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the original rock 'n' roll chair

by The Passmore Sisters

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Digipak CD with 7 tracks not on the download version which completes the bands single discography, adds early demo's and features the extended 12" of Every Child In Heaven.

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1.
The sun has drawn the colour from her glory Now she stands a mute and a cripple by his side And the son hangs from the tree and Mary’s broken There’s no love or compassion in this house, in this house And when the family prays Father begs for money And when the family prays Mother begs for more Family prays, sister wants avenging Every child in heaven cries in shame A choir of joy and freedom sings his praises Then America swings in and buys them out And the new God can be found on every network So bow down sister and give out, and give out Now I’m just a memory A face in a photograph Taken for granted Taken for an idiot You said you loved me But love me, you never loved me That was all treachery you tricked me Oh you tricked me A knock that shattered silence I took back the breath of violence Put my novel on the table And I walked towards the door Strangers incognito Stared wide eyed through my window With their false smiles of assurance I screamed and yelled “no more” God bless America Every child in heaven cries in shame
2.
We walked down together By the dirty river She kissed me and I touched her And I pushed her in the water She laughed she drowned Now I hang around the town I hang around the town And I miss her How I miss her June is in the water June is in the… water And she’s going down Now I watch the girls Flirting in precinct They don’t look (decent) I cut my hair And held hands with April She laughed she drowned Now I hang around the town I hang around the town June is in the water Sometimes I miss her Sometimes I think about the river June is dead now “What you gonna do now boy?” Floating in the water No other girl will be the same Will ever be the same “What you gonna do now?” Will ever be the same “What you gonna do now?” Will ever be the same “What you gonna do?” Oh June
3.
Difficult 02:45
He looked down Saw the world at his feet But the pretty girls Are not for him And they said less about love Because that’s difficult Don’t take these things on They’re far too difficult The torch burns bright for her Then he wept hard For the years without meaning And his thin wrecked frame Had all cracked in Then he stood back From accents and manners And the beautiful would laugh at him Don’t take these things on They’re far too difficult
4.
Friendships come And then off they walk away It’s a wonderful morning To have cried all day You spoke too high And your voice grew tighter But your humour hits girl Like a pure street fighter At times like those You bring me down You’re about as funny As a punch drunk clown I need a safe place A safe place to hide I want a strong love So I can come inside And your love girl Is the warmest place to hide I want a safe place to hide I want a safe place I want a safe house I want a place Where I can hide away I want a place girl Where I can hide away
5.
In strong hours of seclusion Love never sold me Sold me that sentence It seldom sells inspiration Because I want and I desire this Give me that feeling And I promise you this honey I won’t use that word emotion But if you break my heart, then I'll break your spine ‘Cos if you don't have the patience girl, then I don't have the time And I'm so sick of all this pain you're putting me through In tall letters I have written, “all I need is change” In tall letters I have written, “all I need is change” How I loved to watch you sleeping Kiss and turn girl But please don't ever turn away Because you scratch away dead words And I keep on playing love songs And remember how I touched you? I can't find that touch these days
6.
Welcome to boys town The sweet stench of murder Red meat and alcohol Gun smoke and blood View from a window Green fields and factories Fish served on Fridays And rivers that burn Be in love girl Be in love boy Then it’s hands to the rifle Leave the carefree Leave the careless And dance this house down Welcome to boys town The sweet stench of murder Red meat and alcohol Gun smoke and blood Newspaper stories “Girl raped on steel spike” File under fiction That never happens here
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The country moves on down To another second series For the righteous And the wretched And the women with diseases Drink truly awful cocktails Throwing smiles Against the walls "Sophistication" Dear God, how they want it And if you want to be cruel, Then ask them to spell it… The dumb lads and lasses Of the thick working classes Are left with the misery Of the grim English joke. In the dull public houses They talk about the great mistake Of Pig sweat and cigarettes Scum-scratching lives Meanwhile, back at home… Julie cleans the ornaments They’re gifts from her mother It's all she has left to admire The bastard husband's gone And Anne-Louise is crying…..
9.
The man with the world at his fingertips Is found preaching in a city street He says "take the weight from my shoulders" The breath's stale and the back is bent He says ,"this is my advice; you should take the money from the rich mans hand" He wore a red star She has a blue heart He wore a red star She has a blue heart And you can love it to death In the casual way She said "the world is up for a change" Love it to death In the casual way Red star, blue heart The man who sings songs about victory Would dismiss the wind from angels wings And ignore the truth from suffering The breath's stale and the back is bent He says "I'm so tired of holding sins for the devil and his children" Now you can take offence at stupid words From the head of an ignorant man who works Breaks his soul to keep some man fat And won't speak out for a better world Red Star Blue Heart
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Shatter 01:59
12.
She says Sunday Is the best of the week Cooks animal with vegetable A triumph of stupidity He reads the lies he’ll later speak A plan and simple man is Mr Wall At home with the walls The Tv does the talking At home with the walls The foundations are cracking Because its; Meat course Sweet course A plan and simple man is Mr Wall He says Friday is the best of the week Hates the Asian, blames the Jew It’s the beginning of the end If they move into his street A plan and simple man is Mr Wall They say this time is the worse there has been They say change cannot be radical And a world of Walls agree Don't be heard and don’t be seen At home with the Walls

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released October 26, 2018

This compilation includes singles & b-sides from 1985 to 1987.

Martin Sadofski – Vocals
Howard Taylor – Bass
Peter J Richardson – Guitar (1984 – 1986)
Adrian Lee – Drums (1984 – 1986)
Brian E Roberts – Guitar and vocals (1987 – 1988)
Robert Grace – Drums (1987)

The copyright in the sound recording is owned by Vegetable Records
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The Passmore Sisters Manchester, UK

Formed in 1984 in Northern England, the band released four singles, one album & a brace of John Peel sessions before running out of milk & taking a nap for a few decades, only to be woken by the internet in 2018 bringing a compilation album of their 80's output and improbably, a brand new single in 2020.
Three members of the band also record as Fever Hut.
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