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by Gang of Four

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1.
She Said 'You Made A Thing Of Me' 03:49
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She is an accident Her shape's coincidence He said she's beautiful An invention that is useable She will collaborate He will embrace her fate You made a thing of me Don't feel, won't kneel, don't ask, won't steal She said you made a thing of me That what I am is what you see Jailers get Valentines Kidnappers, overtime We're lost in nursery rhymes Lock down, talk sport Don't walk, get caught She said you made a thing of me That what I am is what you see She said you made a thing of me That what I am is what you see Dress and undress codes are read Then later, when the child is bred She thinks about what was never said Well I was glad to take what I was fed, I was glad The voice in her head said Long ago we went to bed The sleeping dog's not dead He will bite if he's not fed We got narcoticised We're lost in nursery rhymes We made a thing of us No show, no loss, go slow, we're all bust She said we made a thing of us What we do is what we must I said we made a thing of us What we do is what we must I said we made a thing of us What we do is what we must I said we made a thing of us What we do is what we must
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You Don't Have To Be Mad 03:15
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I'm watching you step round the room Show me the rabbit and watch me run When you're stripped and looking fun You give me hope, it is a noose Kiss and tell and don't regret I know that the line is dead You're the one who asks for proof You look good with no clothes on I'll take photos on my phone I wish that I was in the loop! You broker words like I knew you would Feed me lies like they are food Persuade me to jump through hoops Disunited in a sweat, telling me to run and fetch You're the one with the juice! You're the one with the juice! You think what you cannot name You want what you can't explain You're the one with the juice! You want what you can't explain You wish you could walk away I wish that I was in the loop! Dreaming that I got full house Never have to do without Out of ten you are a nine Show me the rabbit and I am fine Watching you walking the line So here we are, it's closing time I drank fast and you drank wine Back to your place, never mine It's the scene of the crime, I'm off my tits! One on one you are the chief Telling me what to believe I wish that I was set loose! Blind dates don't go like they should Having patience, it’s no good You’re the one with the juice! You‘re the one with the juice!
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Who Am I 03:34
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The pilgrim can't sleep The pilgrim's a spy! The pilgrim can't sleep 'cause his prayers won't fly The dumb won't speak The truth is lies! The dumb won't speak make their tongues get fired The cripple won't walk The crooks all cry The cripple won't walk put the stilts on trial The dead man talks Didn't say goodbye The dead man talks and the phone is wired Who can steal when everything is free? Who am I when everything is me? Who am I when everything is me? Who am I when everything is me? Betting on tilt I make a deal When I get up I take a pill Come on down and come on in The little lambs jump and I could kill them still Creationists creep They walk in the street! Creationists creep and the citizens buy All the shoppers asleep They're in way too deep! All the shoppers asleep and the cameras lie Who can lie when everything is true? Who wants old when everything is new Who am I when everything is me? Who am I when everything is me? Betting on tilt I make a deal When I get up I take a pill Come on down and come on in The little lambs jump and I could kill them still Who am I when everything is me? Who am I when everything is me? Who am I when everything is me? The little lambs jump and I could kill them still
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I Can't Forget Your Lonely Face 03:56
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You weren't around in the compound Could not be found, had gone to ground Hiding out in a public space, everyone was on display I can't forget your lonely face On your nights out, you danced alone You loved the sights, the siren's moan All the other losers dreaming of a break, everyone had been displaced I can't forget your lonely face Send me a picture of you on your escape Send me a photo of you on holiday I look at you, looking at me, can't come in here, with no ID But when you're in you can have all you see Just got to reach up and pick from the tree Just reach out pick fruit from the tree Just reach out pick fruit from the tree We are all broke, we celebrate There's no punchline to jokes we make We are not thin enough to fill in space, everything is in one place I can't forget your lonely face Send me a photo of you on holiday Send me a photo of you on holiday I look at you, you don't look like me, can't come in here, with no ID But when you're in you can have all you see Just got to reach up and pick from the tree Just reach out pick fruit from the tree Just reach out pick fruit from the tree Everything is in one place Everything is in one place
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You'll Never Pay For The Farm 03:52
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You'll never pay for the farm Someone should raise the alarm I think you're losing your charm You can't undo all the harm You can't regret what you get You can't get back what you bet You can't divorce from your fate You're lying drunk at the wake You never wanted to live alone But never share what you don't own Don't want to die upon your feet You always want to keep the receipt You think you're a winner But you’ll never pay, you'll never pay for the farm You think you're a winner Change the locks, change your life You’re never able to rest You can't get thoughts off your chest I think you lost the romance You walk around in a trance You got no cause to have regrets You stuffed your face and then you wept You're dreaming of World War the Third Between the Shi-ites & the Kurds You think you're a winner. Change the locks Change your life. You think you're a winner But you'll never pay, you’ll never pay for the farm You think you're a winner. Change the locks, change your life You think you're a winner. But you'll never pay for the farm What you steal is crap What you steal is crap You should send it all back Married your mother, buried your father Hated your brother, locked up your sister Change your life. No need for a sacrifice
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I Party All The Time 03:42
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We are not prisoners - although we're putting in the hours We are not innocent - although we're singing in the choir If there’s a revolution then you'll stay at home You want to pay the ransom but don't know who to phone If there should be a rapture you won't get chose If there's an invitation, you won’t get told! Every night you dress as lover's bait Give yourself to someone that you hate I'm not innocent - Complicit, I'm not it, I'm a phoney! I'm a party to the crime I'm not innocent - Complicit, I'm not it, I'm a phoney! And I party all the time You're not a candidate - but you always have opinions You're not a volunteer - although it ended in conscription If there's a revolution don't know who to phone Although you paid a ransom you won't go home If there should be a rapture you won't get chose If there's an invitation, you won't get told! Every day you wish you could repent Give back all the favours you were lent I'm not innocent - Complicit, I'm not it, I'm a phoney! I'm a party to the crime I'm not innocent - Complicit, I'm not it, I'm a phoney! And I party all the time And I party all the time I'm not innocent I'm not innocent. I'm a phoney And I party all the time I'm not innocent. I'm a phoney And I party all the time And I party all the time And I party all the time And I party all the time
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A Fruitfly In The Beehive 03:44
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Where did it all begin? Where's the proof of life? Who is on my side? Is there a blind man's guide? Can I hitch a ride when the lifeboats slide? Don't know if what I know is true, what's the golden rule, where am I going to? All the workers do what they do, they're applauding too, and the sky is blue And when the true believers die, more and more get born again If the Queen can't cope at all, there's a number she can call What is the proof of life? A fruitfly in the beehive What is the proof of life, a fruitfly in the beehive I quit spinning the plates for you, a fruitfly in the beehive What is the proof of life? A fruitfly in the beehive Where are we headed for? For a distant shore? Or some brand new war? Don't know why I can't ask for more, don't walk out the door, what am I left here for? How is it gonna end? Should I now repent and then make amends? Who wrote the unwritten laws that we didn't ask for but we can't ignore? And when the true believers die, more and more get born again If the Queen can't cope at all, there’s a number she can call Wanting some proof of life, a fruitfly in the beehive What is the proof of life, fruitfly in the beehive I quit spinning the plates for you, a fruitfly in the beehive What is the proof of life? A fruitfly in the beehive
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It Was Never Going To Turn Out Too Good 02:48
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It was never gonna turn out too good for me I was born in the winter in Manchester 3 With the rain in my face From the East came the men that meant I'd never work again They do the work that you won't If this is Jerusalem why do they speak in tongues Bring me your poor your masses It was never gonna turn out too good for me That always happens to your kind I'm in the heart of the storm and it's too dark to see It's fixed in the stars how it will be I look to the stars to see how it unwinds I never called the shots and I know that's my lot The world will end in fire or it will end in ice My fortunes depend on the throw of a dice Wish it weren't so Say it ain't so A mountain to climb It's too far to go
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Do As I Say 03:25
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Whet the blade on the stone, light the fire from the flint I confess to all of my crimes, tell me more and I'll repeat your lines You're not natural, you're not as God made you, do as I say, do as I do Before I'm burned up in the flames, I will give you all the Devil's names? Do as I say! Do as I do! Do as I say! Do as I do! Do as I say! Do as I do! The rod to your back I'll use 'til it's broken, you say you re innocent so you must be guilty! You serve me ill Sir, there's nothing to find, need some face time, need some quality time I will cleave the soul from the flesh, I am unmoved as you confess! Look in this glass, we are the same, if we reversed then you'd be in the flames Do as I say! Do as I do! Do as I say! Do as I do! Do as I say! Do as I do! Please... Say as I say! Please... Please... Say as I say! Please... Do as I say! Burn at the stake! Die for a break! Lose all I stake! Kill all the day! She wore some lipstick! She should've covered it! They dress in dayglo robes In Guantanamo! Now I know you, I'll follow you Now I know you, I'll follow you Now I know you, I'll follow you Now I know you, I'll follow you
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I Can See From Far Away 02:58
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A face like that locked you in so that you lost all your friends Sleep. Wake. Sleep. Wake. Sleep. Wake. Sleep. Wake How could she be your idol? It was a fluke you first saw her She was marooned in a shop door But you forget how you met her Everybody answers the bell Everyone thinks they have no tell Hoarding your fate, saving your skin, it never ends I can see you float away, I can see from far away I can see you float away, I can see you float away Sleep. Wake. Sleep. Oh, have Mercy Don't ask me where she could be now Or if her long hair is still brown Her downy neck collects sweat beads And if she captures the sunbeams Everybody wants to be free All you want is to be released She opens her eyes, she swiveled her hips, did it all for you Sleep. Wake. Sleep. Wake

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'Content' is the eighth studio album and was the first album of new songs from Gang of Four in 16 years, after Shrinkwrapped in 1995.

'Content' was largely written and recorded in 2008 and 2009 at Andy’s studio. It was licensed to German independent label Groenland Records for UK and Europe and Yeproc for North America.

“Content is that rare thing from a reunited band – a credible new studio release – and the songs from that record stood up fine against the still-commanding anxieties in Damaged Goods and Love Like Anthrax, illustrated in the latter by Gill’s atonal cannon-fire, which he triggered by kicking his Strat across the floor. For Gang of Four, the great leap forward – through noise to justice – is back on.” – David Fricke, Rolling Stone, February 9th 2011.

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released January 24, 2011

All songs written by Andy Gill & Jon King. Produced and mixed by Andy Gill.

Andy Gill - guitars, vocals.
Jon King - vocals, melodica.
Mark Heaney - drums.
Thomas McNeice - bass.
Eddie Reader - backing vocals on 'I Party All The Time'

Engineered by: Sam Morton, Matt Appelhans and Rian James.

Additional sound input on 'Who Am I' by Sie Medway-Smith.

Copyright Andy Gill & John King 2011.

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