Carter USM : The Taking of Peckham 123 (from 101 Damnations)

Lyrics below.
Great song taken from Carter USM's first album, 101 Damnations.

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It's like Saint Valentine's Day
At the sugar candy store
Where the barman lays
On the bloodstained floor
With all the wines
And the cocktails
He won't be serving anymore
To the swingers
And the roustabouts
And the carnivore queen
Who's looking for the 3 scrooges
Who are nowhere to be seen
And life's just a bowl of cherries
For the fruit machine

The taking of Peckham
1..2..3..1..2..3

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
They robbed him blind, then dumb
And then deaf
And they left him there bleeding
On the pavement to die
And he went to that
Great high-rise block in the sky
And the hands that do the dishes
Feel as soft as your face
Then they rob you of your pension
And they ransack your place
Still, you try to forgive
Like the Babby Jesus did
Though it's so hard to be a saint
In the flats where you live
And you'll live there tomorrow
And the day that you die
When you'll go to that
Big high-rise block in the sky
And you'll meet the Babby Jesus
So you'll know you`re in Heaven
And you'll get back the years
That you gave
In the taking of Peckham

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Carter
• USM
• Taking
• Peckham
• Unstoppable
• Sex
• Machine
• Alternative
• Indie
• Pop
• 101
• Damnations
• Jim
• Bob
• Fruitbat

[thegyndy]

wish wish wish they would write another album of tough moody menacing songs like this - unbeatable.

[BlackChills]

Do You Mean When They're Playing At Brixton O2? Because I'm Going Too, But They're Only Playing All Songs From 101 Damnations And 30 Something.

[UKSundaeGirl72]

I just have this in my head non-stop now, thanks to the "new" film... For those of us that remember Catrer, Pelham will always be Peckham.

[madmanplym]

saw them live about 15 yrs ago class

[dragonfitter]

hope they play this in november i got tickets carnt wait

[vjfit]

It's like Saint Valentine's Day

At the sugar candy store....

ha,

i wish i'd have kept this album.

i think i've still got sheriff fat man on 7"