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CORSAGE (1988)

by Phil Smith & Corsage

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1.
Jackson (Some Are Gone) 03:41
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Jackson (Some Are Gone) In days so long ago working hard to build my load when I got home from work I'd watch my room explode the earth comes down from the ceiling oceans out of the air Some are gone others still wait for me some are gone others still wait for me others are waiting back home So every single day I'd rush back to my room waiting for my country to keep me out of the gloom the earth comes down from the ceiling oceans out of the air Some are gone others still wait for me some are gone others still wait for me others are waiting back home Now I don't really mind as around the world I roam it's not a home in the country but a country right in the home the earth comes down from the ceiling oceans out of the air Some are gone others still wait for me some are gone others still wait for me others are waiting back home waiting for the call that never came... © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN
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Royal Couple 02:55
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Royal Couple Okay! coronation day let's go on parade gold ring anything now I feel like a king cause you believed in me I said you believed in me yeah, yeah, yeah you believed in me Hooray for the royal couple we'll be king and queen of this town Hooray for the royal couple we'll be king and queen of this town Heads will turn around when we hit the town no more king of the road we'll make every club explode cause you believed in me I said you believed in me yeah, yeah, yeah you believed in me Hooray for the royal couple we'll be king and queen of this town Hooray for the royal couple we'll be king and queen of this town No more need to lie around let's go downtown Hooray for the royal couple we'll be king and queen of this town Hooray for the royal couple we'll be king and queen of this town Now that I've turned things around we're gonna be king and queen of this town Hip hip hooray! © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN
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Baby Said 03:37
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Baby Said Baby said she'd try to love me said I was more than just a friend I said wait 'til you get to know me I can tell you how it's gonna end Baby said she's always talking baby said now you listen to me we're not communicating not the way it's supposed to be Baby said oh let's get married do the dishes and pay the rent I said baby - I'm not ready so I don't know, no I just don't know Baby said she's always talking baby said now you listen to me we're not communicating not the way it's supposed to be Baby said that she'd be leaving "it's gone as far as it's gonna go" so now it's quiet without a baby now it's quiet now I'm alone Baby said she's always talking baby said now you listen to me we're not communicating not the way it's supposed to be. © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN
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She's Become A Memory 04:05
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She's Become A Memory She's become a memory she's become a memory like a Lusitania or a city by the sea she's become a memory tossing and turning in the heat of the night hoping one day it will be alright I know that it's true but why do I keep calling out for you? set the controls turn the machine radio waves in the air shortwave She's become a memory she's become a memory her ghost, it washes over like waves into the sea she's become a memory working my fingers to the bone I think I might be better off alone you're the only girl I wanted you're the only girl I wanted all I wanted was you so where do we go? what do we say ? where do we go from here? She's become a memory she's become a memory oh wave upon wave, it comes crashing down on me... a cry in the wind that's how it begins but where do we go from here? She's become a memory she's become a memory from the Afghan coast to the Asiatic sea she's become a memory relax and sit back in your easy chair don't worry baby, we ain't going nowhere is there anybody out there to hear me call, oh yeah.... so set the controls turn out the lights radio waves in the air shortwave. © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN
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Shut-Ins 03:11
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Shut-Ins Oh I look over this land and what do I see? each little house in its own misery it's not a pretty sight, no it's not a pretty sight it's not a pretty sight, no it's not a pretty sight Where will we go out tonight? And now we both sit here facing the walls back to each other when duty calls there's nothing you can say, no there's nothing you can say there's nothing you can say, no there's nothing you can say we're hiding away, yeah we're hiding inside no more commotion it's cut and it's dried Where will we go out tonight? Oh each to their own of that there's no doubt we're locking the doors we're shut in and shut out we're staying in at night, yeah we're staying in at night we're staying in at night, yeah we're staying in at night and when we go out, go out in the day we just do our business then go on our way Where will we go out tonight? © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN
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Big Bang 03:42
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Big Bang In a world of darkness just before the fall my world it started with her late-night call all the colours of the rainbow and the deep blue sea I love my baby she's such good company cause when she comes around then the world spins around yes, when she comes around then the world spins around and round When she said she loved me in the heat of the night will she still be loving in the clear cold light? all the colours of the rainbow and the deep blue sea all the colours of the rainbow that's what she means to me cause when she comes around then the world spins around yes, when she comes around then the world spins around and round © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN
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City Sleeps 04:17
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City Sleeps Oh baby tonight it's quiet the cars have stopped outside the rain keeps falling I keep calling let your instinct be your guide let your instinct be your guide Open the door to your balcony tonight's the night gonna set you free while everything's quiet we'll rock the joint cause the city sleeps tonight Oh the city it sleeps tonight yeah the city sleeps tonight it’s so quiet come on, let’s try it while the city it sleeps tonight alright We'll throw open the curtains we'll party all night all night one light in the darkness a shining window so bright an oasis, an island a ship that rides the waves tonight we'll take action and this city we will save yeah, tonight we'll take action and this city we will save Cause the city sleeps tonight yeah the city sleeps tonight but not you and I we're out getting high while the city sleeps tonight It's so quiet without you it's so quiet without you it's so quiet without you it's so quiet without you We'll throw open the curtains we'll party all night, all night one light shining in the darkness one window so bright an oasis, an island a ship that rides the waves tonight we'll take action and this city we will save cause the city sleeps tonight oh the city sleeps tonight but not you and I we're out getting high while the city sleeps tonight. © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN
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Victory Square 04:16
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Victory Square Shake 'em on down I believe them shake 'em on down again I ain't got the heart for leaving so now I'm back to stay, my friend could have been right could have been wrong I can't really say life is just a dream you know dreaming anyway holding on to what'd best be leaving everyone I've seen trying to fit the pieces caught up in mid scene we try to move away but everything gets caught up in the way I'm hurting so bad hurting so bad I don't know what you want but I will try to give it to you I don't know what you need but I'm the man who delivers to you save the tears it's one more grind taking everything I have oh backslide, run and hide talking about your child bride I've been believing I've been crying I've been all around and I've seen what you can do and I've got two legs walk around the world for you and I've got two arms do anything you know I've got two eyes see the things you need and I've got two ears and I hear I hear I hear I hear... You see it took me so long to find out what to say breaking back our love's apart but it's heaven anyway oh turn me round and twist me down show me what you mean our love lies there in Victory Square a certain summer scene I got no way to make you realize all those things about every other guy but I've got two legs walk around the world for you and I've got two arms do anything you know I've got two eyes see the things you need and I've got two ears and I hear I hear I hear I hear... © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN
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Troubles 04:57
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Troubles Welcome to the troubles they've been hanging around grafted on body doubles sneaking up to your door without a sound they're not the kind that you expected been so long undetected they said there'd be a minimal effect but these kind of views are no longer respected That's the troubles yeah, that's the troubles all got troubles and they're not going away I've been around seen the sights I been down I've had my share of fights but I've never seen trouble like this, no I've never seen it so bad trouble here, trouble there trouble gonna make you, make you so mad And that's the troubles yeah, that's the troubles all got troubles and they're not going away They got troubles in Paris they got troubles in Rome everywhere, nothing but trouble trouble getting so close so close to home oh dance to the beat of a different drummer if it's not one thing then it's another And that's the troubles yeah, that's the troubles all got troubles and they're not going away What ever happened to happy? what ever happened to glad? all that I see around me everybody getting so mad... © 1988 Strumpet Music SOCAN

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CORSAGE (originally released on cassette 1988)

Cover Photo: Andrew Cottrell

Make-up: Dan Nowak

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released August 15, 1988

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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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