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Teenage Alcoholic

from Blang! by Lach

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From the original liner notes: "I imagined this as sort of a Clash/Jam song with a Beach Boys break thrown in the middle. After recording the song I was reading a book on The Clash and in it Joe Strummer talked about how he loved The Beach Boys! The sound of the spaceship taking off while I'm saying "Reaching through the radio" was the result of my producer Richard Barone manually adjusting the Echoplex as the tape was running!" - Lach

lyrics

Teenage Alcoholic

Full blown at thirteen
Finishing daddy's drinks
Everyone thought you were cute
Until you started to shoot

Mommy's an ostrich
She keeps her head in the sand
Cocktails at bridge
You know she's always got the winning hand

Where are you tonight?
Boston, Queens, L.A.?
Or are you stuck in someburbia
where no one gives a shit anyway?
About...

Teenage alcoholic, teenage alcoholic
Hey, where are you?

No-one understands
They just make fun of you
And all the local bands
They're telling you it's so cool

But your grist for the mill
Yeah, kids are for tricks
Keep on going until
You get sick and tired of being sick

I ain't here to preach
I just hope you're o.k.
And though it seems out of reach,
You know, there's got to be a better way
than...

Teenage alcoholic, teenage alcoholic
Hey, where are you?
Come in from the cold
You're getting to old to be a
Teenage alcoholic, teenage alcoholic
Teenage alcoholic, teenage alcoholic
Hey, where are you?

©2014 Lach

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from Blang!, released November 11, 2013
Lach - Guitars, Voice
Geoff Notkin - Bass
Drums - Billy Ficca
Backing Vocals - The Humans, Richard Barone

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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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