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Successful man with a winning smile
Spends weekends at his country pile
With his perfect wife, three perfect kids
When he shakes your hand he encloses it in both of his
For most of the year he's a most popular man
But the look on his face says he doesn't understand
Why no-one wants to talk to him today
He gets the distinct impression they'd prefer if he just went away
If no man is an island
Why do they flow around him
Without looking his way?
At the office Christmas Party
You could pay for ten nurses from his Christmas bonus
The board says he deserves it, 'cause he makes the tough decisions
He's the captain of our ship, on the cold winter seas
In his tailor-made uniform, from Saville Row and Jermyn Street
For most of the year he's a most popular man
But the look on his face says he doesn't understand
Why no-one wants to hear about next year's financial plans
They want to get drunk, cut loose
And dance to Wham
They can't relax until you get up and go
That's the loneliness
Of the CEO
At the office Christmas party
Spare a thought for the CEO at the office Christmas party
No-one wants to know how he's spending New Year
That could be you one day, in the same position
All the money you desire but no Christmas cheer
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Xmas TV With You
02:21
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All wrapped up in my winter coat
Scarf tied tightly round my throat
Suitcase in my hand
On a platform waiting for
An overcrowded train
To come take me away
All this pushing and this shoving
Will all melt away to nothing
'Cause I'll be at your door
There's nowhere I'd rather be
Than watching shit TV
In your arms
On Christmas Day
And when I arrive
You'll pull me inside
We'll shut out the cold
You put a record on
Darlene Love sings please come home
And we smile because I have
Strings of pretty fairy lights
Are reflected in your eyes
And the world seems beautiful
There's nowhere I'd rather be
Than watching shit TV
In your arms
On Christmas Day
Someone's gonna die on Eastenders tonight.
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Black Friday Blues
04:06
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Deep discounts on
Electronic goods
For the first few customers
Scrambling through the door
Trampling over
Friends and neighbours
For sixty percent savings
OnJack LaLanne juicers
I've got those Black Friday Blues
Deep discounts on
Perfumes and clothing
Deep discounts on
Just about everything
Deep discounts are
Never to be repeated
Deep discounts are
Never to be repeated
I've got those Black Friday blues
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Frozen Winter Sea
05:04
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The snow dances before it settles
Like a swarm of butterflies
It gathers round your shoulders
Giving you a cloak of white
You shake some life back into your fingers
Your breath freezes on the night
And I think I see you smile
Picked out by strings of coloured lights
I only want you
This Christmas
That was years ago
When snow still fell on a screen
And we spent the winter
In a city by the frozen sea
You kept your secrets wrapped tightly
Underneath the tree
And you never revealed
What happened on those Christmases before me
I only want you
This Christmas
But you're gone
And you're never coming home
I guess I'll have to spend this Christmas
Drinking alone
Oh darling, how could you be so cold?
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The snow dances before it settles
Like a swarm of butterflies
It gathers round your shoulders
Giving you a cloak of white
You shake some life back into your fingers
Your breath freezes on the night
And I think I see you smile
Picked out by strings of coloured lights
I only want you
This Christmas
That was years ago
When snow still fell on a screen
And we spent the winter
In a city by the frozen sea
You kept your secrets wrapped tightly
Underneath the tree
And you never revealed
What happened on those Christmases before me
I only want you
This Christmas
But you're gone
And you're never coming home
I guess I'll have to spend this Christmas
Drinking alone
Oh darling, how could you be so cold?
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Lowering London, UK
Co-founder of the Disintegration State label.
disintegrationstate.bandcamp.com
Ambient / Drone / Electronic / Shoegaze
Noise over talent.
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