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When he came out to the lock-up
He said I'm looking for something better
He made his shock announcement
And backed off, backed down, backed off
And then he got up off the floor
He said Im wealthy enough, not to do this no more
And he made it all known with his hands held up, palm
out
And she said dont know if i should
Cause i worry too much about the tests on the blood
And at first it was a 'yes', and then a 'no', then a
'yes'.
A maggot sleeps on her desk
H wears a sleeping bag as his vest
And he's getting too too bothered
About the spots on his chest, chest, chest
Now Chichi, she laid it on
And a few days later shes gone
So its back to the womb
To get drowned, drowned, drowned, drowned warm
He said I'm looking for something better
He made his shock announcement
And backed off, backed down, backed off
And then he got up off the floor
He said Im wealthy enough, not to do this no more
And he made it all known with his hands held up, palm
out
And she said dont know if i should
Cause i worry too much about the tests on the blood
And at first it was a 'yes', and then a 'no', then a
'yes'.
A maggot sleeps on her desk
H wears a sleeping bag as his vest
And he's getting too too bothered
About the spots on his chest, chest, chest
Now Chichi, she laid it on
And a few days later shes gone
So its back to the womb
To get drowned, drowned, drowned, drowned warm
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No, hav to say, Shaun Ryder has stated Tart Tart was the nick name they gave a local female drug dealer who was quite a bit older than them in the early days. She died suddenly. And that's why Ryder dedicated the title of this song to her. And some of the lyrics refer to her. Shaun Ryder really liked her as a person.
According to the commentary on the "24 Hour Party People" DVD by Anthony Wilson, Tart Tart is essentially a retelling of a piece of Factory Records' history. Specifically, it refers to the departure of Martin Hannett, who produced many famous punk and post-punk records, from the record label. Wilson states that Shaun Ryder wrote the lyrics after listening to an account of Hannett's departure, told to him by Bernard Sumner of New Order. Interestingly, both Sumner and Hannett produced other records by the Happy Mondays.
@FilthyMcNasty And that Hamnett producer guy died at 41. From drugs .Shaun Ryder said it was such a loss cause he was absolutely brilliant. U gotta consider the fact at the end of the day, the demise of the happy Mondays was, The loss of that producer, and the dumb move by FactoryRecords to insist on bringing in Talking Heads Tina Weymouth and that other talking Heads fella to 'produce' ..work on the Happy Mondays final album 'Yes Please'. Instead of the magician, Paul oakenfield. Who they had endless success with. Shaun Ryder was furious about it. And...
@FilthyMcNasty And that Hamnett producer guy died at 41. From drugs .Shaun Ryder said it was such a loss cause he was absolutely brilliant. U gotta consider the fact at the end of the day, the demise of the happy Mondays was, The loss of that producer, and the dumb move by FactoryRecords to insist on bringing in Talking Heads Tina Weymouth and that other talking Heads fella to 'produce' ..work on the Happy Mondays final album 'Yes Please'. Instead of the magician, Paul oakenfield. Who they had endless success with. Shaun Ryder was furious about it. And against it. As he knew an tried to tell the rest of the band that Tina Weymouth was the wrong person on every level to be the drive behind Yes Please. But no, they refused to listen and Yes Please bombed. Talking Heads was, no offence, way out dated by early 90's. They didn't even know about or understand the Madchester music scene. And thought Bez was irrelevant An should be removed from the Happy Monday's WTF !! That jus shows you how much Tina Weymouth didn't get it. Shaun Ryder is not at fault for the demise of The Happy Monday's at all. The rest of the band screwed it with dumb decisions. Shaun lead singer, was always outvoted.
Last verse begins with: Now T.T. she laid it on
T.T = Tart Tart
@oliver_cfc - T.T. was apparently a drug dealer who died after falling down stairs in her house after having an aneurysm or something similar...according to Bez's book freaky dancing
@oliver_cfc - T.T. was apparently a drug dealer who died after falling down stairs in her house after having an aneurysm or something similar...according to Bez's book freaky dancing