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Personal Politics (John Peel Session 2001)

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 Miti Adhikari
First broadcast on BBC Radio One 27th June 2001

Written by Baldwin/Gish/Quigley/Smith

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

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

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:
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PERSONAL POLITICS
It’s not intent that makes us liars
But desire to please
And be more than we ever could be
In a million years
And all our failures are demons
We must conquer if we are to be strong

It’s not just the looks that make these eyes sore
It’s the lifestyle, baby
Not everybody gets to win
But I will win, ‘cause I can win
Yeah, I will beat this thing for you
I will conquer
I will learn to be strong

But it’s just words that count for nothing
Personal politics
Empty words
It’s just pointless words that make us liars
Oh, we do it every time
Hack, hack away at your demons
But they still eat you alive

Now you’ve seen more than you wanted to know
You use staples to keep your eyes closed
People talk
People talk and talk
They go on and on and on

But it’s just words that count for nothing
Personal politics
Empty words
It’s just pointless words that make us liars
Oh, we do it every time
I’d do anything for self-control sometimes

Death to all liars
Death to us all.

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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 Miti Adhikari
First broadcast on BBC Radio One 27th June 2001

Written by Baldwin/Gish/Quigley/Smith

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

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