Uploaded by chemicalpure on Aug 23, 2008
The song In Quintessence by the band Squeeze.
He smokes himself into double vision
Leaves his mind on an indecision,
Thinks he's invented imagination
Says that God is some relation.
He leaves his cigarette burning on the desk
His clothes and magazines make up such a mess,
Sitting up in bed transistor on his chest
In quintessence.
He and his friends sit around all evening
Leaving their laughter upon the ceiling,
Seems so funny yet it leaves me yawning
Then I find it's the following morning.
He says his girlfriend lives too far away
Always at a friend's house or on holiday,
His Bible of romance hides itself away
In quintessence.
A 15 year old's browse through life,
Is fine with his quintessence safe and sound in mind,
Life's an adolescence from time to time
With us all
In quintessence.
In the corner with his book and tissue
All he can do is pretend to miss you,
Closes his eyes as he sees her body
Pulls funny faces and that's his hobby.
On the other hand love ain't a happy word
On the other hand love ain't a piece of skirt,
Makes for something special in your football shirt
In quintessence.
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The deep voice in Squeeze was always Chris Difford-listen to Cool for Cats.
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they rank up there with Ray Davies for songwriting
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@perolssong ditto................
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East Side Story is one of the most important albums released in 1981!
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@MrSqueezefan could be the best pop lyricist next to elvis costello
wonder how many pop songs are about masterbation
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Pulls funny faces and that's his hobby. Where does Difford get these lyrics? A class above any other songwriter.
8 months ago 2
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@mollyandbenb Thanks. His voice is very unique.
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@kentuckyfriedplus that deeper voice is chris difford. this song was absolutely destined to be an opener; it's just too invigorating to be sequenced anywhere else.
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from the days when people learn't how to play musical instruments and wrote proper lyrics!
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Good song...who is singing with the deeper voice on this track?
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why isnt this on any of the greatest hits albums? One of their best
kinksboss1 3 years ago 18
I found this on vinyl in Rochester, NY for a dollar last year. This song is great, so is Piccadilly.
freshley 3 years ago 3