market is no friendLike pictures of yours from the fiftiesOne foot two twelve two three four full tripDip walkWalk side sand trip skip skid crackIn sandIt’s a different frightMany become a rabbit in the headlightsAnd though the chill brings…
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Ibis-Afro Man
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Lyrics African Man (Iggy Pop) I eat a monkey for breakfastI eat a skunk for lunchI live in the bushI eat with my fingers, I don’t use no knife and fork’cause I live in the jungleI no eat tigersI know about lionsI know about lions, I know about everything that lives in the jungleI’m an…
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Kick The Can
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Lyrics Liars of allYou are flyingYou are flyingYou are flyingBy sailing babeCome outsideCome out to townYou gotta kick the can or I’m sailing some foreign landYou are sailingAnd finish up a bird I guessYou’re in the heart of FranceA place very accustomed to your visageA place very accustomed to your visageYou are flyingYou are flyingYou…
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My Ex-Classmates’ Kids
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Lyrics AhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhCry for them, five days per weekI cry for me, three days at leastI cry for me, I cry for theeOn radioPolitburo suckerOn cooking showOn cooking showAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhMy ex- classmates’ kidsAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhMy ex- classmates’ kidsPressure under and overPressure over the skipsOver price advertsBroken-down laptopsAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhMy ex- classmates’ kidsAhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhMy ex- classmates’ kidsTalking show not endThey cheat the kidsI…
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Bourgeois Town
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Lyrics The Bourgeois Blues (Lead Belly) Me and my wife run all over townEverywhere we go, the people would turn us downLord, in a bourgeois townIt’s a bourgeois townI got the bourgeois bluesGonna spread the news all aroundMe and my wife we were standing upstairsI heard the white man say’n I don’t want no niggers…
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I Wake Up In The City
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Lyrics Turn the music upWhen I wake up in the cityI look around to see who’s with meAnd all the thoughts that pollute meCanal and the galleryHow many of you are stable?And the boxer with thiefThe Deputy Collector is the Command in ChiefI wake up in the cityI look around to see who’s with meA…
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F-‘oldin’ Money
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Lyrics Tommy Blake XXXX The Fall I went to the bank just to get a little moneyWhen he told me their requirements I started feeling funnyHe said, “You ain’t got a house, you ain’t got a plot”I ain’t got a window and I ain’t got a jobBut it takes a lotta blue-backs to satisfy my…
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The Joke
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Lyrics Go back, go back to your diseased (hup!) control roomDon’t be, don’t be nice about it, just spit it backWhy don’t, ward off, why don’t you be mature about it in your grey raincoatOff ward, ward offThe jokeViolent food descends over you, huhOff ward, ward offThe jokeWard off, off wardThe jokeThe joke, five years…