Recorded by Darek Mudge at the shed over a really long time, probably about 2007 – 2010. We were really lazy with releasing this one as we were all tied up with our other bands.
The CD version has two bonus tracks – Wrong Wrong Wrong and Always, from the album.
1. Ants
2. Mum and Dad
3. Summer Ends
4. You and the Bishop
ANTS
I don’t understand people they don’t know what they want / they just want to sit around looking nonchalant / I don’t think that they know what they think that they know / and I know I don’t wanna go where they think I wanna go / I don’t understand people they got nothing to say / everything they say is what they’ve heard somebody else say / is it all as boring as they always say it is / they get up in the morning, don’t even know what day it is / I don’t understand about the french revolution / but in 50 thousand years of human evolution / they haven’t even learned to recognise the truth / they’ll believe anything, they don’t want the proof / survival instincts are non existent / if the shops closed down they’d be dead in 5 seconds / I don’t understand people what are they on about / every time they open their mouth what’s those noises coming out? / what language are you speaking it’s not one that I’ve heard? / every first word’s blurred every second one’s slurred every third is absurd / never mind where are you coming from what planet are you living on? / we look kinda similar but we don’t have that much in common / people do the weirdest things / running around like ants, getting down with the program / getting all busy they make themselves dizzy / spending all their energy making someone’s life a misery / I don’t understand where are these ants all coming from / what are they trying to achieve, have they even begun / why so serious, what’s the big mystery? / there ain’t that much history that can’t be undone / what are they trying to achieve and have they even begun? / there’s not that much history that can’t be undone / there is not much history that can’t be undone / there is not much history that can’t be undone
MUM & DAD
What kinda childhood would you have liked to have had / if you could go back and make it a little bit more rad / if you could swap your brother or your mother or your dad/into somebody different, how could that be bad?/would you be better off now if there’d been more rules to follow /you’d have more to kick back against and say that you were forced to swallow so much of their crap / none of it fit you /you’d come off a little cooler but it’s a big compromise to commit to / what if your dad was a cop, or a drunk, or a car salesman or dead or a banker or a wanker /what if he never impressed you with anything but it didn’t matter and you didn’t care/what if your mum was stupid or weird or a brain surgeon or a bus driver or absent or normal / what if she numbed you with boring morality but that was normality and you weren’t aware /what kinda adulthood would you like to book /if you could take a look into the future somehow / would you swap your sofa or your boss or your lover / into someone you actually feel an attraction to now / what if the change was unbelievably small / but suddenly you didn’t know yourself any more / you can’t understand the things that you’re thinking / you only recognise every third word and they’re not linking together / like someone’s yelling in your ear when you’re drinking / I’m nodding and smiling but i’m getting this sinking feeling that everything is like it is for a reason / and i’m getting this sinking feeling that everything is like it is for a reason / what if your dad was asthmatic, asiatic, albino or an actor, drove a tractor never smacked you / what if he never impressed you with anything but it didn’t matter and you didn’t care / what if your mum was angry or russian or pretended to be happy or had delusions of grandchildren / what if she numbed you with boring morality but it was as natural as brushing your hair /I can’t hear you over the music / your message is not getting through / did you say something about going to munich? / or did I confuse it with / having a picnic, or / wearing a tunic or / playing the – music’s too loud I can’t really hear you / i can’t really get any nearer / did you say something about heavy metal / or was it just babble about putting on the kettle / riding a camel / eating an apple
SUMMER ENDS
It’s a 2 drummer summer call the plumber come at once jump in your plumber’s truck / there’s water everywhere downstairs it’s very messy when your shtick becomes unstuck / all the young bucks who paint their trucks in summer’s colours paint their corners set their clocks / quick call the drummer, son the summer’s on the run we’re almost running out of luck / you might have read a thousand books on modern art but still your hand seems to be stuck / when summer ends again your friends pretend again remembering it didn’t suck / from dove to duck from buck to schmuck to dumb fuck from tick to tock from tock to tick / the solar flare in every photo everywhere’s almost enough to make you sick
YOU & THE BISHOP
When you said I’m going out for a take away I didn’t know you’d be taking yourself away / can I come with you I hadn’t finished saying what I was saying before you said your life’s too big and too messy to fit into mine / I can’t understand why you’ve got to keep trying / since when has a square peg fit into a round hole? / you might get it in there but it will be painful / since when has a square peg fit into a round hole? / you might get it in there but it will be painful / we both couldn’t move much it would be uncomfortable / fighting for corners to paint ourselves into / it’s not very difficult to understand / there are corners of the chessboard where you don’t want to land / I forgot what I was saying when I found out you and the bishop had something planned / then you said I’m going back to my friends even though I don’t really have that many friends / most of my friends are all your friends but in the end I’m not involved with too many of them / like people I only see when I’m out at night / if I was to see them during the day I might recognise them but not know how to speak to them / probably cos we haven’t got anything in common / 9 times out of 10 there is nothing worth saying / I would prefer if we didn’t keep playing the game where you stand there and talk and I just stand there smiling / and pretending to listen / I’m comfortable with uncomfortable silences if that’s ok with you they’re just more honest / I’m going back to my friends to try and pick things up with them again
Reverberation REV020. Released 5th September 2005.
We recorded the album over 4 main recording session [and a lot of random days spent mixing] with Bryce Moorhead at Zero Interference in Brisbane.
These took place between October 2004 and July 2005. We also recorded two songs, Trouble and Boys and Girls, with Magoo, at Black Box [Brisbane] in March 2005.
We mastered the album with William Bowden in his back garden in Stanmore. The words were all written by Tim and the music was all by Tim and Dean.
OH
It gets hard when there’s too much to know / I coulda given up a long time ago / I put my feelings on pause for a second and I don’t say a word while you speak then I can only say Oh / I didn’t know it was criminal / I can’t remember everything that I’ve ever done / Oh / I’m not trying to be minimal but now I feel I’m looking down the barrel of a gun / there are things you’d like me to forget / I was someone else before we met / if I was to deny them for a second I would turn forget into forgot / I would turn an e to an o / and you can’t do a puzzle with half the pieces missing and half of them fake / oh / and it’s gonna spell trouble when the picture that you’re looking at is all a mistake / cos it’s a hard question / I know / you’re coming on like a wrecking ball though / you say you care well it don’t show / I just called to say h e l l o / cos it’s a hard question / I know / you’re coming on like a wrecking ball though / you say you care well it don’t show / you say yeah but did you really mean no? / cos it’s a hard question / I know / you’re coming on like a wrecking ball though / you say you care but I can’t tell / I just called to say h e l l o
HONEY I AIN’T MADE OF MONEY
If I had money in my bank account I’d buy you a new pair of shoes / you can spend any amount on whatever you choose / but for now I’d better keep count ain’t got ten dollars to lose / but with a little good luck and a cash discount we can get ten dollars of blues / I would tell you different if it wasn’t true / I would laugh if it were funny / but I’m the one who’s always gotta tell you the news / honey I ain’t made of money / if I had cash and I weren’t in debt I wouldn’t put it in the bank / I wouldn’t act flash or try to get higher up the social rank / tell our friends in the horsey set I don’t feel too swank / putting a deposit on a cigarette and a bottle of sauvignon blanc / blanc blank / I would tell you different if it wasn’t true / I’d laugh if it were funny / but I’m the one to tell you the news / honey I ain’t made of money / jet set roulette television set / I ain’t there yet, no I haven’t even left the house yet / I said honey don’t be upset don’t let your eyes get wet just yet / cos I ain’t going far with the vcr cos the movie of my life is on a dvd-r / we will skip through most of it to get to the best bits / a few good lines but forget about the rest of it
TROUBLE
Join the army if ya trust yourself to be a soldier / fight for what you feel you must but not for what they told ya / but don’t pick up a gun if you don’t know what it’s for / and don’t fight in anyone else’s war / get out of your uniform if you want destruction / get on the microphone / make your introduction / don’t pick up a gun if you don’t know or you’re not sure / when to put it down again or you’ll start a war / there’s trouble / you started it / look what you done / I ain’t got my heart in it / ain’t got a gun / there’s trouble / you star in it / dropping your bombs / take out the world with a guitar and a drum / get your finger off the trigger if it’s time for violence / get on the kit / join the bigger struggle against silence / don’t play with a guns / play me a chord / it’s more fun than starting a war
SLUMMING
I went down to 610 I wanted to see a band / I took in 2 drinks I’ve only got one pair of hands / came outside at midnight / the crowd was 20 deep / it was like ann st was overrun with sheep / they all looked the same but it’s only cosmetic / I felt ashamed / I could relate to the aesthetic / appropriating culture is like picking flowers / but is a vulture what it devours? / I know when the milk runs black a bad rain’s gonna fall / down here quite literally the writing’s on the wall / I went round the corner / there’s no room to move / the valley’s full of fucking wankers with something to prove / I’ll stand back and watch the changing of the guard / I wish you the best and I send you my regards / but passing on the baton never should be very hard / I’ll stand up and watch rebellion take its course / tearing up the rule book never gave me much remorse / thumbing through the phone book looking for the stores to buy it / warming up your cheque book for when you can afford to try it / I don’t know much about fashion as a rule / we get around like we just got home from school / but I know a bad shirt and I know bad hair / is it such a crime being told what to wear? / is it the postmodern way / everything comes around? / ripping off the most superficial bits of the underground / down in the disco the sheep are wearing black / you can have it / I don’t want it back / I’ll stand back and watch the changing of the guard / I wish you the best and I send you my regards / but passing on the baton never should be very hard / I’ll stand up to watch rebellion take its course / tearing up the rule book never gave me much remorse / thumbing through the phone book looking for the stores to buy it / don’t put the same old saddle on the horse / pissing on the past won’t get you round the course / it’s only implied / you’re never gonna have to live by it / it’s only implied / you’ll never have to deny it
UNEDUCATED GUESS
Are you gonna come and have your dinner now or just let it go cold? / are you gonna surrender yourself unto the television’s hold? / are you gonna do as you are told? / sit there till you are very very old / I don’t know but since you mention it that’s the first time I’ve thought to question it / I’m not interested in questioning / I’m just into sitting and listening / don’t want to have to mess about / don’t wanna make an uneducated guess about / don’t wanna get up and get dressed and go out / because I couldn’t really care any less about / are you going to pay for what you’ve stolen or put it in your pocket and run? / are you going to buy what you’re being sold or will you just try to have some fun? / I can’t tell if it’s already begun / but if it has I would also like some
CHORUS GHETTO
Tomorrow I will not be here any more / you wanted me home early I didn’t come home at all / tomorrow I’m gonna get on a plane and not come back / I don’t need to even come home to pack / and I feel I should belong in this boring part of town / but I know I don’t belong / oh yeah / I’m doing something that doesn’t feel quite right / but that’s only because it doesn’t really feel very wrong / oh yeah / monday I decided it would be best if I left / and on tuesday I felt just the same as that / wednesday I felt a little unsure and thursday I was even more unsure so I came back / friday and saturday I was so confused like why did I leave only to return? / on sunday I realised that you just gotta go round and round in a circle if it’s the only way you’re gonna learn / and I feel I should belong in this boring part of town / but I know I don’t belong / oh yeah / I’m doing something that doesn’t feel quite right / but that’s only because it doesn’t really feel very wrong / oh yeah / and though I feel I don’t belong in the places I come from / there’s good and bad things everywhere / oh yeah / and it’s confusing to think about me losing my sense of self if I wasn’t there / oh yeah / I was not lost but I knew not the way / I was not lost but I knew not the way / there is a cost that I will have to pay / and there is not a lot more to say
BOYS AND GIRLS
How long will it take you to work out you’re not the only person in the world? / it’s a big planet and there’s lots of other boys and girls / but the illusion has been put in place so well / don’t introduce me to your world we already know each other / when it lets you down like it did me you will discover / life ain’t like the telly or the magazine cover / don’t be sad to throw your world away when you are through with it / I would give you my one but you wouldn’t know what to do with it / you’ve got a big mouth and you want something to chew with it
WHERE WAS I?
I’m not involved with too many of the people I spent my early 20s or my youth hanging ’round / I don’t know where they all are but I know where the ones that matter are and they know where I can be found / it doesn’t matter if you remember wrong / there aren’t many things that last very long / I can’t pretend that I can explain how but I know that’s where I was before I was where I am now / I’m getting lazy with the details of my conception I’ve often been told of the occasion / dry leaves was dreamy and summer was setting the light mixed with smoke made me feel like forgetting / it doesn’t matter if you negate the question / the question is only have I learned my lesson? / I can’t pretend that I can explain how but I know that’s where I was before I was where I am now / the night air was cold and it burnt at my lungs / and my knee hurt and I could not run very far / the stars were gonna get put to bed any minute / like my teen years being folded up with everything in it / before I take a lighter to my past one more time I will reconcile with all the promises I would forget / cos things they never come out how you think that they’re gonna come out / and you won’t always get to where you think you’re gonna get / it doesn’t matter if you remember wrong / there aren’t many things that last very long / I can’t pretend that I can explain how / but I know where I was before I was where I am now / I know where I was before I was where I am now / I know where I was before I was where I am now / I know where I was before I was where I am now
WRONG WRONG WRONG
Good times they have been had / everything from now on is gonna be bad / we’re trying to wake up but we’re falling asleep / we’re wasting opportunities not to be sheep / and we blanche at the chance to get it right in case we’re wrong / you ain’t gonna sing if you can’t sing along / wake up you’ve had your fun / everything good has already been done / the last decade ended / it couldn’t get worse / we’re driving its ashes around in a hearse / like a sacred reminder of days that are gone / you will never get back to where you feel you belong / the future’s a glare / I don’t want to listen / the past doesn’t care and the present’s indifferent / I just said a prayer that it don’t last very long long long / let me get it wrong wrong wrong wrong / think back it won’t take long / everything exciting happened when you were young / you didn’t get faded you didn’t get drowned / you didn’t get jaded from injustices around / but compromise pervaded / you got cliched / the things that you traded were the wrong things to trade / one day you’ll change your mind / the future will come and it won’t be kind / if you can get yourself into a different shirt / you will miss a bit of the inevitable hurt / the body feels tight / the sleeves a little long / but you can’t leave the house if you can’t get it on / the future’s a glare / the present is hurtin’ / the past’s coming down around me like a curtain / I hope this uncertainty doesn’t last very long long long / just let me get it wrong wrong wrong wrong / the future’s reverting / the present is hurtin’ / the past’s coming down around me like a curtain / I hope this uncertainty doesn’t last very long long long / let me get it wrong wrong wrong wrong
EVERY LITTLE TEAR
I went to see the doctor / what did he say? / he said you’re gonna regret the moment that you let that girl get away / stop being so stupid / just get it into your head / stop worrying about your hurt feelings and every little tear you’ve already shed / cos there are emotions other than pride / you’re gonna cry an ocean for every little tear that you’ve already cried / every little tear / I don’t need to x ray you to tell you what I already know / nothing is actually broken if your dignity takes a blow / I’ll give you my prognosis it ain’t good but it won’t take long / I don’t need to look down your throat to tell you that you’re going about this all wrong / cos there are emotions that you shouldn’t hide / you’re gonna cry an ocean for every little tear that you’ve already cried / every little tear / cos there are emotions other than pride / you’re gonna cry an ocean for every little tear that you’ve already cried
ALL MOUTH
You’re all mouth and no trousers / coming on all cocky about how you’re so much fun / just keep talking / it allows ya to get on with the business of getting nothing done / you’re all tall talk and no action / none of your plans ever eventuate / find an excuse or another distraction / it will your inaction validate / in the aisles of the supermarket / in the pages of the magazines / there are people that I like to look at / and places I would like to say that I have been / you’re all mouth and no trousers / always talking up the things you’re never gonna do / a little bit of something’s better than a whole lot of nothing / which is what I’m realising it amounts to / you’re all bark and no bite and / you’re gonna smash my fuckin head against the wall / I’m not fifteen and I’m not frightened / next time you feel intimidatory give me a call / in the aisles of the supermarket / in the pages of the magazines / there are people that I like to look at / and places I would like to say that I have been / I hear you calling but you can’t come over / I hear you knocking but you can’t come in / a deep seated long standing issue about where you belong versus where you fit in / you’re all fur coat and no knickers / promising the world but do you think you will deliver? / I see through you just as quick as / it takes me to work out an equally facile response to give ya
ALWAYS
I know there’s things you’ve been waiting to hear / I wanna tell you them each time I see ya / but it’s a non starter this new career of giving you what you have earned / how can I relate to you if you can’t relate to me? / I’m not saying I know you / not saying it’s too late for me / how can I show you what I’ve been thinking lately and presume you’d be concerned? / always always maybe never ending / talking to no-one just to feel something / making a circle out of a square / trying to work out if you would care about things that I know if they weren’t only shared between me and a couple of mates / cos I’ve got a key only I’m scared of breaking it / forcing the lock is as pointless as faking it / as pointless as pushing the point by taking it further than my garden gates / always always maybe saying nothing / talking to no-one just to feel something / always always maybe never ending / longing for belonging / not always just pretending / always always nothing fits completely / nothing will complete me / always always if you can say it sweetly you get out of it cheaply / you can say what you like because no-one will hear / it’s easy to come across insincere / I don’t want to be ya / just wanna be near enough to whisper in your ear
ZINEY ANECDOTAL
I’m taking aim now / aiming at your knees / you’re calling in the army and you’re calling in the police / you said it was an eye opener / I said it was just a tease / have you got a can opener? / can you open these? / I came to tell you it ain’t what you know / I like kicking around you know / but not when I fall off the wall / I took all your longing and soon broke into song / it was uncomplicated and lent itself to me singing along / can I can I come out tonight? / can I come out too? / like you kinda own me / but I don’t own you / it is like a candle to my getting to know ya ball of steel / like your kinda ordinary worlds that make me feel / it’s like a fever / I am never cold / I won’t feel the winter on my lips or so I am told / got caught up in the dancing / and on a whim I crawled a little further out along my limb / talk about the filament of feeling I will feel it soon / I am not a camel I can’t make it through the afternoon / I can’t turn myself off like a tap that you left on / I can’t stop the movie rolling once it’s begun / I can’t stop the dogs from howling / I am one
Survival Records SUR532CD. Released in May 1992 on Survival through Shock.
Our debut album, re-mastered in 2014 for vinyl and expanded digital release on Poison City Records, Melbourne.
BEFORE FLOUR THERE WAS THE DEMO. It must have cost the band a small fortune in postage because I remember every man and his dog having a copy of that cassette. I lifted mine from the Half a Cow shop. When FLOUR was released it was obvious just how ahead of the curve “the ‘feeder” were. While most of us were still trying to figure out how to write a tune, the songs on FLOUR had structure, wit, melody, and dynamics. It became an instant fixture on my new “5 disc carousel CD changer”. So much so that later, when the stereo was stolen, FLOUR went with it. We covered ‘Bugging’ for a while. Sung about wanting to “play second guitar” for them in one of our songs, and recorded a version of ‘Over’ for Mo Poontang. Top debut.
Tom Morgan (Smudge, Godstar, Sneeze) March 2014
Walking Through The Village was recorded at Pyramid Studios, in June 1990 when we were still The Madmen, with Cam Hurst on bass guitar. It was engineered by Jamie Carter, and produced by Murray Nash & Tim. The rest of the album was recorded at Vibrafeel Studios, Inala, between November 1991 and January 1992 right after we changed our name. It was engineered and produced by Mick Borkowski, and released in June 1992 on Sydney’s Survival Records.
After a while we realised that as a document of where the band was at in late 1991 the album sufficed, but we felt the songs deserved more. The experience we gained from a few years of hard touring and further recording meant we could come back and give the album some better treatment and presentation. Also the record was never really mastered the first time around.
So in 1996 we put some new vocals down, re-mixed most of the songs, improved the cover, and re-mastered it. This later version of FLOUR is what you’re hearing here, re-mastered afresh – for the Poison City Records vinyl release – in 2014 by Alan Douches @ West West Side, New York.
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Flour – 12″ Vinyl
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Our debut album – originally released in June 1992 on Survival records. Recorded by Mick Borkowski at Vibrafeel in Brisbane.
Re mastered in 2014 and available on limited edition Blue vinyl!
There’s no one else around / and you’re the best thing in the world / so what do you want to want? / because there’s sadness in your eyes / and some place you wish you were / so let the light embrace / because we’re still heavy on this earth / I wish everything went around / and I wish there was a sound / I don’t want to be in faraway places / never is anything coloured / or does it flower / this is the closest to my heaven transmission tower / if you’re scared you should have stayed / this is the place where no one goes / the edge without a seam / and we’re without a colour scheme / our eyes will swallow up the sky / never does it get darker / or does it change / never will the clouds lift / so they can make space / never will they let go / so they can take the test / never will they take flight / never leave the nest / never will they make the heavens or see the stars / never will they see the future or make the past / never is anything coloured or does it flower / this is the closest to my heaven transmission tower / there’s no one else around and now we’re more afraid / now they know how / and they’ve got the power / they’ve worked it out and they’ve built the tower / we’re more afraid
Over
Could you be where I wanted you to be? / could I hold you when you would always say? / I never wanted a fast or happy ending / you made the brew that I could never taste / because it’s over before it starts / it’s over could you get out of my heart? / it’s over the end is face to face / and your face is the last face that will not remain / sitting on the front fence stroking my soul / thinking of a romance that could never take hold / dreaming for a second of glimpses that pass / wishing that your glimpse was the last glimpse and it wouldn’t last / could you be where I wanted you to be? / could you face and trust everything I’d say? / you said you faded the moment that you met me / but my life started on the day you went away
Pepper
From deep within me / I’ll always hate it / too tired to shake it / so I just take it / I hear my number / as I slip under / you feed me pepper / and I just bet you / I’ll hate it / my hand’s a hammer / my heart won’t train it / your mind’s a spanner / and you’ll just drain it / I hear my number / I’m right above you / did I create it / for you to break it? Your eyes are razors / your mind’s a grater / can I get off now / if it won’t faze you? I’m hearing my number / I’m just getting number / you’re feeding me pepper / and I just forget it / I hate it
7-11
I hear my name being called from machines along the walls / I move towards my goal / paper cups and chicken rolls / all lined up evermore / I have it in my soul / I know I can’t go home / please take me to the store / open up the oven door / don’t have to wait no more / microwave heaven is here / some noodles and some beer / and a vid for later on / for me alone / the store looks hot it looks quite packed tonight / and we could stop and stare if you just slowed a bit / and if we had some money we could go spend it / and we could stay and ogle at the counter chick / I gave my hands to her / show me where the best things are / drinks chill and coffee spills / and popcorn pops for me / at 10:55 we’ll see / she stacks the shelves so well / with tacos toothpaste gel / to clean me feed me brush my teeth / but they don’t make it heaven
End of this Day
At the end of this day will I know what you’re trying to say / or will I know how to make a start? / end this day end of this hour / I will open you up like a flower / and then I will know what’s inside your heart / at the end of this day will you know what I’m trying to say / or will you know how to make a start? / end this day end of this summer / now I think that my time has come / and now I know what’s inside your heart / at the end of this day will you have anything left to say / or will you know how to play your part? / end this day end of this year / is anything anymore clear? / and now do you know what’s inside my heart?
Car Man
There’s too much fuel in my tank / no overtaking turning vehicles, man / hope it gets me home tonight / hope it gets me through all this / catching all the orange lights / going to stay up late tonight / they can’t get inside my car / they can’t get inside my mind / my windows are wound up tight / they can’t see in through my eyes / saw nothing / travelled for miles / saw nothing / I looked down deep inside / can’t see an end in sight / biting my nails every block / I can’t slow down for all the stops / can’t slow down at all / might crash out tomorrow / drown every sound / kill every motion / I can’t turn around / I hope it gets me through all this / car man
Bugging
All these little things keep bugging all the time / I don’t know how I let them keep getting at me / and how it takes so long to block out of my mind / and how to keep them gone when they stop at me / swim it through the ocean and drag it up the sand / beat it on the waves until I understand / all these little things keep bugging all the time / I feel them in the water and they’re crawling under / and heaven knows just how they got inside my head / they’re just below the surface where sometimes I forget / floating on the water / washed by the tide / going to come and meet me by the waterside / flushed down the river / going to push it down / going to hold it under / going to make it drown
Turn Over
Turn over / turn it on / if I bury my trail will I be gone? / hey look out he’ll kill you / and I don’t care about him anymore than / you’re the last thing that I would ever walk away from / having it all is having nothing / and I don’t care about nothing any more / you are the last thing that I would ever care about at all / if I’m gone would you follow? / I’ll burn my trail if I think you’ll come / you don’t like me here so you might like me gone / but if you don’t like me today then you will hate me tomorrow / hey slow down little thing and come in from the road / something made me slow when I want to explode / and I don’t care about / and I don’t want to go / you turn over / you don’t want to know
Walking through the Village
If I could hold onto one day long enough / if I could hold it back whenever it got rough / if I could lay it out for only me to see / then I could walk home through the village / easy / I climb the mountain and I see the houses still / and I hear stories about the city in the hills / I see the suburbs under 20 feet of snow / traffic lanes are gone but stars say where to go / they’re hanging cables and they’re digging up the ground / they’re ripping highways out and laying new ones down / they’ve made an overpass so we can get around / add 2 to 2 and you don’t always get 4 / here is the score: the hill is in the city / and it ain’t awful pretty / we’re sitting in the snow / and the freeway don’t always take us home / because I can walk home through the village
Through with You
I know I told you yesterday that I don’t mind but I’ve forgotten how to be kind / hope you don’t cry or let it hurt because it’ll hurt me 10 times worse / there’s something nagging in my head / and yes I know I thought I said / but now I’m looking for something to do / and I’m through with you / now all the promises I’ve made have fallen through and I feel like a bastard because I said we’d last / and I’ll feel sad when I see the photographs and all your things / guess this is what falling in love brings / now you can colour me terrible but I still think I should go / this will be better for both of us in the end you know
Cut
Torment torment you never did so much / well not a such / hammer hammer until my head was slush / until I’d had enough / harm me not on my turn / now it’s my turn / to your hands I did my life entrust / so I could clutch / to something solid at least I thought as much / so I could touch / time to rise away from you / now it’s my turn / time to drive myself away / you turned me loose I did not stray / I found my place today / to my blood you slipped your talons in / when I was fresh within / hammer hammer until I felt so thin / you turned me loose on everything / turn me loose I’ve cut my reins / now it’s my turn
Released on Survival. Also released in Europe on Vinyl. Recorded by David Price.
1. Fingers and Toes
2. Oliver’s Army (Elvis Costello)
3. Mouse
B-sides appear on Cargo Embargo.
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Fingers and Toes
Can’t see for seeing / can’t feel for being / eyes try to fail me / can’t lie to save me / too many exits / not enough guts to stand trial / not enough time to stay a while / had my turn and blew it / should have said I knew it / too much waste to conquer / too much hate to want to / get on the outside and turn me right over / stuck on the inside each day getting older / rip it right out take my head off my shoulders / get on the outside until there’s nothing left over / too many exits / not enough health for two of us / not enough help to use / and I have to feel it / you can keep your dreaming / you can hide your feelings / can you look not have it? / can you feel not grab it? / can you just not have it?
Mouse
Seed husks in between my teeth / the city doesn’t want me / lost my head got sick again / breath was bad this morning / caught beneath the sunshine / warm inside the night time / moving stars from under bars / I’ve got it in my blood / lost the line I came to find / I dropped it from my jar / caught beneath the sunshine / warm inside the night time / trails of crumbs and headlights / dirty lungs are lead lined / caught between the floors to creep / you’ve got me in a forced sleep / cat is gonna scratch me / thoughts are going to crush me / caught beneath the sunshine / warm inside the night time / trails of crumbs and headlights / dirty lungs are lead lined / caught beneath the sunshine / warm inside the night time / trails of crumbs and headlights / dirty lungs are lead lined /
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