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Grenade - 2019 Remaster

by The Cassandra Complex

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1.
March 05:01
I get up at nine, I go to work I come home at five, I feel so alive I’m free, I’m free Nights are for T.V., I’m too tired for sex I watch my program, it’s me, it’s me I’m free, I’m free All I want is freedom All I want is freedom, freedom I need my job, but it’s done by machine I smash my TV, it’s productiviTV ProductiviTV I gotta work, I gotta work I gotta right to work, I’m not a jerk Tell me what to do All I want is freedom All I want is freedom, freedom I’m looking at the sky, God help me, help me I follow Jesus, he sets me free, I’m free Free in the Lord All I want is freedom All I want is freedom, freedom Freedom from hurt Freedom from pain Freedom from desire Freedom from freedom Freedom
2.
Wonderworld 04:19
Carrying Churchill’s coffin across the river Vaulting on the backs of niggers in the pits Wonderworld Redesign the future in the past Doing doggy paddles in a painted sea Wonderworld We’re going down to Memphis, riding on a rail Collision trains and piles of gold, rusting steel and megadeath Wonderworld Security from across the sea, security from across the sea Security come to comfort me in Wonderworld Wonderworld Marching on our parents’ graves Making shoes for the children of tomorrow So they can walk through trees and fields in Wonderworld Corby, Corby, Corby Wonderworld Wonderworld
3.
Presents 04:26
Let’s all go back in my time machine My window to the world, it’s hit and myth Back to old age, swinging Sixties Swinging from a tree When I was a child I thought I was a man I was right All I needed was a little bit of experience All I needed was a window All I needed was a window to the world So much for nothing I’ve got a window to the world In my house Made in the Sixties Built of concrete, built of glass Not built by computer Built by an idiot Built by an idiot, yeah, yeah So much for nothing When I grow up I’m gonna buy myself a great big bomb I’m gonna buy a bomb big enough, I’m blow up the future Then everybody can be happy, everybody will be happy Happy, happy, happy, happy Happy, happy, happy, happy So much for nothing
4.
Pickup 05:04
All dressed up and no address to go to Strawberry lips, sweet as honey Let’s go out, let’s go to dinner Some peace of mind, some piece of money Pick me up Put me down Pick me up Lemon hair and the groove of Gamelan Video, video, smile at me I’m laced up tight, I’m bursting my bonds Social monkey on a sexual tree Pick me up Put me down Pick me up I’m bottling up, I’m bottling out There’s a note in there and it’s all about love There’s a time and a place, after midnight A time and a place, and it’s waiting above Pick me up Put me down Pick me up We’re talking sex, we’re talking drugs We’re talking life, we’re talking crud Pick me up Put me down Pick me up
5.
Power 06:24
Power, energy Controlling life, controlling people Give me power, lots of it To control my life, to control your life Power Power, coming from the speaker Power, coming from the bass Creating the future, creating machines That’s the power in your soul Power Power, of the human animal Stripping away the skin, reaching down, down to the bone Driving you upwards, driving you crazy That’s power Power Power, call of the wild It’s ringing in my nervous system, it’s crawling up my spine It’s burning in my backbrain It’s gonna be mine, it’s gonna be mine Power
6.
Helen Earth 07:37
Helen Earth’s a young girl And she never gets much older Though I see her every day She always comes this way Helen, Helen Earth Helen Earth goes off to sea Comes back home in time for tea She tells me all she’s done It always seems like fun Helen, Helen Earth Every night I go downtown Helen Earth’s always around Now I know it’s only chance We hold hands and we dance Helen, Helen Earth
7.
Switch on Pina, beautiful angel Take my hand, lead me Across the sand To the promised land Face the sun Face the truth Face the enemy Oh, Pina, face the truth in me Fading scars, white lies T.V. stories T.V. is everything I’m falling, falling down Fall in, fall out Oh, Pina, I’m your prisoner Pina, beautiful alien Dance with me, take my hand Oh, Pina, be with me Realpolitik, realpolitik Liebe, liebepolitik Oh, Pina March over me TV is everything
8.
Motherad 07:01
Night falls over the city like a cloak of invisibility Wrapping around me, wrapping me round It’s penetrating, it’s reaching down, down, down, down It’s grabbing my genes and it’s twisting, it’s twisting I can’t see you, but I know you’re there You’re the one who’s nursed the human race for centuries, for centuries I want to leave you, I can’t wait to run away You had your chance, you twisted me But you didn’t win Win You didn’t win You think that I can’t live outside you You surrounded everything with safety But I won’t eat your food, I won’t drink your milk I want to grow old and cold and lonely As long as you don’t win Win You didn’t win

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The classic first album by The Cassandra Complex. Originally released in 1986, re-released in completely remastered form in 2019.

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released January 29, 2020

Rodney Orpheus: vocals, computers
Andy Booth: guitar, keyboards
John Marchici: bass, saxophone
Jez Willis: keyboards, bass
Keith Langley: percussion

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