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White Lines
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Instrumental outtake. Credit: Mark E. Smith/Simon Wolstencroft First released: “Oxymoron” (Receiver Records, 1997)
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Cary Grant’s Wedding
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Lyrics I said shut upEverybody 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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Stars on 45
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Lyrics Stars on 45 XXXX The Fall < not yet transcribed > Commentary < Post in progress > Arguably this song should be titled “C’n’C-Stars on 45”, since it is a variation on the brace of performances in which “Cash and Carry” acts as a prelude to something else – “Black Night” and “Hassle Schmuck”…
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Three Points
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Glasgow Advice
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Outro [27 Points]
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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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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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The Caterer
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Lyrics And dad will keep you warmAnd mam will keep you warmAnd in the smashStick with me, stick with meI am the catererI am the catererI am the catererI deal chips from the leftChicken and chips off the boneI offer all on the menuStick with me, stick with meI am your catererI am your catererI…
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Pearson’s Revenge
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Classical Gas
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Dresden Dolls
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Lyrics “Dresden dolls take oneThis is for all you guys who work on industrial estates, sorry”Dresden dolls are back in styleWith a clockwork walk and a backward smileDresden dolls don’t hear a soundThey’re programmed to jump up and downUp and down, round and roundTapping feet to formless soundDresden dolls and Nazi boysDance arm-in-arm to formless…
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Backdrop
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Lyrics The Leicester YOP TEP instructor emerged from corridorHis state subsidised cannabis hazeMoved reptilian in its all levelling routineI said to him, it’s about time you started thinking about the black dog on your backI said, it’s about time you started thinking about the re-run which is your lifeMoveable backdropThe Leicester YOP instructor emerged from…
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Hungry Freaks, Daddy
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Lyrics Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention Mister AmericaWalk on byYour schools that do not teachMister AmericaWalk on byThe minds that won’t be reachedMister AmericaTry to hideThe emptiness that’s you insideWhen once you find that the way you liedAnd all the corny tricks you triedWill not forestall the rising tide ofHungry freaks, daddy…They won’t…
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The City Never Sleeps
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Lyrics Nancy Sinatra (The City Never Sleeps at Night) Old man, young manPreacher saying amenTaking up collectionPlaying on a bass drumHow come the city it never sleeps at nightRed cars, blue carsPayment overdue carsCops with indigestionBillionaires and some bumsHow come the city it never sleeps at nightHow come the city it never sleeps at nightShort…
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Surrogate Mirage
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Lyrics [Can you give them lights a rest, a bit of a rest for a bit…we’re sweating too much…haven’t done any work yet…hullo Karl]This regards parting, leavingBecause art of bleedingRaw pumpings of emotionYour chummy lifestyle sits on my veinAnd not that I botherSurrogates always give up, persistent cracks11pm is when those people recedeThey get you…
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Jeanie
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Lyrics Eddie Cochran (Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie) Well, Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie, come and dance with meWell, I’ll teach you every dance from across the seaYeah, first we’ll hopYeah, yeah, yeah, then we’ll bopYeah, yeah, yeah, then we’ll slop, rock and roll, well, do the strollWell, Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie, got my blue suede shoesA pink carnation and…
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The Legend of Xanadu
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Lyrics Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich Esta es la leyenda de Xanadu You’ll hear my voice, on the wind, ‘cross the sandIf you should returnTo that black barren land that bears the name of XanaduCursed without hope, was the love that I soughtLost from the startWas the duel that was s’pposed to win…
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Cock in My Pocket
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Lyrics The Stooges I got my cock in my pocket and I’m breezin’ down the old highwayI got my cock in my pocket, I’m breezin’ down the old highwayI’m gonna whip it on you, honey, I’m gonna whip it on you todayI’m gonna get it up, turn around, try it every way, uhI got my…
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Perverted by Language
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Lyrics A final curly boxYou have no drums to relateUnion grey vaseYou are grey vaseLook upDetractedWhat withAttractedLanguageThe mandrake runnersA final pearled vaseUnion great vase Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links
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Blue Christmas
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Lyrics Elvis Presley (Billy Hayes / Jay W. Johnson) I’ll have a blue Christmas without youI’ll be so blue just thinking about youDecorations of red on a green Christmas treeWon’t be the same dear, if you’re not here with meAnd when those blue snowflakes start fallingThat’s when those blue memories start callingYou’ll be doing all…
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The Love Between
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Lyrics White Fence April come and weigh a tonMany hate the alphabetYou keepInsideCan you do right?Can you be right next to me?I think it’s more about the love betweenWaking upGo to workJoin the raceTimes are badMake or takeYour time in spaceTake a restOn your plainTake a V ride you’ll never forgetAnd i think that your…
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Jack the Ripper
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Lyrics Screaming Lord Sutch (Stacy, Stacy, Haggin, Simmons) Ah-ha-ha, aaah!(The Ripper, Jack the Ripper)(The Ripper, Jack the Ripper)There’s a man who walks the streets of London late at night(The Ripper, Jack the Ripper)With a little black bag that’s oh-so tight(The Ripper, Jack the Ripper)He’s got a big black cloak hangin’ down his back(The Ripper, Jack…
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Werewolves of London
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Lyrics Warren Zevon I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his handWalking through the streets of SoHo in the rainHe was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’sGonna get a big dish of beef chow meinAh-hoo, werewolves of LondonAh-hooAh-hoo, werewolves of LondonAh-hooYou hear him howlin’ around your kitchen doorYou better not let…
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Walk Like a Man
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Lyrics Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Ooh(Walk, walk, walk, walk)OohWalk like a manOh, how you tried to cut me down to sizeTellin’ dirty lies to my friendsBut my own father said, “Give her up, don’t botherThe world isn’t comin’ to an end”(He said)”Walk like a man, talk like a manWalk like a man my…
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Jet Boy
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Lyrics New York Dolls Who’s so fly high in the skyFaster than any boy could ever describeWho’s got that love so deepWith everything alive, I saidJet Boys fly, Jet Boys goneJet Boy stole my babyFlyin’ around New York City so highLike he was my babyThis the kinda place where no one caresWhat your livin’ forAnd…
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Tunnel
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Brand New Cadillac
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Lyrics Vince Taylor Well my baby drove off in a brand new CadillacOoh, my baby drove off in a brand new CadillacWell she looked at me, daddy, I ain’t never comin’ backI said baby-baby-baby won’t you listen to meCome on sugar, come on hear my pleaWell she looked at my Ford, we’ll never agreeCadillac car!…
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Pop Stickers
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Lyrics We like pop-stik stickersWe like weak tea[ ]We like pop-stik stickersWe like weak tea[ ]We eat pop piggiesPopsiclesIciclesWe like pop stickersWe like weak tea[ ]Why are you laughingWhy are you smilingAt or with this songIt’s not like your scene[ ]No matter how bad it isLittle plastic (animal)They are [ ] We like weak teaLet’s…
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Session Musician
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Lyrics The singer thinks, “One day I’ll be recognised for the great cool prophet that I am”The band think one day they’ll be seen as the geniuses they amOne day they’ll get complacence and they’ll have to take a chanceGo back to the family and become their old manAnd, and leave the press and stick…
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Black Night
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Lyrics Deep Purple Black nightIs not rightI don’t feelSo brightI don’t careTo sit tightMaybe I’ll find on the way down the lineThat I’m freeFree to be meBlack night is a long way from homeI don’t needA dark treeI don’t wantA rough seaI can’t feel,I can’t see.Maybe I’ll find on the way down the lineThat I’m…
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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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Theme from ERROR-ORRORI
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Lyrics The conference is over Peace is the planI wonder how long will it last When Izzy and Bizzy and Boney began We wondered how long they would lastChuff had a cough And cold in his snoutLetterHorror errorError horrorHorror errorHorror errorMan’s prog fanatic Or as Italians say itError orrorError orrorPlease take our three morons And…
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Town Called Crappy
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Lyrics Hammersmith Palais, London; 25 March 1982 Got to get out of that city called CrappyNow, I don’t like MaggieAll the money I made out of mods has made me feel guiltyTown called Crappy! Nightmoves, Glasgow: 1 April 1982 < not yet transcribed > Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links
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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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Dropout Boogie
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Lyrics Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band You wanna do what?, you wanna do what?I told you what, I told you whatYou wanna do what?, you wanna do what?I told you what, I told you whatGo t’school, go t’schoolGo t’school, go t’schoolJust cain’t, just cain’tJust cain’t, just cain’tDropout, dropout, dropout, dropoutCain’t get a job, cain’t…
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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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Beatle Bones ‘n’ Smokin’ Stones
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Lyrics Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band Beatle bones ‘n’ smokin’ StonesThe dry sands fallThe strawberry mouth; strawberry moth; strawberry caterpillarStrawberry butterfly; strawberry fieldsThe winged eel slither on the heels of today’s childrenStrawberry feels foreverYeah, roosters, ol’ glass roosters, stick to your raceIn a drag-queen, live-wood farmhouseTractors are clawin’; the folks are crawlin’Trees in a…
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Hark The Herald Angels Sing
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Lyrics George Whitefield etc The Fall Hark the herald angels singGlory to the new born KingPeace on earth and mercy mildGod and sinners reconciledJoyful all ye nations riseJoin the triumph of the skiesWith angelic host proclaimChrist is born in BethlehemHark the herald angels singGlory to the new born KingChrist by highest heaven adoredChrist the everlasting…
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Jingle Bell Rock
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Lyrics Bobby Helms (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rockJingle bells swing and jingle bells ringSnowin’ and blowin’ up bushels of funNow the jingle hop has begunJingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rockJingle bells chime in jingle bell timeDancin’ and prancin’ in Jingle Bell SquareIn the frosty airWhat a bright time,…
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Plug Myself In
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Lyrics Hey ahmmmmmm!Hup! Dictum – shout!Wey!Convicts are out and the security are inI just can’t seem to plug myself in, myself inMob equals roam ring your answerDry hump clip clopAppliances are broken, nobody around to fix themI just can’t seem to plug myself in, myself in, myself in, myself inAround of lilac proposed coloured droplets…
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Job Search
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Lyrics They say the sheep’s (cool)Two menAnd cold stone booksFrom Prozac to the internetDead stopI go [ ]Somebody turns awayI get big shot inNow is the time of my recompenseMad ‘ArryLong arm with falseCloseFrom the mountains of [ ]Once were peaceful mountainsAnd [ ]They are so desperateBut the rhododendrons of the radioImitating rhododendrons to get…
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Jazzed Up Punk Shit
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Lyrics Stick with me, we’ll rest I’ll take [ ] In a blue country skyIce patches [ ] Sun shines at nightAnd all the messThe two eyes stepThe stinking mess, you made the messExpress [ ] Sink with tan elvesJazzed-up punk shitJazzed-up punk shitAnd with [ ] Which is the way to Which is the…
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I African Mancunian
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Lyrics I, ManicheanIt’s song approach, find poems, storiesI, ManicheanOld people who left down phone wiresAltered [ ][ ]Bear with meI, ManicheanBack for … to the swingingBats, roomy, Greco, alabaster, greenThis is the construction …I, ManicheanVengeancePushed the columns, smashedI, ManicheanBy body is lower, extra eye, expedientI, ManicheanI, ManicheanI, ManicheanI’m well pleased with this, it is excellentIt…
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Ma Riley
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Lyrics Old Marc Riley had a homeAnd in that home he had some lizardsLizards here, and reptiles thereLizards and spiders crawling everywhere(Hey! Marc Riley)He had a manager called Khambatta (Hey! Marc Riley)He was renowned as a bit of a dancer(Hey! Marc Riley)And we all know him as a cock(Hey! Marc Riley)Hey! Marc Riley(Hey! Marc Riley)I…
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The House that Crack Built
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Lyrics The house that crack built![ ]The house that crack built[ ]The house that crack built[ ]The house that crack built[ ] Commentary < Post in progress > AKA “Crackhouse”. A lot more work needed on the transcription! Footnotes Sources / Links
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Birthday
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Lyrics The Idle Race (Jeff Lynne) She had a birthday yesterday, she criedTook off her glasses, let her hair down, criedShe told them all at work about the dayHow it is no-one came?Whoa oh, whoa ohShe sent the invitations to her friendsThey were too busy doing other thingsShe told them all at work about the…