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Priti Patel (Straight To Hell)

by ED BORRIE

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This reworking of “(I Want To) Kill Somebody” (originally released by R*E*P*E*A*T Records on flexi disc) is already outdated (thanks to the Tories turning governance into an internecine game of pass-the-parcel), but its sentiments remain the same - it’s about the abusive relationship between a government and its subjects.

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And the fear of the call
As we march into Whitehall
Can’t kill them all
Can’t kill them all

It’s an abusive relationship
Too afraid we take their shit
Fear upon fear

It’s not that I want them dead
It’s not that I want them dead
It’s not that I want them dead
It’s not that I want them dead

Alexander Nix herrenvolk terrorist
Bim Afolami Eton smarmy
Priti Patel...
Straight To Hell

A statistician studies Titian
The hand up his ass is a politician's
It’s not that I want them dead
Never existed
It’s not that I want them dead
This world would be a better place

This world would be a better place
This world would be a better place
This world would be a better place

Government advisor working for Pfizer
Fine for the millionaires
Cash for questions lunch with a minister
Fine for the millionaires
G4S failing in what they do
Ooh
MPs getting fat sucking Serco’s cock
Hit the ballots and fuck them off

And the fear of the call
As we march into Whitehall
Gonna kill us all
Gonna kill us all
Gonna kill us all

I want to kill somebody
I want to kill somebody
I want to kill somebody

A statistician studies Titian
Red headed women
And a Disraeli disposition
What lack of vision
Whoever’s in power I’ll be the opposition.

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released April 22, 2022
Drums by Danny 'Ace' Aris
Artwork by Sue Doe

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ED BORRIE London, UK

​​Ed Borrie is the former songwriter, singer and guitarist of S*M*A*S*H, heavyweight champions of the ill-fated ​New Wave Of New Wave​. In July 2015, The Guardian contended that Ed "who sang about suicide, gender politics and hate crime... was surely one of the great lyricists of the 90s... a frontman with the presence of a true star." ... more

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