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Car Crash For A Soul (John Peel Session 2002)

from Smile, You​’​re On Fire: BBC Sessions 2001​-​2002 by Miss Black America

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Recorded in BBC Maida Vale Studio 4 for John Peel
Produced by Mike Walter
Engineered by Nick Fountain
First broadcast on BBC Radio One 29th May 2002

Written by Baldwin/Gish/Quigley/Smith

Seymour Quigley – vocals
Mike Smith – bass
Neil Baldwin – drums
Gish – guitar

Studio version available on:
God Bless Miss Black America LP (Integrity Records, 2002)

Love and thanks to Stefek Zaba.

All profits from this compilation will be donated to Gatehouse Food Bank in Bury St Edmunds. To find out more and donate directly, please visit their website:
www.gatehouse.org.uk

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CAR CRASH FOR A SOUL
Skilled, professional teams have created,
In magnificent sweatshops,
This gold-plated
Plastic gangster with a car crash for a soul
Keep the motor running
Let the good times roll
On over the precipice

My life came flat-packed
Inside it’s falling to pieces
But the surface remains intact
At the drive-in with a car crash for a soul
You call this a party?
It feels like a funeral

And we thought we’d died alone
These brain-dead functions never felt like fun
And now’s the time for us to say,
“If we’re gonna crash, they’re gonna pay”

Tonight we shine so bright
Tonight we kill the light
Our star is rising
Yours is falling

Shopping’s just like sex in pornos:
Urgent and joyless
I’m so modern everything is pointless
With this smashed-up, burned out car crash for a soul
There’s no big “fuck you”
We just lost all self-control

And we thought we’d died alone
These branded boxes never felt like home
And now’s the time for us to say,
“If they’re gonna screw these corpses, they’re gonna pay”

Tonight we shine so bright
Tonight we kill the light
Our star is rising
Yours is falling.

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from Smile, You​’​re On Fire: BBC Sessions 2001​-​2002, released May 1, 2020
Recorded in BBC Maida Vale Studio 4 for John Peel
Produced by Mike Walter
Engineered by Nick Fountain
First broadcast on BBC Radio One 29th May 2002

Written by Baldwin/Gish/Quigley/Smith

Seymour Quigley – vocals
Mike Smith – bass
Neil Baldwin – drums
Gish – guitar

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