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Fug
02:58
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urchins on the path hang out all day
starved by inherited malaise
Eton camarilla planted seeds
nothing grows not even weed
is this real?
who will be the bogey man this week?
who's come over to hear to thieve my work?
hands shook right will always open doors
don't forget they're always keeping score
they told viewers they cared
how can someone be on your side
when they have so much to hide
only you know when you've been betrayed
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Fug And Back
01:55
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Generation Filibuster
03:54
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stick a shark into the dock
out of the halls in our peace park
our sign reads what we don't know
lead to believe it was ok now.
coherence is so dead these days
no clear path and no vague way
your best friend on the campaign trail
rosette pinned to a transplant heart
a new era dawns or does it though
when did they rename the carnival
that abstract line in place of thought
a target sought a pressure point
joe publique is so oblique
through movement and a physical law
our brains compute and freeze and crash
our legs commute to a new minefield
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Enthusiasm Duly Curbed
02:37
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cafe where the hip priests meet nearly 52 times yearly
in fleeces jeans with creases crucifixes, coffee mixes
sugar and a fear of Santa and theological banter
on the table over there they young pretenders' sculpted
young mothers & their lovers prey their charges remain just as tame
as they bellow a zeitgeist name as it teasers near the line
so file under Jeremy Kyle, money matters matters cash
don't pay the bill, just cop a feel & cherish your avoidance skill
students are not prudent’s when they study marketing
they worship David Hasslehoff but have never read a Nabakov
it's hard a battle from the street and now they talk of bling car fleets
a Facebook group that changed the world, a fairy fable was unfurled
wake up waiter alligator smile at me sommelier
burn my candle learn my handle love my angle burn my sandal
little cars for little boys loud intent and show-off noise
cheep drinks and the barmaid stinks in this compensation driven nation
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Demob Happy
03:54
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monkey on your shoulder thousands in the bank
supplying a disguise when a chief is on the rise
chasing all the oak trees, round and round you go
looking for the earth thats right beneath your toes
stain upon the carpet rush around the room
slice up all the vices the inherent one's too
seat's are made for slouching, that's just what they'll do
one of these day's these seats are gonna slouch all over you
g&t at teatime, why so impolite?
mischief in the east and, tut's about the rest
rank a file bureaucrat! better on our own
have you seen my kitchen all finished in chrome
miles and miles of cable, supervising you
prod you in the places, all of which you crave
credits roll in sequence, pleasantries ignore
any living person, any dying whore
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What Do I Know?
03:40
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microcosm falling leaves
shifting papers feign disease
people come and go well what do i know?
fragile numbers plain to see
lame and gentle sinking free
satan’s there i lost my hair what do i know?
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Raymond P. Wierd Again
02:18
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Widows In Windows
03:01
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Tongue Song Too
06:44
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a chaos room facing otherwise
to fake the wind
your thrilling throne made of worthwhile moves
it's not a good place it's not a great place to wake up in
a brownfield site overripe itchy oxidised
well what are we? trained in three different languages
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Demob Happier
06:08
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Sick Bookies Lincoln, UK
Sick Bookies are Christopher Clarke, Les Overend, Mark Setterfield & Tom Smith. They sometimes play scruffy indie songs.
They sometimes play improvised freaky instrumentals. They often play both. This is their music.
"Showing endless possibilities they have with their art“
- Ioan Humphreys, LouderThanWar
“Rather good, I think”
- Gideon Coe, BBC 6music
“Great album' Stuart Maconie, BBC 6music
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