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Handfuls Of Everything (6​-​track EP)

by Radio Ghosts

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Handfuls Of Everything 04:20
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When I grow up I want handfuls of everything All I want is mine to take, and you can't take that away from me All around me I see ugliness and illness Problems rearing up where there were none before So I point my feet down the street where I stay There's no point in worrying... (today) The problem is, why keep trying? I could give in and it would be easy I could wear a suit and I could drive a car It might not make me happy but it might get me far So I point my feet down the street where I stay There's no point in worrying... (today) Handfuls of everything All I want from life Handfuls of everything All I want from life
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Reflex Reaction 02:56
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Run 05:10
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No one sees him, no one knows he's here Try to find him, try to face your fear He's in your mirror, looking back at you And if you catch him, here's what he will do... Run...... Don't you feel his stare over your shoulder? Don't you feel the atmosphere turn colder? Don't tell your friends, they'll think you are quite insane You'll hear their laughter punctuate his mad refrain... Run...... Little noises in your head Silent voices that you heard Things you know that don't exist Fears you won't admit persist Keep a hold of what's left of your sanity Hope that he shows traces of humanity Keep your face straight, focus your eyes straight ahead And tell yourself you don't believe a word he said But you heard him say... Run.....
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I Won't Tell You Lies 05:20
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I won't tell you lies I'm getting so mixed up with you I get so obsessed With all the little things you do Every time you smile I can't help but get involved But I won't try to think 'Cos I don't want my problem solved If you don't want me just say no I'll drop my arms and you can go I won't try to push you, I don't mind And when your tears have all run dry And you feel you must say goodbye I won't try to stop you, I don't mind I won't tell you lies I'm getting so mixed up with you I get so obsessed With all the little things you do Every time you smile I can't help but get involved But I won't try to think 'Cos I don't want my problem solved When things go wrong I'll take the blame I'll do my best to ease your pain I won't let it get you, I don't mind There's not one thing I'd rather do Than spend another night with you But I won't try to push you, I don't mind I won't tell you lies I'm getting so mixed up with you I get so obsessed With all the little things you do Every time you smile I can't help but get involved But I won't try to think 'Cos I don't want my problem solved When I'm alone and I can't sleep I trust in you my dreams to keep Oh be with me and stay with me Share my life, oh could it be All I have is yours to take So guide me through my first mistakes I'll be faithful, I'll be true Anything you want me to... Not one thing on this whole earth Worth more to me than what you are worth Well I don't understand Buy you and I know where we stand No I won't tell you lies I'm getting so mixed up with you I get so obsessed With all the little things you do Every time you smile I can't help but get involved But I won't try to think 'Cos I don't want my problem solved No I won't tell you lies No I won't tell you lies No I won't tell you lies No I won't tell you lies
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So Cruel 02:50
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Please please help me I'm down on my knees I must have your assistance You've got to help me please My world is turning inside out I think I've lost my nerve Take my hand and take me home It's the least that I deserve I never done any harm I never spoke a word Or if I did I first made sure I was not overheard But everyone's against me I think I've lost my nerve Maybe they are right And I just get what I deserve Call me crazy, call me a fool I did not think that anyone could ever be so cruel So cruel Am I right in thinking I used to know that girl Surely I'm mistaken I thought I knew her well But she is spreading rumours She's telling people lies All it is is jealousy I see it in her eyes I'm going to hold a party For everyone I meet And you are all invited To generate some heat First we burn the furniture Then we burn the books When the flames begin to hurt Be silent and don't look Call me crazy, call me a fool I did not think that anyone could ever be so cruel So cruel Call me crazy, call me a fool I did not think that anyone could ever be so cruel
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The Big Man Bites The Sidewalk 05:07
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I like my life when it likes me As I fade away harmlessly I thrive upon the ordinary I live alone in a cold white room And it's not too bad In my world night won't come too soon It's not too bad There are no windows in my house But I never want to see out I have no reason to change now My patients scream with pain divine It's not too bad My instruments of science shine It's not too bad Here I sit and watch the waters Here I sit and watch the waters Here I sit and watch the waters
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Black Shiny FBI Shoes (demo - bonus track) 02:50
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Belief In Myself (demo - bonus track) 02:09
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The Funny Men (demo - bonus track) 02:30
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Radio Ghosts' second release, on 12in vinyl, featured six tracks:
Handfuls of Everything, Reflex Reaction, Run, I Won't Tell You Lies, So Cruel, and The Big Man Bites the Sidewalk. All written and mainly sung by Martin, apart from Reflex Reaction which is mostly an instrumental, with the odd phrase from Paul.

Historical note: the radio broadcast of President Reagan being shot, which features in the final track, just happened to be live on the radio in the studio at the time this song was being recorded, and was included in real time on the track.

John Peel played the title track on his show in late 1981/early 1982.

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released January 1, 1982

Martin Cotter - guitars, vocals, synths, percussion
Iain Bain - guitar, vocals, percussion, violin
Paul Quinn - bass, vocals, percussion, piano
Craig Leslie - drums, percussion, drum machine treatment, vocals

Recorded at Park Lane and CaVa studios, Glasgow, 1980-81

© Radio Ghosts / Grampaphone Records, 1981
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Thanks to Dave 'Slash ma tit' Roy for tenor and soprano saxes.
All songs produced by Radio Ghosts, with considerable help from Kenny MacDonald at Park Lane and Cy Jack at CaVa studios.

'Thanks etc' to:
Hector, Ali, Graham, Elspeth, Susan, Lesley, Christine, Sibyl, Jan, Norman, Lisa, Roz, Jim Morgan, Gordon 'Tycoon' Leslie, gerry, Mark and Karen.

"This record can be played at any speed, but we like to think it sounds good at 45rpm"

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Cultish spectres Radio Ghosts first appeared in Glasgow, Scotland, as post-alternative noise tunesters. They have now spread outwith any physical, and in many ways paraphysical, boundaries. You're welcome to come visit, any time.

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