I Wish That They'd Sack Me

Track 7

The Boy Bands Have Won

New Album From Chumbawamba.
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

Five days from seven the week's hardly mine
The alarm clock's gone over to enemy lines
Waste my time working for cowards and creeps
Oh I wish that they'd sack me and leave me to sleep

Rain strikes the window heralds the day
Rain won't you wash these eight hours away?
Rain feeds the river runs heavy and deep
Oh I wish that they'd sack me and leave me to sleep

Birds on the windowsill sing in the dawn
By the time that I'm home all this day will be gone
Spend my life sowing what others will reap
Oh I wish that they'd sack me and leave me to sleep

Rain strikes the window heralds the day
Rain won't you wash these eight hours away?
Rain feeds the river runs heavy and deep
Oh I wish that they'd sack me and leave me to sleep.


Words inspired by a single line in an old song by Squeeze and put to Kris Drever's arrangement of a traditional tune ('Green Grows The Laurel'). Dave Crickmore played banjo wearing his trademark flowery-patterned shirt with a button-down collar; ironically he popped in from work during his lunch break to play on this song.

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• Chumbawamba
• Boy
• Bands
• Have
• Won
• folk
• hip-hop
• world
• music
• unsigned

[bullyboy1863]

this is also a good song.

[TeaChanPunker]

Love this song.

Jesus, why is it necessary to spam this song with inane hate messages.

[SUMD123]

1st world problems

[FiveofHearts1]

I think I just found the perfect song to get me through my nightmarish job.

[hedwind]

@Joiner113 whatever dude. it's called having an opinion. that's maybe why youtube has a comments list...? chill

[Joiner113]

@hedwind All I was saying was that you might like to take into consideration the fact that some other people might like the band, and that your comment was tantamount to trolling. Try for a little consideration.

[hedwind]

@Joiner113 Sounds to me as though it’s you who likes to masturbate into a sock after a quick go on World of Warcraft? My consideration was given, and it was for anybody made out to be a worthless waste of breathable air by the mediocre band Chumbawumba - and this message was sent aaaaages ago!!! Get with the times, and please stop inadvertently giving away what you do with your spare time...

[hedwind]

@cdriggs - splendid use of the english language mate

[Joiner113]

@hedwind Other people might like their music. Have some consideration before you post comments on videos... or alternatively go and play World of Warcraft before masturbating into a sock.

[ACBurgdorf]

Some people really like the word "Asinine"... Brilliant song though.

[simonizer5]

oh'  Ahh

[MrRuigni]

I tried looking for this album but cant find it ANYWHERE. Its their best album thus far I think though.