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Masquerade
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Lyrics Levitate This is new!And what is that branch?What branch is it?Account is alteredAnd nine year olds walk aroundIn debt recordAccount alteredThe grim visageAccount is deltaAll yoursThe web descendsLook to your grey hairsAnd back your horsesAbout a weekA special allowance ran out yesterdayThe masqueradeThe masqueradeThe masqueraderieLike a fish dishThe grim visageAltered again and againThe fifty…
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Kicker Conspiracy
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Lyrics Kicker, kicker conspiracyKicker, kicker conspiracyJ Hill’s satanic reign Ass-lickers King O’TeamKicker, kicker conspiracyKicker, kicker conspiracyIn the marble halls of the charm schoolHow flair is punishedUnder Marble Millichip, the F.A. broods On how flair can be punishedTheir guest is a Euro-State magnateCorporate-u-lentKicker, kicker conspiracyKicker, kicker conspiracyKicker, kicker conspiracyKicker, kicker conspiracyIn the Blues Club, George Best…
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Cab It Up!
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Lyrics LP version Cabbing it uptownYou’re moving it uptownYou’re taxiing uptown, uptownAnd you’re moving it south-westYou’re cabbing it uptownYou’re moving up sideways, sidewaysAnd you’re cabbing it uptown, uptownCabbing it uptown, uptownYour business friendYour business friend’s AustralianAnd when he comes it’s Gotterdammerung!But you’re cabbing it uptownYou’re moving up south nowYou’re moving it uptown, uptownSideways, sidewaysMain strips,…
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Rude (All the Time)
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Lyrics Trigger Happy XXXX The Fall Cool as a breeze she blowsArms that reach, so she sews But she’s rude all the timeRude all the timeWhere did you get your looks?Did you get them from a book?You look like you just don’t careI really like your hairCarol has a breeze she blowsArms that reach, so…
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Slippy Floor (Mark Mix)
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Lyrics Slippy Floor (Mark Mix) (Slippy Floor single version) XXXX Y.F.O.C. / Slippy Floor (Your Future Our Clutter) Tales from the Castleford cryptYour future is our clutter Is unable, a necessityIt doesn’t involve a problemThis new approach is on the borders of necessityI say to you, I say to youKeep your own clutterThe encyclopedia of…
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2 Librans
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Wings
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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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Acid Priest 2088
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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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Hot Cake – Part 2
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Lyrics Hot came the windHot came the windIt was wateryIt was Chino, like last song Rolled oatsA man, a nasty slice of innocentStep alligatorAre we near to a skip?I went into a dripI can’t open the doorI can’t open the doorMy dialogue is stuckMy dialogue is stuckHot cakeAnd God say somethingBills is on TVI can’t…
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In My Area
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Lyrics The dwarf plays pool to prove his heightPeople play games when they lose in lifeThere’s no sport, lad, just acid tension stomach flashA madness in my areaI have seen the birth of badI have seen declining tracksI have seen the madness in my areaUnderstand time till I’m asked about itYears cross-check, days become a…
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Rollin’ Dany
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Lyrics Gene Vincent Everybody’s talkin’ about workin’ DannyNobody’s talkin’ about rollin’ DannyEverybody’s talkin’ about workin’ DannyNobody’s talkin’ about rollin’ DannyRollin’ Danny, he was a rollin’ man, man, man, manWell, Dan walked into the old dance hallTold the women that he loved them allLined six women up against the wallWell I’m tellin’ you man, this cat…
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Entitled
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Debut recording: “Hey! Luciani” 12″ (1986). Credits: Hanley/Scanlon/Mark E. Smith
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Xmas with Simon
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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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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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2nd Dark Age
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Lyrics Fat conference women clap return of glasshouse And the Arabs have it madeOil is women in veils, eyes glazed(Second dark age)Second dark age(Second dark age)Death of the U.S.A.Return of the familyScooter cabbages And the commune crapheads sit and whineWhile the common near my birthplace is now a police college It’s a second dark age(Second…
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Dead Beat Descendant
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Lyrics Shout!Here’s a dance that is pure hellEnter at your perilTake five dead beat stepsDo a strollAct like you just got outta gaolYou must be repellentDance dead beat descendantDead beat descendantShout!Come back hereCome back hereTurn left shout and shout come back hereThen hot-tail it right outta thereYou are now descendantYou are now descendantDead beat descendantShout!Make…
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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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Janet Vs Johnny
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Lyrics Janet Vs Johnny (The Fall Vs 2003) What if all the worldCarroted and mashedInto your eyelidsNepotismIt’s me and himThrough your collarJanet and Johnny, and JamesCrash your mindCrash your mindEager, smug and positiveWith appointmentYou never make itJanet and Johnny, and JamesCrash your mindCrash your mindI, weak man, with too much powerDroop out the doorA weakened…
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Cowboy Gregori
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Lyrics You heard about unseen knowledgeNow you’re gonna hear the factsAnd the title it was “Cowboy George”And dreams have died in the golden ageAnd the bankers and unseen footageDreams have died in the golden ageWith bankers and unseen footage[ ]They had no unseen seen knowledgeYou’ve heard about unseen footageAnd all the squares did take umbrageBecause…
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God Box
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Lyrics MES: It’s good that one innit. What is it?BES: It’s something I’m working onMES: RightCouldn’t comprehend what happened to meI turned on U.S. TVEarly empire sleeping, Pacific time threeRedhead skinny with back leg braceHe danced behind a singerWho sung just like meGod boxGod boxGod boxGod boxGod boxGod boxGimme god boxI say god boxGod boxEarly…
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L.A.
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Lyrics OdeonSkyUncannyBushes are in disagreement with the heatL.A.UncannyPersonThey have filled boulevards with white snow, scum-ballL.A.This is my happening and it freaks me outThis is my happening and it freaks me outThis is my happening and it freaks me out Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links
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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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I Can Hear the Grass Grow (slow version)
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Lyrics The Move (Roy Wood) See the people all in lineWhat’s makin’ them look at meCan’t imagine that their mindsAre thinkin’ the same as meI can hear the grass grow I can hear the grass growI see rainbows in the eveningMy head’s attracted toA magnetic wave of soundWith the streams of coloured circlesMakin’ their way…
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City Hobgoblins
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Lyrics Spiders know these thingsGremlins know these thingsTap, tap, tap, tapYou think it’s the pipesBut who turns on the lights?Our city hobgoblinsOur city hobgoblinsUbu le Roi is a home hobgoblinAnd at nights all readyOur city hobgoblinsOur city hobgoblinsInfest my home at nightThey are not alrightTen times my ageOne tenth my heightOur city hobgoblinsOur city hobgoblinsBuzz…
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(We Are) Mod Mock Goth
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Lyrics Mod Mock Goth (Interim) We take Viagra, and go to Camber SandsOur shirts are well out of our pantsWe are mod mock gothMod mock gothAll week we work inAll week we work for daytime TVWhen we laugh we say “tee hee hee”We are mod mock gothsRound the worldLook out, baby!We are mod mock gothAround…
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All Leave Cancelled
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Lyrics He said, why don’t you tell me?Why don’t you tell me?Next time you ringWhy don’t you tell meNext time you ringWhy don’t you tell me?All leave’s cancelled againAll leave cancelled!Why don’t you tell meThe next time you ring Why don’t you tell meThe next time you ringAnd, why can’t you ring and tell me?Why…
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Mess of My
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Lyrics A note of your own choice, boys and girlsInadequate writers, methadone stubbiesYou got energy vampiresMore hands on the tranquillisersAn unholy allianceAnd jokes about faithOh, give me another drinkYou’re as strong as your weakest linkA mess of my ageA mess of my youthA mess of our radioI remember the times this was a beginning of…
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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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Putta Block
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Lyrics What a dynamic entranceI put a block on the wordsI put a block on the wordsI put a block on the wordsI put a block on the wordsThis I hear on a trainThis I hear on a trainWe had salmon on a busAt Epsom no races lost We don’t bet we just takeWe don’t…
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Taking Off (Live)
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Lyrics Take off!Six p.m. Bonjela complexion Taking off!Stress at four is forbidSilence six p.m.Bonjela completionTo servantTo servant, to stressTake it offToo stressedTo Simon, to chef Ersatz! Ersatz!Invest, toupee!Enter, tidying, tied in!Echoed eyeballsBy skipsTake off!Grating three-foldWithin a thorough lack of paperTake offYou never told me, Simon, about the forty carat scum at Newquay train station Take…
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Bingo-Master
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Lyrics Two swans in front of his eyesColoured balls in front of his eyesIt’s number one for his Kelly’s eyeTreble-six right over his eyeA big shot’s voice in his earsWorlds of silence in his earsAll the numbers account for yearsChecks the cards through eyes of tearsBingo-master’s break-out!Bingo-master’s break-out!Bingo-master’s break-out!All he sees is the back of…
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Pumpkin Head Xscapes
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Lyrics Laughing now? You’re happy now?As the senile morons who run KLF flatsKLF flats in their brains Pumpkin head escapesPumpkin head escapesWe’re coming, we’re coming, LeoWe’re coming, we’re coming, Leo But you will not appreciate anything on your lifeUntil your life veers straight to the crossFull autobiograph self-pity crapSearching now, you’re happy nowSearching now, you’re…
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Touch Sensitive Dance Mix
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Lyrics John Peel Session Heeeey! Hey! Hey! Hey!Well everyone you meetIn the pubs and the streetIs touch sensitiveDon’t frown and you’re a creepIf you smile you’re bitterIf you don’t say, “It’s bitter cold”You’re drunk or too oldHey! Hey! Hey! Hey!Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!They say what about the meek?But I think that I’m indiscreetI think they’ve…
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Various Times
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Lyrics Right, we’re gonna go back to 1940No money, and I live in BerlinI think I’ll join up, become a camp guardNo war for meAn old Jew’s face dripping redI hate the prisonersI hate the officersThey’ve no fightI think I’ll join the Red RoseLeave BelsenI’ll go to SwitzerlandHuman raceHuman raceDon’t think, ask himHuman raceHuman raceDon’t…
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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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My Ex Classmate’s Kids (Live Cologne 2001)
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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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Jetplane
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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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I’m into C.B.
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Lyrics Well, I’ve never had a carI’ve never been near a lorryGot a nasty habit of scratching my noseMy codename’s Happy Harry I’m into C.B.I’ve had loads of jobs for very minute lolly Creation schemes, so I suppose I was luckyAnd the money it took to buy the C.B. set took lines off my bellyMy…
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Pat-Trip Dispenser
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Lyrics He moves slow at the petrol stopIt’s Pat the trip dispenserIt’s Pat the trip dispenserHe came with solvent in his hairThe trip dispenserSpine-führer of Hoboken It’s Pat the trip dispenserIt’s Pat the trip dispenserFriend of Syndicate of Sound Pigeon-toed bandMcGinty thought he could fool The Fall with his imitation speedsBut he had not accounted…
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Hot Aftershave Bop
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Lyrics Hot aftershave bopCanisters from orange boxBop aftershave shockCourtesy orange boxHey diggy diggety dogHot aftershave bopFurniture defrostBop aftershave bopBop aftershave bopBop aftershave bopHey stranger, I love you a lotHey baby, I love you a lotBut here is us moaningDigging in our pocket againAre these your English friends?Fill the blender to the top againBop aftershave bopBop…
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Butterflies 4 Brains
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Lyrics Whizz Bang The one I left turned out to beI caught a stylish mambaBut the road is distant to this monthMy devoid means butterflies for brainsWhizz bang, dilly dang, yeahWhizz bang, dilly dang, yeahDeath fish blue carpI’ll have it, pleaseWondrous skeleton’s death headShiny cunt coming on brainButterflies for brainsButterflies for brainsWhizz bang, dilly dangWhizz…
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Tuff Life Booogie
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Lyrics You let me down againAnd then your goth, slag brain saysTuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!Tuff life jeopardy!All you ever sayIs round revival boogieIt’s a revival boogieIt’s aIt’s a small flat babyTuff life yeah baby!Tuff life yeah baby!It’s all you ever needTuff life jeopardy!Tuff life…
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Clear Off!
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Lyrics [Note: Gavin Friday’s vocal contributions in parentheses]When the off-licence asks, I’ve been two monthsChecks the crack on their foreheadShould comb a hair over thatAnd these Czech shoes are a bloody reminderAnd this town is not much differentThe clothes, the stooped appearance(Over the hill)Over the hill goes killer civil servant(Over the hill)Over the hill goes…
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Lucifer Over Lancashire
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Lyrics “What I’m saying to you really, is that the training that you must have in discussion at your own level regarding the existence of God is far greater than everybody that’s ringing you tonight.””I have to disagree, I don’t have any training at all of that sort…””So…”Saw six men under a tall towerBreak it…
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Chilinist
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Perfect Day (new version)
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Lyrics The Saints XXXX The Fall Don’t talk to me ’bout what you doneThere’s nothing changed it still goes onBut I’ll keep laughing to the endAnd I’ve been around this old big worldIn all your cars and sexy barsIt’s all so funnyYour perfect dayYour mummy saysYour perfect dayI can’t laughThere’s no high times, only badIt’s…
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Disco (City)
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Lyrics There’s official offal, manufactured unofficiallyPaper and procedures got big wheels rollingPlaque-ridden officials keep swimmingI get to crew themYou’re not welcome here in the cityOn a small island part of townBeachifiedPlayed up so much that you could see the teeth falling outAfternoon disco, bald-head idiotsWouldn’t let them in a barn danceInclude the town, it is…