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Everyday Timebomb (Remastered 2020)

by Dog Faced Hermans

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1.
New Shoots 03:49
Ever dream a green so dark, so nice and lush? New shoots for you to eat My home place is a dump site dump New shoots for you to eat My home place is a field that's scored with scars New shoots for you to eat New shoots for you to eat Ever seen a land where the air is thinned with ashes? New shoots for you to eat My home place is a yellow cake of earth New shoots for you to eat New shoots for you to eat
2.
Some friend a while went underground Thought he could disappear just so Lived all his days with curtains drawn Lay low, took the bins out dead of night Thought he could rely on some close community Community in the close but no Some friend a while went underground Thought he could disappear just so Some friend a while went underground Thought he could disappear just so Shopped by a woman on the block To the men from the district tax invasion corps Irregularities not unnoticed Some peculiar goings on Some friend a while went underground Thought he could disappear just so Some friend a while went underground Thought he could disappear just so Wished to be lost in a Scottish block To duck beneath and pay no tax Yet see the day, still see the day Working always on the black Some friend a while went underground Thought he could disappear just so
3.
This is binding system
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4.
John Henry 04:59
John Henry when he was a baby Sitting on his mothers knee Saw a hammer and a little piece of steel Said “Hammer'll be the death of me, Lord Hammer'll be the death of me” Well now some say he was born down in Texas Some say he was born in Maine Well I don't give a damn where that poor boy was born Leader of a steel driving chain gang Leader of a steel driving gang. Now the captain said to John Henry “I'm gonna bring that steel drill round Gonna bring that steel drill out of on the job. Whop all that steel on down, Lord Whop all that steel on down” John Henry said to his shaker “Now shaker, why don't you sing? 'Cause I'm bringing twelve pounds from my hips on down Listen to that cold steel ring, Lord Listen to that cold steel ring” John Henry said to his captain “A man ain't nothing but a man Gonna beat that steam drill out on the job Or I'll die with my hammer in my hand, Lord Die with my hammer in my hand” John Henry hammered on the mountain Till his hammer was striking fire. He drove so hard, he broke his poor heart Laid down his hammer and he died Lord Laid down his hammer and he died
5.
Beautiful 06:15
It had been a hot day We were in some southern place And we'd been walking for miles From that town to this place When we got to the town it was Sunday There was a festival We went into the church Because it was big and cool And there she was She was a triangle She was triangular Her head was a pinhead Her hair was black lacquered and her cream cheeks cream Her dress was crusty with flowers She was lit by a thousand lights Plastic candles glinting about her base She had no arms or legs She was robed from neck to the ground Fresh paint on her oh so glossy face And she was very very beautiful Very very beautiful Very very beautiful She was very very beautiful It had been so hot that day The sun had got to my head And I was sick and crushed to look at her I was sick and cried to look at her My tears were nearly catholic Her dress was crusty with flowers Her hands were painted on Her face was super real She was stiff She was stiff with religious virtue She was stiff with the thoughts of the watchers Buzzing a furious field about her head Her dress was crusty with flowers She was lit by a thousand lights She was triangular as wide as wide Her head was a pinhead atop a radar station All signals on and jamming She was so wide you could not push her over I had to fight her down she was so strong And she was very very beautiful Very very beautiful Very very beautiful She was very very beautiful Very very heavy Very very rigid Very very plastic Very very heavy God she was heavy, so heavy Took twelve men to lift her, twelve men to shift her From one side of the church to the square We could only stand and watch From the thickest part of the crowd For I had sunstroke and believed it And there were the women in black And there were the men in suits All eyes all eyes all eyes They knew a thing or two These master-craftsmen builders She was some heat conductor, lit by a thousand plastic lights Crush of women pressing All the lips were moving I just stood I could not move Her dress was crusty with flowers You could not push her over Her base was much too wide And she was very very beautiful Very very beautiful Very very beautiful She was very very beautiful Very very heavy Very very rigid Very very plastic Very very heavy
6.
Frock 03:18
What did you see dear, what did you do? Were the others dressed like you? Though you set no sights at all Were you lonely by the wall? Were you lonely by the wall? I made a dress of silver wire In the Laura Ashley years Scared them away with prickly charm No they did not dance with me No they did not dance with me Ah my hinny Ah my hinny Ah my hinny Ah my hinny
7.
Live Action 05:52
Want more action Live action Who's the muse who waits to move? Love to chatter Talk passion Talking with my rhythm friend Too much tragic Deep buried Early stifled rhythms lost Blaster heat Shake your spirit Live action, live life

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Includes bonus items: front and back cover with lyrics, 23 photos and 7 posters in HQ.
All tracks remastered January 2020 by Colin + Andy.

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released January 1, 1989

Colin - bass & autoharp
Wilf - drums & metal
Andy - guitar, tin-lio guitar, hippo tube & thumb piano
Marion - sings, trumpet, cowball

Thanks Neil for fiddle on John Henry

All songs by Dog Faced Hermans except John Henry

Produced by Dog Faced Hermans & Jamie Watson at Chamber studio, Edinburgh

Photos by Andy, Marion and Marcus Kebab

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Dog Faced Hermans Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dog Faced Hermans formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1986, and later moved to Amsterdam. The band was closely associated with The Ex. A mix of energetic post punk, African music, No Wave, Free Jazz and improvisation. They grew out the scene of angular noisy guitar bands in the UK
They disbanded in 1995, with members moving on to projects including Rhythm Activism, The Ex, Kletka Red, Two Pin Din.
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