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Supermarket Shit - remastered

from Selected Singers (plus some) by !JP

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(are we? are we running?)
It's 4 a.m., Sunday morning
In a town you wouldn't believe
I'm still up and driving
I'm going home
That obviously
I was not their dream
Not fit
Not happy
Not productive
Comfortable? Ha!
Not allowed to drink any spirit
Three days a week exercising at the gym
I had to get on better with my associate employee and contemporaries
I'm at ease
I eat well
I had to get myself a saver car for the baby
No paranoia
Will frequently check my credit at a moral bank
Charity
Standing orders
On Sunday the Round Road Supermarket
Carwash
Also on Sunday
But no longer afraid of the dark
And no chance of escaping
Now I'm self-employed
And there is nothing as ridiculous as TEENAGE and DESPARE
Nothing so childish
This is supposed to be the better place
More calculated
But I'm concerned yet powerless
I listen to my tires gripping the concrete
I'm barb wired
I'm an empowered, informed member of society
Pragmatism, not idealism
Never cry in public
There's less chance of illness here, that's true
But I still have my memories
I still cry at a good film
I still kiss
And now I'm not longer frantic and empty
(CALM DOWN!)
I'm going out of the cage
I'm on antibiotics
I'm here
It's 4 a.m., Sunday Morning
I take the route of the Blue Sun
Transport
Motorways and tramlines
Starting and stopping
Taking off and landing
Sentimental journey
I'm clinging on to my Seconal
Clinging on to my Xanax
Clinging on to my bottle of Suds
I know where I am
Into the great escape
Now
The floor collapses
I'm floating
Bouncing
I know where I am
I'm close to the edge
I'm close to my edge
Please, let me go
Girl

(I was not their dream!)

credits

from Selected Singers (plus some), released May 1, 2017
Vocal, synths, guitars, sampler, violin: Jean Koning
Drums, drum programming, percussion: Van Weely

Written by Jean Koning
Lyrical samples taken from Radiohead
Produced by Jean Koning and Van Weely

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Jean Koning Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jean Koning has been a compelling force in the underground music scene since his unlikely folk&jazz debut transferring the band The Children of a Lesser God into the avant-punk extravaganza !JP in 1988. His star-studded career includes albums such as Notes from Purgatory, Man Enough to be a Woman and Wake Up In L.A.
Throughout his career, Mr. Koning has been honored with numerous awards.
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