Past Houses
from Cross Country by The Wind-up Birds
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lyrics
Passed shops with catchy little slogans
Passed shops where you buy back what was stolen
Passed shops where no one smiles at no one
Passed offices where windows do not open
Passed offices where men still dress Victorian
Passed offices with one true corporate vision
Keep going
Keep going now
Passed pubs where you tightly grip your wallet
Passed pubs so hateful you can feel it
Passed pubs where you don’t wanna use the toilet
Passed factories which never even open
Passed factories with every window broken
Passed factories that the crows just glare from
And we keep going
Keep going now
Keep going
Keep going now
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal in Victoria Quarter
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal in Victoria Quarter
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal
Passed schools that are weighed down by asbestos
Passed schools that are drained and passionless
Passed schools that are measured by blood loss
Passed houses that daylight never touches
Passed houses bunched up like rabbit hutches
Passed houses where your time is worth much less
And we keep going
Keep going now
Keep going
Keep going now
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal in Victoria Quarter
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
The anarchist sons of the government’s daughters
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal
We are cold
Passed shops where you buy back what was stolen
Passed shops where no one smiles at no one
Passed offices where windows do not open
Passed offices where men still dress Victorian
Passed offices with one true corporate vision
Keep going
Keep going now
Passed pubs where you tightly grip your wallet
Passed pubs so hateful you can feel it
Passed pubs where you don’t wanna use the toilet
Passed factories which never even open
Passed factories with every window broken
Passed factories that the crows just glare from
And we keep going
Keep going now
Keep going
Keep going now
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal in Victoria Quarter
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal in Victoria Quarter
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal
Passed schools that are weighed down by asbestos
Passed schools that are drained and passionless
Passed schools that are measured by blood loss
Passed houses that daylight never touches
Passed houses bunched up like rabbit hutches
Passed houses where your time is worth much less
And we keep going
Keep going now
Keep going
Keep going now
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal in Victoria Quarter
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
The anarchist sons of the government’s daughters
Quickly, quickly flock to the new bar
Act like a royal
We are cold
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from Cross Country,
released April 30, 2012
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New EP - "Pop. Thinking" is out now.
More gigs on the way as well.
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