Throbbing Gristle

10p For A Pack Of Cigarettes

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I look at
Your jacket
With its friends
And my corner
Very well
I see you
Walking
Talking
With your
Pictures
And you
You walking
Talk me
In Your
Eyeglass
Oh my
Can't take it
Anymore
I reflect you
Reflect me
Look at your girlfriend
Her eyes
Her mind
Can't take you
Can't take more
Can't get a cigarette
A fag
Cheap as they get
I'll get you enough
See as he walks with him
Ultrasound
That night
And I
Wait
Brown eyes
Can't see me
I'm over there
Can't see you
Smoking your cigarette
And I
Reserve you
You're the same as me
I love you
That's nothing

Nothing

Oh my
I take you
For a ride
For quality
Absolved
No injuries
Tesco Disco
Right now
Jim Bean
You face it
Have it all
And take it
My cigarettes
10 pence for
Cigarettes

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durandal1717 On Dec 19, 2008

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Originally released in a shortened version on Best Of.... Volume II, I guess someone found the masters and released the full version on The First Annual Report as 10 Pence. There's also a rehearsal on Nothing Short Of A Total War, but aside from that it's another of the many improvised early TG songs, which is evident from the rambling lyrics.

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