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Since I've stopped taking my medication
The world is such a scary place to be
But it's proved to be a cure for constipation
The things I notice now scare the shit out of me
I didn't know my elbow from arse
Always the bottom of the class
So this has all been quite an education
Since I've stopped taking my medication--

I can hear the birds all singing in the trees
Not all I perceive is a cause for celebration
In a world dogged by disaster and disease
Stained with the blood of butchered armies
Torn with earthquakes and tsunamis
One wonders what's the point of procreation
Since I've stopped taking my medication--

I've experienced life's natural lows and highs
It's all come as quite a revelation
Since the scales have fallen from my eyes
I see things now the right way round
I know what goes up must come down
I see the gravity of the situation
Since I've stopped taking my medication--

I see things now as they truly are
I need a pick-me-up - a quick libation
So I stop off at some dark dank basement bar
The chairs and tables rickety
In this den on iniquity
That I vacate in a state of intoxication
Since I've stopped taking my medication--

I noticed the people here all seem to smell of piss
I wish I was back under sedation
I see now that my ignorance was bliss
So doctor take me by the hand
And lead me back to La-La Land
Here it's all despair doom and damnation
Since I've stopped.

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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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