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Back in Flesh Lyrics
Someone smashed my alarm
It's got me on the edge
You know it's so sharp
(Uhhhh...)
And you know I won't go
You know I won't go
I don't wanna go
(He won't go)
The corporation's boiling over
Everybody's taking over
And I'm back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
You better sign your time card now
They don't care about you anyhow
Sign in, your minimum cut
You're late again, your salary's cut!
Someone smashed my alarm
It's got me on the edge
You know it's so sharp
(Uhhhh...)
And you know I won't go
You know I won't go
I don't wanna go
(He won't go)
The corporation's boiling over
Everybody's taking over
And I'm back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
I won't go
(He won't go.)
I don't wanna go
(You must go!)
Is it time to go?
(The orders are in!)
Well, I'd rather go bowling!
(The lanes are closed!)
Maybe a little tennis?
(Your racket's got a hole.)
How about some baseball?
(The field's rained out.)
Maybe a little fishing?
(The fish are on vacation.)
What about some golfing?
(The greens are overgrown.)
Well, what about some swimming?
(I don't think so!)
Well, what about this -- and that --
(No, no, no, no, no!)
Well, you can't tell me what to do!
You can't tell me what to do!
(Hey, fuck you!)
It's got me on the edge
You know it's so sharp
(Uhhhh...)
And you know I won't go
You know I won't go
I don't wanna go
(He won't go)
The corporation's boiling over
Everybody's taking over
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
They don't care about you anyhow
Sign in, your minimum cut
You're late again, your salary's cut!
It's got me on the edge
You know it's so sharp
(Uhhhh...)
And you know I won't go
You know I won't go
I don't wanna go
(He won't go)
The corporation's boiling over
Everybody's taking over
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
(He won't go.)
I don't wanna go
(You must go!)
Is it time to go?
(The orders are in!)
Well, I'd rather go bowling!
(The lanes are closed!)
Maybe a little tennis?
(Your racket's got a hole.)
How about some baseball?
(The field's rained out.)
Maybe a little fishing?
(The fish are on vacation.)
What about some golfing?
(The greens are overgrown.)
Well, what about some swimming?
(I don't think so!)
Well, what about this -- and that --
(No, no, no, no, no!)
Well, you can't tell me what to do!
You can't tell me what to do!
(Hey, fuck you!)
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It's sad that this song didn't get the attention that Mexican Radio did. Again WOV returned to the theme of the dehumanized worker.
Here the worker is "back in flesh" - a person again instead of just a component of a machine, despite the protesting of the corporation he works for.
This song also has one of the most memorable bass lines of any song of its era
I wonder if the contractual troubles the band had influenced some of these songs - easy to feel like a factory hand rather than a rock star if your product is selling but you aren't making any money.