The The (Matt Johnson) - Flesh and Bones

B-Side of "Heartland"

Flesh And Bones" ( Matt Johnson)

it's the first day of spring with clean air in the wind

and everything is just like it should be
the roads are jammed up with lorries and cars
and I'm standing in the street with my hand upon my heart

this is the place that I used to know
but its been wiped away and put up for show

I'm all alone in the middle of a crowd
I open my mouth and scream a silent shout

I jumped out of bed had my first cigarette,
it made my body feel sick but helped my mind relax,
the cranes are moving on the skyline
and the water is dripping from the kitchen tap
these times they are a changing
but I'm being left behind
everybody's running trying to catch up with their lives
everybody's running trying to catch up with their lives

and all the pricks on their television screens
trying to disguise what they really mean
they say things are getting better when we know they're getting worse
while they're buying bigger guns from a shrinking purse
the stink and sweat and the flesh and bones
have been replaced and are being sold
not for melting down for pillows or souls
but as draft stoppers to keep out the cold

well, I jumped out of bed had my first cigarette,
it made my body feel sick but helped my mind relax
the cranes are moving on the skyline
and the water is dripping from the kitchen tap
these times they are a changing
and I'm being left behind
everybody's running trying to catch up with their lives
everybody's running trying to catch up with their lives

- (Lyrics: Matt Johnson - theThe )

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[AntiMusick]

IF YOU CAN'T PLEASE YOURSELF YOU CAN'T PLEASE YOUR SOUL is one of the best compilation albums from the 1980s, I bought it back then and it turned me onto many bands that are now some of my most favorite groups.

[jdz1979]

Heard this track when I was kid via my father's cassette version of "If you can't please yourself, you can't please your soul" ... I usurped the tape and played the death out of it. Fantastic compilation. Fantastic song. A few years ago I stumbled across the comp. on CD and had to pick it up. It's out there and well worth tracking down.

[edisonoside]

I've been reunited!!

[sonichaggis]

I taped this off of the radio in 1985 and really have not heard it since then. Thanks for posting... great tune!

[MrMonsterstiffy]

Still have this lp comp.

[veronica0853]

Ahhh, I feel so much better after listening. Talk about staying in touch with your roots! Thanks!

[BansheeMilk]

So important to me this song

[stevosomebizzare]

love and devotion

[Zubair4242]

Genius.

Matts music beautifully captures the angst & agony of existence.

[esellori]

I've still got the original release of the compilation this was the STAR of,forgotten the title,but it had Yello,SPK,etc. The cover was a cartoon guy with a snake crawling through his body.I've got over 500 LP's,and 2 turntables,thanks to years of DJ'ing,but I haven't seen most of them in years(eventhough they're right beside me),because they're covered by too many PC games.LOL

[celeruk]

most precious in my collection... spent two weeks in london back in'93 looking for the the...

[lemsta007]

only 9000 hits, fook this awesome