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No woman in her right mind wants my cold fingers upon her
The other day I passed away,I snuffed it - I'm a goner
Dead or alive it's the just the same It's still no bowl of cherries
Most blokes in my condition
Have been burnt or been buried.

I'm dead upon my feet
My empty eyes are like two noughts
I'm the zombie walking down the street
The local living corpse.

I should be in a mortuary
Wrapped up in rubber sheeting
I'm not even horizontal
Though my heart it has stopped beating
Though I'm deceased there's still no peace It's still one big palaver
There's no rest for the wicked
Even when you're a cadaver.

I'm dead upon my feet
My empty eyes are like two noughts
I'm the zombie walking down the street
The local living corpse.

I feel no pleasure - I feel no pain
Piss and vinegar run through these veins
Could have been cancer cirrhosis
Or a dose of the flu
But I'm dead from the neck up
From the neck down too.

I suppose I look quite scary
With my Dracula hairdo
I do things that normal mortals
Never ever dare do
I'm not frightened to frequent
All those areas known as No Go
I'm Frankenstein's monster
When I staggering round Soho.

I'm dead upon my feet
My empty eyes are like two noughts
I'm the zombie walking down the street
The local living...
Dead upon my feet
My empty eyes are like two noughts
I'm the zombie walking down the street
The local living corpse.

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from The Worst Is Yet To Come (15 track playlist), released April 15, 2014

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Nigel Burch and the Flea-Pit Orchestra London, UK

'Flea-Pit Music' has been (intoxicating and) invigorating music fans for over a decade. Best described by The Guardian as “a cross between the music of Ian Dury, Brecht and Weil, an Irish pub band and a 1950s skiffle group. Songs of urban alienation with plenty of fierce, spontaneous playing", their original sound is personified by the dark social commentary of Burch's lyrics and vocals. ... more

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