Lyrics Ugly Band - Mekons

Ugly Band

Heat and dust
A shout above the din
Pushed into the corner
The creeping little thing
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
In the middle of the night
A light behind the door
Stubbing out a cigarette and stumbling to the floor
Outside in the desert
Out across the waves
We’re listening to the country boys and dancing on their graves
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
Me and my brother Clive
We were chased like dogs
Down by the harbour-side while the captain burned the log
The submarines go sailing
Out under the sea
Off to melt the ice cap and make the deserts bloom
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
On the surface of the atlas
Distorted by greed
Bright rainbow boundaries and deep hollow seas
And God is in his heaven
Blowing clouds around
Tuning in his radio and listening to the sounds
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
Tired of his music and licking its teeth
Heat and dust and broken finger nails
The tracks of my tears stretch out on dirty little roads
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
Tired of his music and licking its teeth