I climb up, spending daylight
slide down drunken on the other side
Some sweet girl, playing my wife,
runs off with a boy whose bike she'll ride
Playground (it's a playground)
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
Playground (it's a playground)
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world
Bells will ring, door flings open
Hare and greyhound in the old kiss chase
You've been caught, game has ended
Smack on kisser from her slap on face
Playground (it's a playground)
We're marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
Playground (it's a playground)
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world
Watch the leaves all tear away (one by one)
Leaving you but lined like an exercise book
What did your report once say (know the one)
This boy must try harder to please
From down on his knees
Playground, playground, playground, playground, playground,
playground, playground, playground
Brain gets bent, heart gets broken
You can't jump off once the page is turned
School is out but never over
That's the only lesson you can learn
Playground (it's a playground)
We're marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
Playground (it's a playground)
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square
Playground (it's a playground)
Go for the high jump if you let 'em push you in the
Playground (it's a playground)
There's no escaping, escaping from their big square world
You may leave school, but it never leaves you
7 comments:
Great!
And Sal please know how much I appreciate your The Other 100 project. Even if I lack the imagination / knowledge / discipline / ... to comment that in no way means I don't devour the posts and downloads.
Thanks!
C'mon Andy, get off your ass and give us some new music! Now, goddammit!! Randy
here's a quirky yet heartfelt take on Andy P from a not-really fan: dont like xtc! SKYLARKING hit me like maybe a classic great album the few couple songs then by the end I kinda never needed hear it again-- sold it...go figya.
Once I heard on wfmu the last half of PRINCE OF ORANGE and I spent years trying to track it down, great lil tune that...!
and his collab. w/ M Newell ['Greatest Living Englishman'] I find amazingly stellar the arrangements/prod.
If this is the last album XTC ever does (which it increasingly seems like) -- they went out on a very, very high note!
I second what JAYESSEMM (above) said.
And speaking of Martin Newell ['Greatest Living Englishman'] I am currently listening to The Stray Trolleys – 'Barricades and Angels' (courtesy of Exy). Never heard him before, and am loving it. A dash of early Hollies, a dollop of Nick Lowe, a faint whiff of Elvis C and XTC. Newell & the STs lack the vocal chops and production sheen of all the afore-mentioned, but the songs are great.
Looooove me some XTC - especially that last album there. Early XTC isn't for me (it's like Sal might say - "Where's the SONGS, man?"), but Skylarking onwards is some of my favorite music ever.
As for this particular tune, great marriage of lyrical topic I've never heard quite covered anywhere else - and a band arrangement that's incredible.
Sal, this reminds me of a cool topic it would be fun to hear others weigh in on... what artists or bands can you think of, about whom you can honestly say they got better with time? And why? I can think of quite a few, actually, and XTC is definitely one of them.....
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