XTC senses working overtime 1982.wmv

(andy partridge)
Hey hey,
the clouds are whey,
there's straw for the donkeys,
and the innocents can all sleep safely,
all sleep safely.
My, my,
sun is pie,
there's fodder for the cannons,
and the guilty ones can all sleep safely,
all sleep safely.
And all the world is football shaped,
it's just for me to kick in space,
and i can see, hear, smell, touch, taste,
and i've got one, two, three, four, five
senses working overtime,
trying to take this all in,
i've got one, two, three, four, five
senses working overtime,
trying to taste the difference,
'tween the lemons and limes,
the pain and the pleasure,
and the church bells softly chime.
Hey hey,
night fights day,
there's food for the thinkers,
and the innocents can all live slowly,
all live slowly,
my, my,
the sky will cry,
jewels for the thirsty,
and the guilty one's can all die slowly
all die slowly.
And all the world is biscuit shaped,
it's just for me to feed my face,
and i can see, hear, smell, touch, taste,
and i've got one, two, three, four, five,
senses working overtime,
trying to take this all in,
i've got one, two, three, four, five,
senses working overtime,
trying to taste the difference,
'tween the lemons and limes,
the pain and the pleasure,
and the church bells softly chime,
And birds might fall from black skies,
and bullies might give you black eyes,
and busses might skid on black ice,
but to me it's very very beautiful,
(england's glory!)
beautiful
(a striking beauty!)
And all the world is football shaped,
it's just for me to kick in space,
and i can see, hear, smell, touch, taste,
and i've got one, two, three, four, five,
senses working overtime,
trying to take this all in,
i've got one,two,three, four, five
senses working overtime,
trying to tell the difference,
'tween the goods and crimes,
dirt or treasure,
and there's one, two, three, four,five
senses working overtime,
trying to take this all in,
i've got one, two, three, four, five,
senses working overtime,
trying to taste the difference,
'tween the lemons and limes,
the pain and the pleasure,
and the church bells softly chime.

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[anthakata]

i think you mean Goyte sounds like this. This was 1982!

[ritamoe1]

i remember listening to this as a youth w/ my cousins, and all of us were in the garage sneeking in beers , while our parents were partyn in the house. and it would be a special occasion like new years. and we would be listening to kroq's 106 best of the year countdown. those were the best times of my life

[NoNoseProduction]

isn't really a complex riff. But yeah w/e I don't like Goyte at all.

[Alice Grey]

Everything everything are an English band, who sound similiar to XTC. They are brilliant

[cheesewedge631]

i love how people talk bollocks and argue...

[MrMachachos]

I came here as it occurred to me that Goyte had ripped of this riff and I see others have been here b4 with similar comments - Obviously XTC was" something he used to know"!

[Manuel Martinez]

muchisimas gracias a todos por vuestros comentarios..... ya sabeis la buena musica debe perdurar para que la puedan disfrutar todos aquellos que no viviveron esta gran decada de muy buena musica.... ciao.....

[peteh4666]

I remember listening to this while in my inter cert year in St Marys College, Galway Ireland, on my new Toshiba RT-100S ghetto blaster, on a borrowed set of headphones, great memories and great music back then!

[lapsus5]

XTC, one of the best bands ever!

[gamergeeko]

sleeping dogs :)

[Leila Eve]

calm down! i was only saying that the start of the song sounds very similar to somebody that i used to know...