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Detective Instinct - Crack​-​attack

from Detected Stuff Or Otherwise by Various Artists

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G.W. Sok - vocals
Oli Heffernan - the other stuff
originally from the LP Black Floral (Sickroom Records, SRR 080, 2014)
check out detectiveinstinct.bandcamp.com for more

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CRACK-ATTACK

And as the leopardskin cat in the back of the limo said attack
with its driver going nuts about some cocoa
I felt even better than alive in this surreal free drive
but at the crack of dawn, everything was gone
and I ended up on a No Go lawn

"Keep off the grass"? well, kiss my ass
but going up in smoke is even less a joke

'Cause it's a crack-attack
hey man, where's the turning back?
it's a crack-attack, yeah
it's a this is where it's at
it's a No Go zone
don't just stand there like that, you know you're on your own
wanna be a wreck? then don't fight back
this is the dawn of crack, better get it off your back
it's a black'n'deckered backstab
a whacking cheap wrecking smack
the great leap back...
the i'm-not-alright-Jack
'cause it's a crack-attack

And though some uncool cat's dice raised the price
of this tempting paradise
from my stomach to my head, my heart said "do it"
I had to float and fly and feel the need to wallow in this extra seat
till I came home from the ball with a vicious fall
back into the circle that blew it all

'Cause it's a crack-attack...

Oh such euphoric oblivion
this invincible intoxication
then the unavoidable uncool collapse
I thought I could handle any situation
but with no way out I would have gone insane
the biggest kick was to remove the pain

Well I didn't count the score
of the times that I swore not to do it anymore
as it kept coming back like a pain in the neck
'cause it's a crack-attack
It's a crack-attack, Jack
but you see, I fought back
not sure if I'm cured but I've stood the test
it doesn't mean I'm better than the rest
I'm just not dead and I didn't go insane
there are other ways to deal with pain

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from Detected Stuff Or Otherwise, track released July 3, 2014
words by G.W. Sok
music by Oli Heffernan

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G.W. Sok Amsterdam, Netherlands

G.W. Sok co-founded The Ex in 1979 and was their singer and lyricist for 30 years (www.theex.nl). Since 2009 he is involved in various other projects, such as Action Beat (UK), Zoikle (NL), Cannibales & Vahinés (F), King Champion Sounds (UK/NL), Coddiwomple (F), Oiseaux-Tempête (F), L&S (F). And there's some solo stuff as well. ... more

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