
Date of issue: 31.12.1989
Record label: Mute
Song language: English
Sackville |
You once had a home, a job, a family and pride |
But we all have a price we’ll pay when things go wrong inside |
Don’t wear diamonds, and now you don’t wear gold |
And in the bruises on your face, there’s stories to be told |
In the shadow of cold stone, freezing to the bone |
But you keep a warm fire burning in your soul |
'Cause you’re gonna spend a black night, console a sad man |
In a hungry city with a million hungry hearts |
When you stand in Sackville |
It’s a different world from the one |
You knew where little boys meet little girls |
As you tread your path through a jaundiced corridor |
Where each day has no beginning and no end |
There are those out here who claim to be so good |
I suspect that Jesus holidayed in hell |
Oh, what you’d do for a hot drink or a warm coat |
Oh, what you’d give for a means to get you outta here |
It rains upon your head, lines on your face become |
Rivers into which you cry your secret tears, secret tears |
Secret tears, secret tears |
(When you) when you stand in Sackville |
(Stand in) it’s a different world from the one (Sackville) |
You knew where little boys meet little girls (trembling) |
The first night we saw ya, we were laughing at ya |
We were hanging on the side of the Cortina |
Oh yeah, you seemed so strong, stronger than a man could ever be |
Laughing with your sisters in the rain |
Dancing on a curbstone, when last you saw her |
But when the trick goes wrong, there’s no one there to help her |
There’s not a thing that I can do about it |
I guess I’ll just go home and write a song about it |
Song about it, write about it, write about it |
(When you) when you stand in Sackville |
(Stand in) it’s a different world from the one (Sackville) |
You knew where little boys meet little girls (trembling) |
It’s a cold and trembling girl (cold and) |
Leans into a strange car (trembling) |
Nods unspoken words to an unseen driver sitting there |
(Girl in Sackville) |
Name | Year |
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This Is How It Feels | 1989 |
Two Worlds Collide | 1992 |
Saturn 5 | 1989 |
Dragging Me Down | 1989 |
Bitches Brew | 1989 |
She Comes In The Fall | 1989 |
Biggest Mountain | 1989 |
Commercial Reign | 1989 |
Joe | 2014 |
Seeds of Doubt | 2014 |
Sun Don't Shine | 2014 |
Inside My Head | 2014 |
Keep the Circle Around | 2014 |
Butterfly | 2014 |
Garage Full of Flowers | 2014 |
You're So Good For Me | 2011 |
Plane Crash | 2007 |
Monkey On My Back (John Peel Session) | 1990 |
Find Out Why | 1989 |
Caravan | 1989 |