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Guinness
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billy woods
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On the TV, I see fire in their eyes Fire in the streets from the firescape I watch it eat, I watch it's teeth Dream fire could burn it clean But its greasy sheen burn blue and green Build their house with bricks Scraped the mortar in between You don't need a door if you get e'rything you need Need more, first thought when I get the cream Cold light pourin' from the screens Mute, it's the eyes where you hear the screams Bags full of loot bulgin' at the seams Everything a little shabbier than it seems Than it seems, shabbier than it seems, than it seems Took it all and came home empty, they won't go gently The whole world in my mobile, it took centuries The glow unending, the show upended Like cop cars spooked by the door, I'm a sentry Smash, grab and run, smash, grab and run Smash, grab and run, smash, grab and run Grab and run, grab and run, sma- Smash, grab and run, grab and run, grab and run Smash, grab and run, smash, grab and run Smash, grab and run, smash, grab and run Smash, grab and run, grab and run, grab and run Grab and run, grab and run, grab and run, grab and run I know this may sound like rather, um um, impractical criticism, but um, uh, when you met me at the airport at some point, I um um, but um, you've joined the ministry of information...I mean, what's happening to us? We are all becoming bureaucrats We are becoming bureaucrats, because there has never been, you know, wait a minute, we are, we, our generation has got a lot of problems. There has never been a tradition of us writing, whereby people just sit and be able to live and write. In any case you know that from anyway, anyway No, no, my point is... The point is, now we are trying to earn our living and write at the same time Yes but, you see, um, um, points of principles (laughter) cannot be given up just because one has got to eat I'm not, I don't see which principle I have given at all, I see...
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