Album: This Is Big Audio Dynamite (1985)
Charted: 11
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  • Somebody I never met
    But in a way I know
    Didn't think that you could get
    So much from a picture show
    Man dies first reel
    People ask what's the deal?
    This ain't how it's supposed to be
    Don't like no aborigine

    Took a trip in Powis Square
    Pop star dyed his hair
    No fans to scream and shout
    When mobsters came to flush him out
    Gangland slaying underground
    New identity must be found
    On the left bank for a while
    Insanity Bohemian style

    Ritual ideas relativety
    Only buildings no people prophecy
    Time slide place to hide nudge reality
    Foresight minds wide magic imagery, oh oh

    Met a dwarf that was no good
    Dressed like little Red Riding Hood
    Bad habit taking life
    A calling card a six inch knife
    Ran off really fast
    Mumbled something 'bout the past
    Best sex I've ever seen
    As if each moment was the last
    Drops of blood color slide
    Funeral for his bride
    But it's him who's really dead
    Gets to take the funeral ride

    Ritual ideas relativity
    Only buildings no people prophecy
    Time slide place to hide nudge reality
    Foresight minds wide magic imagery, oh oh
    Oh oh
    Oh oh
    Oh oh

    Space guy fell from the sky
    Scratched my head and wondered why
    Time slide into time
    Across international dateline
    Scientist eats bubblegum
    Hall of fame baseball
    Senators a Hoodlum
    Big chiefs in the hall

    Ritual ideas relativity
    Only buildings no people prophecy
    Time slide place to hide nudge reality
    Foresight minds wide magic imagery, oh oh

    Stray thoughts fear to tread
    Placed upon the screen instead
    She's my flame too hot to hold
    Had to settle for her cold

    Blood lust, Greek god, gold discovery
    Gone bust, tight wad, slow recovery
    Axe job, flame thrower, iron bar and gun
    Betting shop, New owner, A walk in the sun

    Ritual ideas relativity
    Only buildings no people prophecy
    Time slide place to hide nudge reality
    Foresight minds wide magic imagery, oh oh

    Spread the news the Maestro's back
    With a beat box soundtrack
    The King of brains, Queen of the sack'
    Executives have heart attack
    It's assault course celluloid
    The money makers would avoid
    Sometimes notions get reversed
    Center of the universe

    Ritual ideas relativity
    Only buildings no people prophecy
    Time slide place to hide nudge reality
    Foresight minds wide magic imagery, oh oh
    Oh oh
    Oh oh
    Oh oh

    Ritual ideas relativety
    Only buildings no people prophecy
    Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
    Foresight minds wide magic imagery, oh oh
    Oh oh
    Ritual ideas relativety
    Only buildings no people prophecy
    Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
    Foresight minds wide magic imagery, oh oh, oh oh Writer/s: Daniel Donovan, Don Letts, Mick Jones
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Dan from CaliforniaThe Wikipedia page "E=MC2 (song)" covers some of the references to Roeg's films.
  • Squidfles from WiltsWhat are the horn samples of?
    Does anybody know?
  • AnonymousWhere were the band in the video filmed at, you know that place with the lights on the pillars?.
  • Melinda from AustraliaOmg why isn’t Big Audio Dynamite’s biggest hit here, the song Rush.
    It’s their best song.
    Whenever I hear Rush I go crazy. It’s so good.
    And we had so much fun to that song so many years ago.
  • David from Maplewood, NjAn all time great tune that I finally understand. And for "modern sampling technologies," I guess that rules out "I Am the walrus," which is 28 years older, but the excepts from King Lear were records live from the broadcast.
  • Obed from Philadelphia, Pathe best song ever in the whole wide world
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