Escape from New Yorkshire
from Acting Thick for Money by The Wind-up Birds
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First released on the EP 'Songs Speeches Dancing', December 2005
lyrics
Hold your breath and slip through the railings
Run like mad from your recent failings
Don’t look back the path’s disappearing
Don’t explain the pleasure you’re feeling
You know overhead that vultures are circling
You did all you could
It just wasn’t working
It just wasn’t working
(They killed themselves laughing at our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary streets of this terrible city
(There’s no way to stop us shifting out of focus)
Your family won’t miss you
Thrown away like a tissue
You’ll see things more clearly
Its the only answer really
Its the only answer really
Don’t tell anyone where you going
Or when you’ll be back
There’s no way of knowing
You can change your name or your face when you get there
Invent a past for the people you meet there
Its a better place but it won’t be plain sailing
You will wish you were back through the railings
Well get back through the railings
(They killed themselves laughing at our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary streets of this terrible city
(There’s no way to stop us shifting out of focus)
Down the hidden ginnels
Subterranean tunnels
You’ll learn how to function
There’s always repercussions
There’s always repercussions
You once thought you would be relevant
Words you uttered would be held as significant
Now your dreams are all so distant
You act surprised but it was so blatant
Act surprised but it was so blatant
Act surprised but you are so blatant
You act suprised
(They killed themselves laughing at our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary streets of this terrible city
(There’s no way to stop us shifting out of focus)
Your family won’t miss you
Thrown away like a tissue
You’ll see things more clearly
Its the only answer really
(They killed themselves laughing at our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary streets of this terrible city
(There’s no way to stop us shifting out of focus)
Down the hidden ginnels
Subterranean tunnels
You’ll learn how to function
There’s always repercussions
There’s always repercussions
Run like mad from your recent failings
Don’t look back the path’s disappearing
Don’t explain the pleasure you’re feeling
You know overhead that vultures are circling
You did all you could
It just wasn’t working
It just wasn’t working
(They killed themselves laughing at our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary streets of this terrible city
(There’s no way to stop us shifting out of focus)
Your family won’t miss you
Thrown away like a tissue
You’ll see things more clearly
Its the only answer really
Its the only answer really
Don’t tell anyone where you going
Or when you’ll be back
There’s no way of knowing
You can change your name or your face when you get there
Invent a past for the people you meet there
Its a better place but it won’t be plain sailing
You will wish you were back through the railings
Well get back through the railings
(They killed themselves laughing at our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary streets of this terrible city
(There’s no way to stop us shifting out of focus)
Down the hidden ginnels
Subterranean tunnels
You’ll learn how to function
There’s always repercussions
There’s always repercussions
You once thought you would be relevant
Words you uttered would be held as significant
Now your dreams are all so distant
You act surprised but it was so blatant
Act surprised but it was so blatant
Act surprised but you are so blatant
You act suprised
(They killed themselves laughing at our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary streets of this terrible city
(There’s no way to stop us shifting out of focus)
Your family won’t miss you
Thrown away like a tissue
You’ll see things more clearly
Its the only answer really
(They killed themselves laughing at our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary streets of this terrible city
(There’s no way to stop us shifting out of focus)
Down the hidden ginnels
Subterranean tunnels
You’ll learn how to function
There’s always repercussions
There’s always repercussions
credits
from Acting Thick for Money,
released April 16, 2011
Paul Ackroyd - vocals
Ben Dawson - bass
Mat Forrest - guitar
Oli Jefferson - drums
Written by The Wind-Up Birds. Lyrics by Ackroyd
Paul Ackroyd - vocals
Ben Dawson - bass
Mat Forrest - guitar
Oli Jefferson - drums
Written by The Wind-Up Birds. Lyrics by Ackroyd
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