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Lemons
03:16
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I would walk a wire for you
Leaving all that's always been my all for you
You put me in your pocket
You put me in your pocket
Meanwhile I suck Lemons
I seem To walk a Wire for you
You put a hole in me (Repeat)
Now I've called up all those numbers
Ate shit and wasted time
Can my word move any slower
Wheel spin it, crashed and die
I seem to walk some wire for you
I remember staying up 4 days with
You put a hole in me (repeat)
You put me in your pocket
Please put me in your pocker
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2. |
Supersize Industrial
05:24
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Up and down the country in the back of white vans.
Me and the band, poppers and Traffic jams
More gigs build a profile more gigs, vans.
Bigger, better bands, traffic and popper jams
Working up the food chain to fully fledged carnivore.
What do we all want?1 2 2 3 4.
Leeds, Glasgow Wah Wah hut,
Duchess, duke and the Charlottes shut
Flea and Furkin Southport beach
Subway, Zap club top, no sleep.
Oh dear, Brighton pier
Put your t shirts over here
5 minutes, no sound check
Shut my eyes I’ll hit the deck
Sleep is for suckers Sleep is for suckers Sleep is for suckers Sleep is for suckers
THE BIG TIME. WE MADE A SPLASH
OVER THIS TIME LIKE A RASH
BUT NOW THEY ALL WANT THEIR CASH BACK
YOU NEED TO MOVE ON
STAR YOU KNOW HOW GORGEOUS YOU ARE
YOU LOST YOUR MIND IN MY CAR
STAR YOU NEED TO MOVE ON
It was a great song but take the money and run
We meet ‘The Grateful Dead’ fan club ‘The Dead Heads’. Never except food or drink off them. They had potions and brews of all hues. All I remember was a stair case going up and up and round and round.
I ended up on the roof of the Colombia Hotel with a wizard with stars in his beard and he told me, when you die, according to how you’ve lived your life. You re-enact your happiest or saddest moments over and over for eternity.
THE BIG TIME. WE MADE A SPLASH
OVER THIS TIME LIKE A RASH
BUT NOW THEY ALL WANT THEIR CASH BACK
YOU NEED TO MOVE ON
STAR YOU KNOW HOW GORGEOUS YOU ARE
YOU LOST YOUR MIND IN MY CAR
STAR YOU NEED TO MOVE ON
Supersize supersize superstar supersize
It was a great song but take the money and run
Fallen star Hello welcome to the show. So you’re a cockney. Where do you come from?
Northern Star I don’t actually I lived in Manchester
Fallen star Oh dear, well whereabouts so a few Mancunians can say ohh he lived in our street
Northern Star I lived in Manchester
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3. |
Plastic Head
04:39
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Everything belongs to me, I’m flying round the world
In the blink of an eyelash keeps me moving in first class
I see my plastic head, passing me buy, floating on high
Your plastic shades go back in time
Chants
Your plastic plastic head
Oh are we forsaken
Driving in black cars walking on thin ice. Hits you like a train hits you for hours
White powder in the air compound my despair in hotel bars
You talk in plastic shade of rhyme
Chants
Your plastic plastic head
So are we forsaken
Oh Tracy Star
Has it gone too far when the world knows who you are?
Every time you walk on water they get so mystified by it all
Oh Tracy Star
Your plastic your plastic plastic head
You talk in plastic shades of rhyme
I’m not here I’m not there
See I did’nt start the show with ladies and gentlemen or guys. No hooks now. I’m there I’m not here I’m on my own
You’re on your own
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And god created Manchester in psycho-delic techno-colour splat
Gone were the overcoats replaced with flares in psycho-delic techno-colour splat
This is the Rise and Fall of a Northern Star
This is the Rise and Fall of a Norther Dubstar
The Japanese arrived. Buying are ghosts and shirts off our backs
A global commodity in psycho-delic techno-colour splat
This is the Rise and Fall of a Northern Star
This is the Rise and Fall of a Norther Dubstar
Why not live now and die fast in ablaze of rock and roll glory
Join the 27 forever with illustrious company
Jimmy, Janice, James and Jim and like them
Create esoteric soundscapes for the discerning listener in the sky
This is the Rise and Fall of a Northern Star
This is the Rise and Fall of a Norther Dubstar
This is the Rise and Fall of a Northern Star
This is the Rise and Fall of a Norther Dubstar
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5. |
Acrimonius Frame of Mind
03:40
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6. |
Unzip your Revolution
09:37
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But I keep on harking back to that thing about solidarity
Cause when you started out like that and been together like that
Then it’s the solidarity that is the bond because if you don’t have that your own you own
More money, more sex, they suck you till you are dry
You need to move on
Open the Escape Hatch,
we are near break out
Always crashing around in the dark
Then I had a break down
It was illuminating
Think i’ll stop
Think i’ll start
Think i’ll stop
Time moves on, time moves on Move on time, move on time
I’ve got too much time on my hands. No band, I’m in limbo I’ve got to eat I can’t sleep. Well this isn’t gonna make you sleep is it. I best not. I’ll have a bit. Have it all. How much? £300. £300 You can afford it. No I can’t. No I can’t I need to write a song. You can’t write a song. You’re too mental. Too depressed I need this. Pure bliss
I need to write this down so I can remember what it feels like. I AM A SHINING TORCH OF MUSICAL LIGHT. I CAN TOUCH THE ABYSS. I’m not asleep am I? No your awake and it’s a nightmare.
repeat
Open the escape hatch.
I am near breaking
Silently waiting here in the dark
Think I had a breakdown
Think i’ll stop
Think i’ll start
Think i’ll stop
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7. |
Time Stood Still Part 1
01:36
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I got my first gig supporting John Cooper Clarke at The Cyprus Tavern
John Cooper Clarke
Well I tell you anyone whos ever seen me in a photographical sense or on the television I’m sick of the sight if myself
Who are Ya!
BLOW ME DOWN KNOCKED OFF MY FEET AGAIN
TELL YOUR BROTHER MOTHER SISTER I WILL BURN THEM DOWN IN FLAMES
YOU BEG FOR MERCY I SAY NO…
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8. |
Time Stood Still Part 2
09:22
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Time stood still Time stood still
Posters of Ethereal beings, so esoteric, so alien.
Well alien to here.
Practise the art of Marcelle Marceau with no fear of retribution.
The thinnest man I’d ever seen. He smoked cannabis through a coke can. Thought I was beneath him, too loud, too female. I irritated him and I liked that.
Musicians proper musicians. The vocals were always the last thing to go down, usually about 5 am. I would be a bit tipsy. Well completely and utterly wrecked.
The smoke bomb. Time stood still... as a mushroom cloud of red hung. Then slowly descended mixing with the foam turning everyone it touched bright pink.
This is the Rise and Fall of a Northern Star
And I found caves…and inside them caves I found remnants of spells, burnt ashes, herbs, skin and entrails. This was definitely a place where magic was still practised, full of symbols and keys to other dimensions.
I soberly stuck to that gargoyle like glue
We gated quantised and compressed the music. Re styled. Re mixed. Re jigged. I got new frocks, new shoes. New hair do’s. New name too.
I never liked those people. They were snide. Never looked me fully in the eye. The music business is a filthy business.
Dear Miss Starr
We are writing to inform you of the position of our client, here in after referred to as the record. company, in relation to the artist, here in after referred to as Tracy Starr. It is with deep regret we inform you we are unable to renew the option or commit to further releases blah blah.
It’s the white pills for in shakes, the blue ones to keep you calm and the Big fat sleepers to block out the screamers.
In there I had time to ponder. In There, there is an odd calmness to hitting rock bottom. That stomach churning feeling of falling into the abyss stops because you’re sat in it, right up to your neck.
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9. |
Rock n Roll Crime
02:33
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When is Time to Bow out? When is it time to pack it in?
When should a wanna be rock and roll star end in a bargain bin?
I tried to get back to London but everybody kicked me out!
The medication made me slur and paranoia messed me about
Slightly out of fashion. Slightly out of time
Slightly out of sync a rock and roll crime
Real life rock and roll star
Ha ha gorgeous!
Slightly out of fashion. Slightly out of time
Slightly out of sync a rock and roll crime
Real life rock and roll star
Ha ha gorgeous!
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10. |
Moondog
06:16
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In a small cluttered room above a chip shop in Harperhay North Manchester a star was born
It’s five AM in a cocktail bar. By your face we didn’t get very far
I’m going home, I’m too tired and stoned
Red eyes, red witch, red eyes, red witch
Just a girl who can’t say no, Just a girl who can’t say no
Holding on to a falling star, I left a trail in the park
That was where my mind was caved in. In the middle of singing something
Red eyed, red witch, red eyes, red witch
Just a girl who can’t say no. Just a girl who can’t say no
Blue light flashed like a ball of flames, I can’t tell them my first name
I could the line going in, my hand was stinging
Do you think you can count to 5 for honey
Do you think you can open your eyes for me
Everything was shaking starting to fall
Hit me like train hit me for hours
I travelled through a wire saw myself on the floor
if this is how it is, I don’t want anymore
Red eyes, red witch, you drunk enough you stupid bitch
Just a girl who can’t say no, Just a girl who can’t say no
I’m going home
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11. |
Dubtrap
07:10
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12. |
Lemons ft Nick McCabe
03:18
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Intastella Manchester, UK
Formally the lead singer for the cult Manchester band Intastella, who released 5 albums, ten singles and recorded two Peel sessions, After releasing her solo album to critical accalim. Grundy has released her new album with guests including Jah Wobble and Nick McCabe (ex The Verve). Recieving 4 and 5 star rave reviews and hailed as "an absolute masterpiece" & Music Moron's album of the year. ... more
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