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Oh! Brother

Original UK release
First released 8 June 1984 on Beggars Banquet 7": Beg110; and 12": Beg110T

01. Oh! Brother (Smith/Burns/Hanley, S/Scanlon) 4:00  Lyrics

[Mecass, the mass, decline, domain, relan, drazan, my heart's blocked, rout]

Oh! little brother
We are in a mess
Don't look at me that way
Don't put me to the test
When I first saw you
People said:
"He scrutinised a little monster"
And disappeared through red door
Now everyone is disinformation
Disinformation
Disinformation
He says:
"Won't you give me one more chance?"
"I'm not a communist"

Disinformation x 3

[Mecass, the mass, decline, domain, relan, drazan, my heart's blocked, rout]

Oh! little brother
We are in a mess
Don't look at me that way
Your d-jacket's a mess [1]
There's always
Someone beside you
And there's always
Someone in your arms
Oh! little brother
If only I had known
Then I might not
Be alone X4

Note: [1] D-jacket = donkey jacket, a heavy, waterproofed button-up jacket with collar and patch pockets often worn by workmen.

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02. God-Box (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 3:18  Lyrics

MES: It's good that one innit. What is it?
BES: It's something I'm working on
MES: Right

Couldn't handle, had to be
I turned on US TV
Early empires sleeping, Pacific time frame
Redhead skinny with back leg-brace
He danced behind a singer
Who sung just like god box

Chorus:
God box
Gimme god box
I say god box
God box, early
Tube stop, lazy
Cut off, early
God box
Gimme God box
I said
God box
Narco tube stops
Gimme god box

I was taken under the sea
The water coming in over me
I'm gulping water under the lake
Oh my god give me sleep, inundate

Chorus

Thousand evils indefinitely
Womb shapes by a cold sea
At 9, UK time
We dropped off before god box documentary

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03. O! Brother (Smith/Burns/Hanley, S/Scanlon) 4:24

(7" side 1: track 1; side 2: track 2)
(12" side 1: track 1; Side 2: track 3, 2)

Credits
Mark E Smith - vocals
Brix Smith - guitar, vocals
Craig Scanlon - guitar
Steve Hanley - bass
Paul Hanley - drums, keyboards
Karl Burns - drums

Produced by: John Leckie
Engineer: Joe Gillingham
Cover artwork: Claus Castenskiold

Recording info & notes
Recorded at Focus Studios early 1984.


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