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The Big Clock's Chime

by The Porters Daughters

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1.
Don't ask me for a good place to stay Beneath the basement of the bombed cafe I hate to leave I love The big clock's chime Now I'm hanging from the weekday line The room we shared was so damp and cold But somehow I felt that it was home Now it's gone the shivers up my spine leave me hanging from the weekday line (plenty of time before the big clocks chime) (there's plenty of time before the big clocks chime) I hear your personality done left you for some other body Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah (plenty of time before the big clocks chime) (there's plenty of time before the big clocks chime) And you character done crackin' under pressure from this chill Still Don't leave me cryin' if it's all in vain We set the deadline it's getting late Someday maybe but not tonight I think I'm hanging from the weekday I think I'm hanging from the weekday I think I'm weak at the kneeday line I said no no no no no Well I think I'm hanging from the weekday line (you're too kind)
2.
Cheap talk 04:05
Before we open up our eyes I know this day will bring Involuntary happenings When we meet ourself The truth it falls down off the shelf Still it messes more than helps Cheap talk and burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) Cheap talk and burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) When the devil skips and jumps Before your very eyes Forever mesmerised One trick he'll play And he won't stop the joke 'til judgement day 'Til he wraps it up, packs it up - throws it away Cheap talk and burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) Cheap talk and burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) But I know what I believe Cheap talk and a-burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) Cheap talk and a-burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) Cheap talk and a-burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) Cheap talk and a-burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) But I know what I believe But you got a funny, a funny way But you got a funny funny way of saying goodbye So goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Cheap talk and a-burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) Cheap talk and a-burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) Cheap talk and a-burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) Cheap talk and a-burning alibis (cheap talk and burning alibis) But I know what I believe
3.
Homeland 04:12
Homeland slows down As all the natives get restless Give us this break Give us the long long rest They'll never catch up Least not before closing time Give us this break Make it some free time Homeland's a mess Nothing but take and take It all started out As the model supreme state With nothing to give Everything gone to seed Give us the break The paradise We might leave this Homeland, homeland Nothing stirs Homeland, homeland Nothing stirs Homeland in drag Pretty and artificial Under the skin Broken bones and rotting tissue Give us a yell Tell us the price to pay Give us the break Make it the easy way Way out in the cars Out in the wild forbidden Nothing stirs Everything locked and hidden Curfew is on Everyone shut indoors But a solitary song Echos round the walls Homeland, homeland Nothing stirs Homeland, homeland Nothing stirs Factory floors Silent and non-productive Everything closed Rusty and non-constructive Give us a yell Predict our evolution Give us the word And a chance to form our own conclusion Homeland, homeland Nothing stirs Homeland, homeland Nothing stirs Nothing stirs Nothing stirs Nothing stirs
4.
Sunken Vince 04:20
Down in the corner I don't hear you complain Are you suffering the silence With a dozen brandies in your hand? I better run and hide forever I'll set to sea for good (you come home in the stormy weather) Like every good sailor, sailor, sailor should Is this Sunken Vince in you? How is this song convincing you? Is this Sunken Vince in you? But I'm no good at all Primeval clatter Shatters your dumdum territory But if my hearts a stone as you say Then it's a real hearts throw 'tween you and me Take it while it's given Give in or its gone No hope while you're living (No-one you know lives for very long) Is this Sunken Vince in you? How is this song convincing you? How is this song convincing you? That I'm no good at all Is this Sunken Vince in you? Just bringing out the sphinx in you How is this song convincing you? But I'm no good at all I try to hide from every part of me Still my breath and I collide with regularity I'm sifting for advice through a suitcase full of nones Well it ends up triple nice With fifteen thousand thousand tons Well it's better than a promise And it's better to pretend In this battle raging forest I'm staring at your friends They got subways full of Trojans They tap everybody's fear But if they rattle my pagoda There's going to be no-one, no-one left to hear Is this Sunken Vince in you? How is this song convincing you? Is this Sunken Vince in you? But I'm no good at all Is this song convincing in you? Just bringing out the sphinx in you How is this song convincing you? But I'm no good at all Is this song? (is this song?) How is this song? (is this song?) How is this song? But I'm no good at all ALL ...... Well I'm no good at all ALL ...... I'm no good at, I'm no good at all No good at all No good at all But I'm no good at, I'm no good AT ALL

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4-track EP recorded in 1985 onto 8-track analogue at Lion Studios, Leeds

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released November 1, 1985

Drums : Pete Westbrook
Vocals : Pete Slater, Patsy Matheson
Bass : Mark Dickens
Guitar : Guy Hatton
Saxophone : Mark Priestley

All songs music & words by P.Slater

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