United Kingdom (song)
| "United Kingdom" | |
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 United Kingdom cover | |
| Song by American Music Club from the album United Kingdom | |
| Released | 1989 |
| Format | LP / CD |
| Length | 4:22 |
| Label | Demon Records |
| Writer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
| Producer(s) | Tom Mallon |
| United Kingdom track listing | |
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"United Kingdom" is the 4th song on American Music Club's fourth album, 1989’s United Kingdom.
Contents
Lyrics
A child keeps its toys hid away
until it wants to break them
Take your share and go away
Make sure you get the last word
Sit back out of harm's reach
Watch the little cup of poison
chasing its own tail round and round
until it's exhausted at its wit's end
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I try my best
I wait for you to nail me
Now I try and never do
anything that you tell me
Because waiting about an inch
under human nature
Tragedies and comedies
and the touching sense of failure
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When you held me in your arms
at the limits of your patience,
I knew I'd always lose
every scene of violence
When you held me in your arms,
why didn't you want me?
When you held me in your arms,
why didn't you touch me?
Well I used to know
how to slip through your blind spot
And now I just watch myself
set the alarms off
I'm happier now
in my shame
And I don't look to you
for anything
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Video
Personnel
American Music Club
- Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
- Danny Pearson - guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
- Vudi - guitar, accordion, backing vocals
- Tom Mallon - bass, producer
- Mike Simms - drums
Others
- Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel
- Charles Gillingham - piano
