Genius Lyrics
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Chumbawamba – El Fusilado
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[Verse 1] / Listen close to this crooked mouth / For my story I will tell–o / I lived in Mexico by the name of Wenseslao Moguel–o / Left my home in Santiago / The heart of the city
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Chumbawamba – What We Want
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We know what we want / We know what we've got / But what do we need? / (What's happened to the music is that it's changing, it's changing to suit people's needs now.)
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Chumbawamba – Fine Line
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Those who stand accused / And those who point the finger / Are closer than you want to believe / (I never gave up) / (Then it's over, it's done, and the boy bands... Have won.) / (
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Chumbawamba – Same Old Same Old
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Lately it seems no-one cares anymore / That peace is a place where we rest between wars / I know oh I know we've been here before / It's the same old / It's the same old / It's the
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Chumbawamba – You Watched Me Dance
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(Coming round my house again) / You watched me dance from right to left / You watched me dance from left to right / And every time I learned the steps / You changed them overnight
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Chumbawamba – Bury Me Deep
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When I first came to Commons Lords / Life was simple for me / Took the milk from the children's mouths / You get nothing for free / Now if I should sleep… / Bury me deep / Waging
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Chumbawamba – RIP RP
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Goodbye RP / Let our words go free / Coo and howl / Lay flat your vowels / Ah ay ee / Goodbye RP / Tongue uncross your t's / Slang and slur / Bah and burr / They thy thee / Goodbye
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Chumbawamba – A Fine Career
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The councilor comes with his battered old suit / And his head all filled with plans / Says "It's not for myself, for the fame or wealth / But to help my fellow man." / Fist in the
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Chumbawamba – The Ogre
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The Ogre does what Ogres can / One prize beyond his reach – / Conquers those who write the world / But cannot master speech / Among the hurt and slain / On subjugated plain / The
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Chumbawamba – When An Old Man Dies
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Along with the shoes and the shirts and the ties / There's a library that's lost when an old man dies / (You can't freeze, you should never try to freeze music, and... to try and
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Chumbawamba – Sing About Love
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I don't want to sing about anger and hate / I don't want to sing about fear and defeat / I don't want to sing about the things I always sing about / I wish I could sing about love
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Chumbawamba – Lord Bateman's Motorbike
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(...variable amounts of clouds, but some sunny spells as well, there is going to be the odd shower...) / Lord Bateman runs an inn out on the A65 / Sort of place where everybody
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Chumbawamba – To A Little Radio
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Oh little box I carried in my flight / So as not to break the radio tubes inside me / From house to boat from boat to train held tight / So that my enemies could still address me
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Chumbawamba – Charlie
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All of nature in its place / By hand of the designer / Comes our Charlie spins the world / From here to Asia Minor / In between the Platypus / And perfect Aphrodite / Charlie come
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Chumbawamba – All Fur Coat & No Knickers
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A wave for the cameras / All fur coat and no knickers / Jayne Mansfield she came down / To cheer up the town / Lord Bono and his pals / They were a bit too busy saving the world
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Chumbawamba – Words Can Save Us
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April morning summer come soon / Clouds follow after / Morning sun is hidden by noon / Day shrouded over / Tears to face the morning news / We watch our future burn / And wonder if
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Chumbawamba – Unpindownable
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In the age before the information age / Making history and living for the days / We told our stories then in oh so many ways / We were unpindownable / We were unpindownable / The
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Chumbawamba – Word Bomber
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Strap these words / Around your waist / Open arms / A last embrace / Go make your peace / Commonplace / Take the train / A last goodbye / Throw your rhymes / At passers-by / ‘One
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Chumbawamba – I Wish That They'd Sack Me
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Six in the morning don't want to wake / Sun laying low and the world sleeping late / Hate like the river runs heavy and deep / Oh I wish that they'd sack me and leave me to sleep
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Chumbawamba – (Words Flew) Right Around The World
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Bert told Brecht / Brecht told Bert / Words like birds flew right around the world / Right around the world / Right around the world / Words flew right around the world / Beware
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Chumbawamba – Waiting For The Bus
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My name is Gary Tyler, Louisiana-born / Shadow of the poplar tree on fields all ripe with corn / Sixteen years I counted on the rising of the sun / I'm just waiting for the bus to
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Chumbawamba – Refugee
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It's good of you to ask me sir / How I spend my days / Water glass and ladders sir / Working for my pay / Back home I saw a future sir / Learnt my father's trade But here that
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Chumbawamba – Compliments Of Your Waitress
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The day drags on and stumbles / I'm far too tired to smile / From the kitchen to the tables / I must've walked a thousand miles / The man at table number seven / He's not where he
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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Chumbawamba – I Wish That They'd Sack Me
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Six in the morning don't want to wake / Sun laying low and the world sleeping late / Hate like the river runs heavy and deep / Oh I wish that they'd sack me and leave me to sleep
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