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Jake
I stayed off work all day the day I met you, darling, and instead
We spent the morning in the park and the afternoon in bed
But by the teatime we were hungry, I went to shop for you
The butcher took a fiver for a porterhouse for two
I'll be blowed! I'll be blowed!
The butcher was a twister!
I'll be damned! I'll be damned!
He only gave us change of a quid
I was done, I was done:
The porterhouse was brisket
He says: 'Open up your eyes,' he says
"And learn to do as I did."
'Open up your eyes,' he says
'And learn to do as I did.'
They can do me, do me, darling; I have nothing else to lose
Him and his poxy porterhouse can cheat me if they choose
They can do me, do me, do me, do me, darling, as they do;
The pussyfooting butcherman would laugh aloud if he knew
That since you took my eyes, they do not do as others' do
The day before your birthday I was miserably broke
Mooching up a ginnel, when this military bloke
Comes up and says he'll give us a sub to buy a flower or two for you
He hands me down a shilling and I signs an I.O.U
I'll be blowed! I'll be blowed!
The soldier was a scoundrel!
I'll be damned! I'll be damned!
And the shilling was a dud
I was done, I was done:
I'd joined the sodding army
'With a rifle in your hand,' he says
'You'll do as everyone would
A rifle in your hand and you
Will do as everyone would.'
They can do me, do me, darling; I have nothing else to lose
Him and his piffling rifle can dragoon me if they choose
They can do me, do me, darling, they can do me as they do;
The scoundrel of a corporal would chuckle if he knew
That since you held my hand it does not do as others' do
I was trained at scaling obstacles and marching every day
I got good enough to scale the barracks wall and march away
But the bloodhounds came and got me and they said, if I confessed
The justice of the peace would smile on me and do his best
I'll be blowed! I'll be blowed!
The magistrate was bogey!
I'll be damned! I'll be damned!
He usually gave a year or two
I was done, I was done:
He did his best and gave me twenty
'With a chain about your feet,' he says
'You'll do as others do
A chain about your feet,' he says
'Now do as others do.'
They can do me, do me, darling; I have nothing else to lose
Him and his pettifoggery can shackle me if they choose
They can do me, do me, do me, do me, darling, as they do;
The tricky old juridical would snicker if he knew
That since you kissed my feet they do not do as others' do
A bishop came to see me as I languished in the cell;
Give us a blessing and asked if I was short of anything else
And I said that I was thirsty so he went and got a cup;
Looks at me and nods and I politely drink it up
I'll be blowed! I'll be blowed!
The bishop was a rascal!
I'll be damned! I'll be damned!
And him a bishop if you please
I was done, I was done:
In the cup was holy water
'You're a Christian, now, you are,' he says
'So down upon your knees
Now a proper Christian, so down upon your knees.'
They can do me, do me, darling; I have nothing else to lose
Him and his holy water trick can save me if they choose
They can do me, do me, do me, do me, darling, as they do;
The rascally episcopal would giggle if he knew
That since you touched my knees they do not do as others' do
And then a bony angel, with a hammer and some wings
Came and said that I could see you again if I went to live with him
So I said yes, and so he hit me with his hammer a time or two;
He took me to his mansion, on the doorstep there was you
I'll be blowed! I'll be blowed!
The angel was a bounder!
I'll be damned! I'll be damned!
He took you up the stairs
I was done, I was done:
He threw me down the boilerhouse
'There's one born every minute,' he says
'We keep 'em all in there
One born every minute" he says
'And we keep 'em all down there.'
They can do me, do me, darling; I have nothing else to lose
Him and his crematorium can grill me if they choose
They can do me, do me, do me, do me, darling, as they do
The dangerous old angelface would frown a bit if he knew
That since you took me in I do not do as others do
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KleenexLiliput
"Kleenex (1978–1979)
Under the name Kleenex, the band formed in Zürich in 1978, with an initial line-up that included Lislot Ha (Lieselotte Hafner) on drums, Klaudia Schiff (Klaudia Schifferle) on bass and vocals, and Regula Sing on lead vocals.[1][3] Marlene Marder (Marlene Marti), an acquaintance of the band, filled in on guitar during the encore portion of their first live performance, and thereafter remained in the band as their full-time guitarist.[1][4]
Kleenex financed the recording of their eponymous debut EP, which was released in 1978 in Switzerland by Sunrise, a local label operated by friends of the band. The EP attracted the attention of English disc jockey John Peel, who championed the band on his radio shows, as well as Rough Trade Records, who subsequently signed the band. Kleenex released their debut single "Ain't You" in November 1978, and embarked on a tour of Europe throughout the following year. After the tour, Sing left the band and was replaced by Chrigle Freund.[5] A second single, "You", was issued in 1979, and was the band's last release under the Kleenex name.[3]
LiLiPUT (1979–1983)
The threat of legal action by Kimberly-Clark, who owned the Kleenex trademark, prompted Kleenex to change their name to LiLiPUT. Angie Barrack joined the band on saxophone soon after.[5] As LiLiPUT, the band released two further singles, "Eisiger Wind" (1980) and "Split" (1981), both of which became hits on the UK Independent Singles Chart, the former after being reissued by Rough Trade in 1981. Ha and Barrack left the band around this time, followed by Freund. Astrid Spirit (Astrid Spirig) took over Freund's role as LiLiPUT's lead vocalist, while saxophonist Christoph Herzog and drummer Beat Schlatter also joined the band. After a successful German tour, Herzog and Schlatter departed LiLiPUT, though the latter continued to contribute drumming to studio recordings by the band.
Now consisting of Schiff, Marder, and Spirit, LiLiPUT released their self-titled debut album in 1982. They toured in support of the album and released a new single, "You Did It", in 1983. While Spirit was enthusiastic about a recording a second album, Schiff and Marder, exhausted from touring, expressed their desire to end the band.[4] Spirit offered to take on managerial duties in LiLiPUT in order to ease her tired bandmates' workload. The trio ultimately recorded a second album, Some Songs, which was released in December 1983. By the time of its release, however, LiLiPUT had agreed to split up, as Spirit's pregnancy and desire to focus on motherhood meant that the band could not tour to promote the album.
Post-split activities
Marder wrote the book The Diary of the Guitarist Marlene Marder, Kleenex/LiLiPUT, published in 1985, in which she recounted her experiences as a member of the band. She helped operate a record store for several years, before playing in the band Danger Mice from 1989 to 1992. Marder later started her own artist management agency, helped oversee administration and promotion at a jazz club, and worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature. Schiff has devoted her time to painting.
In 1993, Swiss label Off Course Records released Kleenex/LiLiPUT, a double-disc CD compilation of the band's recordings from 1978 to 1983. Marder was closely involved in coordinating the compilation, which includes tracks sourced from tapes in her possession, while Schiff designed its cover art. The compilation was reissued in the United States by the Kill Rock Stars label in 2001, and subsequently by Mississippi Records as a four-LP box set in 2011.
In 2010, Kill Rock Stars released Live Recordings, TV-Clips & Roadmovie, a CD/DVD compilation of the band's live and televised performances and music videos, as well as other miscellaneous footage shot during the band's tours.
On 15 May 2016, Marlene Marder died at age 61.
Kill Rock Stars and Mississippi Records released First Songs, a compilation of the band's early material, in 2016.
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