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The Chase
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The Chase
Working as a bookie at the local club
Every night a new girl, every night the same drugs
Used to be an actor now you’re just putting on an act
Everything you wanted is every thing you lack
Always saving mama in every girl you see
But what you’re really saying is “Mama, please save me”
Standing at the starting line ready for your run
The referee is sweating and he's polishing his gun
But the race is over even before it has begun
You’ve raced yourself forever and you’ve never won
Always hitting daddy in every man you meet
But what you’re really saying is “Daddy, don't hit me”
And so I wrote this song I don't know what for
I guess, in a way, to say I can’t see you anymore
You’re a dog, a fog, a bad bitter aftertaste
And I’m just so glad to be far from the maddening chase
Sick of all your worry, tired of your face
Sick and tired, tired of the chase
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Lach Edinburgh, UK
Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach
Chronicles.
‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK
‘Splendid! Best of it's kind!’- Mojo
‘Incredibly bright, influential, funny, poetic.’-Suzanne Vega
‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis
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One of my all time fave singers/writers (and she sings on my album The Calm Before!)
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I have a kid who was a baby when the pandemic started and a toddler now. When he’s older and asks what the pandemic is like I’m gonna put this album on and pour myself a drink- this covers it all. Feels surreal to imagine ever having the privilege of going to see a Jeffrey Lewis show again but it’s top of my list when this crap is over.
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