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Call In Sick Today
05:16
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When I was young I thought I’d bring the world to its knees
Smoking skunk in the daytime, skim reading Socrates
Please....
Jesus said, I should get out of bed and I replied
Fly me first class to heaven in a neon pink cocktail dress
I don't get up for less
Because these are the strangest days I’ve ever seen
So give me C.B.T and sertraline
As I sashay through the decades on a vast indifferent sea
Lets get high in the cemetery,
Call in sick today
Waste a day with me,
I'm gonna start a cult
And you'll build a time machine
Let's go rob a bank
And go on a killing spree
Because these are the strangest days I’ve ever seen
So give me C.B.T and sertraline
Did you catch my million dollar movie?
It went straight to T.V
But I still believe, I still believe
That it's easy to bury reality
But hard to dispose of your dreams
So I still believe, I still believe
When I was young I thought I'd bring the world to its knees
Call in sick today baby waste a day with me
When I was young I thought I’d bring the world to its knees
And I still believe, I still believe
Call in sick today baby, waste a day with me
Cos I still believe, I still believe.
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Work
05:36
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I’m fully functional
My moods are stabilised
I’m, oh yes I’m very punctual
Yeah, I’m toeing the line
So I can’t come, ,
No I can't come and see you band tonight
Cant stay up late I work nine to five
And I don't drink, and I don't get high anymore
But I don't mind cos I’m dead inside
And I’m in line, I’m in line I’m in line
For a promotion, I’m committed to the team
And I’m dying, oh I’m dying, yes I’m dying
In slow motion cos no one rides for free
So I can’t come
No I can't come and see you band tonight
Cant stay up late I work nine to five
And I don't drink, and
I don't get high anymore
But I don't mind cos I’m dead inside
I’m a hit at the office party
I laugh at the bosses jokes
Everybody knows I’m gonna be somebody
I will exceed every quota, I achieve every goal
So I can’t come, ,
No I can't come and see you band tonight
Cant stay up late I work nine to five
And I don't drink, and
I don't get high anymore
But I don't mind cos I’m dead inside
Dead inside, Dead inside, Dead inside
Dead inside, Dead inside, Dead inside
Dead inside, Dead inside, Dead inside
Dead inside, Dead inside, Dead inside
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Limousines
04:32
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Put on some lipstick, Pour yourself a drink
Pull yourself together, Pull yourself together
You know your sadness, Tastes so sweet
Wrapped in fur and leather, Fur and leather
Send one hundred thousand Limousines
For the queen of tragedy
You dress in black, But you're scared of the dark
A pissed up bird of paradise, Scratching at the stars
Kill all your heroes, Kill yesterday's desires
You're too luminous to worship, Any passing beam of light
Send one hundred thousand Limousines
For the queen of tragedy
Just like I used to be, Just like I used to be
Oh you're just like I used to be, Just like I used to be
Baby's going places, Just like I used to be
Baby's going places, Just like I used to be
Send one hundred thousand Limousines
For the queen of tragedy
Oh you're just like I used to be
The queen of tragedy
Oh your just like I used to be
The Queen of tragedy
One hundred thousand limousines
The queen of tragedy
One hundred thousand limousines
For the Queen of tragedy
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New Flesh Old Bones
03:02
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I know every raindrop by its name
I feel the city sigh, I feel it ache
Every street lamp is a spotlight
Every dance floor is a stage
Let's put some new flesh on these old bones
I know just the place
Where the lights don't show your age
Where nobody knows your name
And the jukebox only plays
Sad Eyed Lady and Cypress Avenue
Freedom is what you do
With what's been done to you
See the sweet young things
Spilling out into the street
Singing suburban hymns
To a Pornographic beat
It's a language I don't speak
They are the new technology
But I guess we all just reaching out
Reaching out to somebody, endlessly
Sad Eyed Lady and Cypress Avenue
Freedom is what you do
With what's been done to you
I've been living for too long my love
To sit back and play it cool
Freedom is what you do
With what's been done to you
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Raining In My Heart
03:52
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The sun is out, the sky is blue
There's not a cloud to spoil the view
But it's raining, raining in my heart
The weatherman says clear today
He doesn't know you've gone away
And it's raining, raining in my heart
Oh, misery, misery
What's gonna become of me?
I tell my blues they mustn't show
But soon these tears are bound to flow
'Cause it's raining, raining in my heart
But it's raining, raining in my heart
And it's raining, raining in my heart
Oh, misery, misery
What's gonna become of me?
I tell my blues they mustn't show
But soon these tears are bound to flow
'Cause it's raining, raining in my heart
The sun is out, the sky is blue
There's not a cloud to spoil the view
But it's raining, raining in my heart
Raining in my heart
Raining in my heart
Raining in my heart
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Heaven's Gate
05:59
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That's where I'll wait
At heaven's gate
Darling there's no need
To be afraid
I’m calling from
An astral plane
Your are special, you are loved
You are saved
Drifters, loners, dropouts, seekers
Cast of your earthly shells become new creatures
Drink the kool aid
Ride the comet's tail
Your world is such a cold
And ugly place
Drifters, loners, dropouts, seekers
Cast of your earthly shells become new creatures
Forget the limitations of your fragile human heart
Once you’ve kissed the cosmos
You'll be fucking every star
Drink the kool aid, drink the kool aid
Drink the kool aid, drink the kool aid
Drink the kool aid, drink the kool aid
Drink the kool aid, drink the kool aid
You are special, you are loved, you are my slave
You are special, you are loved, you are my slave
Drink the kool aid, drink the kool aid
Drink the kool aid, drink the kool aid
Drink the kool aid, drink the kool aid
Drink the kool aid, drink the kool aid
Darling there's no need to be afraid.
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7. |
Ego Death
05:39
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Everyday, Everyday I wake up praying
That my place of work will have been burnt down
Or been blown up
The mornings hit me like a fist
I construct intricate revenge fantasies on the number 2 bus
I drink a joyless cup of Greg's coffee
Every day a new line
Builds a home around my eyes
And I swear the older I get
The more dangerous I become
I see you, I see you coming up on the inside lane
Your face is bright with promise
Your teeth cry clean mornings and care
What can I get you, How can I serve you
Todays specials are ego death
Coupled with a side of nameless longing
We are also offering a complimentary glass of sexual frustration
which has been imported directly from the suburbs
The suburbs of your soul.
Every day a new line
Builds a home around my eyes
And I swear the older I get
The more dangerous I become
I’ve only just started to get interesting
I own all the latest Apple products
I have an impeccable credit rating
I am very conscientious about my carbon footprint
I am coming for your first born child
I will inhale your soul from a silver snuff box
I will liquify your heart and drink it from a champagne glass
I am careering through the cosmos
I am stuck in traffic
I am seething with resentment
I am exploding with empathy
I want to feel the heat of your engine
I want to feel the heat of your engine
I want to feel the heat of your engine
Every day a new line
Builds a home around my eyes
And I swear the older I get
The more dangerous I become
Everyday a new line, everyday a new line, Everyday a new line
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8. |
Book of Longing
05:08
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I’ve read the book of longing
At least one thousand times
I've breathed in every word
I’ve played out every line
Im practised in the rituals
I know the symbols I know the signs
I'll walk you through the stages
It's a primitive design
So darling take me dancing
I will curl around you like a vine
There's a sickness in the city
But it ain't yours and it ain't mine
Love is nature's way
of keeping the species alive
but you know I love you baby
with your head between my thighs
So darling take me dancing
I will curl around you like a vine
There's a sickness in the city
But it ain't yours and it ain't mine
It ain't yours and it ain't mine
It ain't yours and it ain't mine
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Ain't you just,
Ain't you just
Ain't you just the sweetest thing
I've ever seen
I’ll take care
I’ll take care
I’ll take care of business darling
You just stick with me
My name is Aileen
I robbed those men
I killed them cold as ice
I did it for the money
I did it for you smile
I it for the rage I’ve felt since I was just a child
My name is Aileen
I’m in this cell
Until the day I die
When I’ll be checking out of here
On a stainless steel ride
but that doesn't stop me
From dreaming about you every night
They can't stop the sun
From shining down between the bars
They can't correct my devotion
They can't confiscate my charms
They took away your letters
But I know them off by heart
I gonna steal back the days, We’ve been apart
I think the wardens stopped my mail
Cos I ain't heard from you since May
But that doesn't stop me from dreaming
I’ve got nothing left in here but faith
And I just know some bright morning
Some glorious day, I’ll walk this floor for the last time
And you'll meet me at the gates.
Oh no they can't stop the sun
From shining down between the bars
They can't correct my devotion
They can't confiscate my charms
They took away your letters
But I know them off by heart
I gonna steal back the days
We’ve been apart
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Sugar Shack Records Bristol, UK
Sugar Shack Records is a sister imprint of Bristol Archive Records and Reggae Archive Records. Established in 1985, we have released critically acclaimed Rock and Reggae albums.
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