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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 11:32 AM Sep 2019

XTC, 1989: "The loudest mouth will hail the new found way to be king for a day"



Everyone's creeping up to the money God
Putting tongues where they didn't ought to be
On stepping stones of human hearts and souls
Into the land of 'Nothing for free'
Well, the way that we're living
Is all take and no giving
There's nothing to believe in
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way
To be king for a day
Everyone's licking up to the new king pin
Trying to get a way up with the smile
Sing for your supper boy and jump to a finger click
Ain't my way of living in style
'Cause the ladder gets longer
And ambition gets stronger
I can't satisfy the hunger
That bad old moon has got you in its sway
To be king for a day, king for a day
You're only here once, so you got to get it right
No time to fuss and fight
'Cause life don't mean much
If measured out with someone else's plight
'Cause the way that we're living
Is all take and no giving
There's nothing much to believe in
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way
To be king for a day
King for a day
King for a day
King for a day
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XTC, 1989: "The loudest mouth will hail the new found way to be king for a day" (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2019 OP
You'll find things here are just like what you're used to. JCMach1 Sep 2019 #1
I just flashed back to my 20s. SMC22307 Sep 2019 #2

JCMach1

(27,544 posts)
1. You'll find things here are just like what you're used to.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 12:21 PM
Sep 2019

There's lots of waste and razor wire,
And no one gives a damn about the land,
We just stand around and stare like you folks do.

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