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It all kicks off in Clubland
Psycho bouncers on the door
They look so mean as they vent their spleen
On a cripple crawling on the floor
In some run-down amusement arcade
I saw this poor old bloke
Lean against the fruit machine
Sink to his knees and croak
Ugly Scenes seen everywhere
Seen every day and night
I have seen those ugly scenes
They're not a pretty sight.

She came unstuck out in the sticks
Her name was Mary Jane
Barely in her teens in blood-stained jeans
Done-in down Lovers' Lane
And in some seedy back street bar
Wrong time mate and wrong place
You're not so keen - so full of beans
With a beer mug in your place
Ugly Scenes seen everywhere
Seen every day and night
I have seen those ugly scenes
They're not a pretty sight.

Oh darling please don't throw that tantrum
That hysterical hormonal stuff
You look so ugly sweetheart
Don't you think that things are already ugly
Don't you think that things are already ugly
Don't you think that things are already ugly enough.

I crawl home from the local
Just a lardy lager lout
I hear a scream from flat fifteen
He's knocking her about
I have been out boozing with a few decrepit friends
All our sweet dreams and beauty queens
Turn sour and ugly in the end
Ugly Scenes seen everywhere
Seen every day and night
I have seen those ugly scenes
They're not a pretty sight.

Oh darling please don't throw that tantrum
That hysterical hormonal stuff
You look so ugly sweetheart
Don't you think that things are already ugly
Don't you think that things are already ugly
Don't you think that things are already ugly enough.

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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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