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Originally released on the Rome Burns, Corsage Sings! EP (1981)

Cover Photo + Design: Oraf

Video - Vancouver Show 1983:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=09P38lDeuo0

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Grecian Formula

In this day and age
I hear the people say
“What’s the world coming to ?”
“What’s the world coming to ?”
there are reds under the bed
there are reds under the bed
there are reds under the bed
Burns hot-line, go ahead….

In every capital
I watch the people speak
each one has their answer
oh, each one has their answer
but that’s not how we do things here
that’s not how we do things here
that’s not how we do things here
give me another drink, dear…

I have known the answer
in every separate wave
and it’s not what you’d expect it to be
no, it’s not what you’d expect it to be
it’s the Grecian Formula
it’s the Grecian Formula
it’s the Grecian Formula
in the jugular…

It’s not in the Kremlin
or any capitol
and it’s not where you’d expect it to be
no it’s not where you’d expect it to be
but it’s near
yes, it’s near
oh, oh it’s near
there’s no need to fear…

It’s all part of a pattern
just look at history
now I’ve found the formula
now I’ve found the formula
we need leaders
we need leaders
we need leaders
forget your parking meters…

Every single day
another leader calls
soon they’ll have the formula
soon they’ll have the formula
all over the world
all over the world
all over the world
look out boys and girls….

credits

from the phil smith album (1983), released May 15, 1983
Phil Smith - vocals
Bill Napier-Hemy - guitar
Ron Allan - bass
Chris Taylor - drums

Written by P.Smith/B.Napier-Hemy.

Recorded by Ron Obvious at the PNE Fishbowl Studio, Vancouver

Mixed by Ron Obvious at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver

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Phil Smith & Corsage Vancouver, British Columbia

Emerging out of Vancouver during the post-punk era, the musical collective Corsage features the core group of Phil Smith (vocals), Bill Napier-Hemy (guitar), Ron Allan (bass) and John Cody (drums). Over 7 albums and numerous live performances and broadcasts, they have collaborated with some of Vancouver's finest musical and artistic talents on songs that run from trance to hard pop to techno-folk. ... more

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