Fact 2023
from Good Technology 2023 by Red Guitars
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Originally recorded by Roy Neave and Red Guitars at Fairview Studio, Hull 1983. Remixed by John Rowley 2023.
lyrics
Fact
For those of us with dented pride
Who never reached the top
I never lost my fear of flying
Or witnessed thousands fall away and drop
Cradled like a peak too far
You've got to toe the line
A miser with a silver spoon
Take the profit out of doom.
Take the profit out of war
We don't need it any more.
Pull the curtain wide
Dispel the gloom
Chase the blues away
Facts are facts and railway tracks
Run parallel to the sky
Overcome gravity like
We overcome graffiti with graffiti of our own
A miser in a lead-lined room
Take the profit out of doom.
Take the profit out of war
We don't need it any more.
A cold wind blows and commerce flows
On lines of clear confusion
Ground-to-air and dust to dust
The sirens croon collusion
A whispered word a bitter cry
The dividend is due
Dismiss the light the time is right
For nuclear transfusion.
Take the profit out of war
We don't need it any more.
For those of us with dented pride
Who never reached the top
I never lost my fear of flying
Or witnessed thousands fall away and drop
Cradled like a peak too far
You've got to toe the line
A miser with a silver spoon
Take the profit out of doom.
Take the profit out of war
We don't need it any more.
Pull the curtain wide
Dispel the gloom
Chase the blues away
Facts are facts and railway tracks
Run parallel to the sky
Overcome gravity like
We overcome graffiti with graffiti of our own
A miser in a lead-lined room
Take the profit out of doom.
Take the profit out of war
We don't need it any more.
A cold wind blows and commerce flows
On lines of clear confusion
Ground-to-air and dust to dust
The sirens croon collusion
A whispered word a bitter cry
The dividend is due
Dismiss the light the time is right
For nuclear transfusion.
Take the profit out of war
We don't need it any more.
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from Good Technology 2023,
track released June 24, 2023
Hallam Lewis/Jeremy Kidd
Hallam Lewis/Jeremy Kidd
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Red Guitars Hull, UK
Red Guitars were a product of the vibrant Hull music scene of the late 1970s. Encouraged by a review of their demo tape in the Melody Maker the band recorded a single, Good Technology, and released it on their own Self Drive label. John Peel played it on the radio, Tyne Tees Television filmed them for the Tube and Johnny Marr invited them to tour with the Smiths. They were up and running. ... more
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Jun 2023 -
Aug 2007
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