Desert Island
(Partridge)
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Single version, 4'48.
Released on 19 September 1983 as a B-side to the Love On a Farmboy's Wages
doublepack 7" single in the U.K.
Also available as a bonus track on compact disc releases of Mummer.
Demo version.
Released on 25 September 2006 on Fuzzy Warbles Volume Seven in the
U.K.
Andy: “Truly awful recording of a truly OK song. Slammed down for the Mummer sessions, complete with slowed down backing voice. Gratuitous castaway joke: Q: Who invented the five day week? A: Robinson Crusoe, as he was fucked by Friday.”
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Cast away on a desert island
Me and poor Crusoe are sharing the same fate
Cast away on a desert island
With Great Britain written on its name plate
With my umbrella I go walking
Through all the sands on a building site
Across the shopping malls and motorways
Birds from Heathrow fill the
Night with people flying to escape
Friday comforts me and says it's pay day
Cast away on a desert island . . .
The game and coconuts is plentiful
You pick 'em right off of a supermarket shelf
And all the man-eaters are parked away
Down in garages
While their selfish owners drinking to escape
Lord of flies with cocktails in his conch shell
Don't rescue me, no
This is my home sweet home dear
Don't rescue me, no
I am far from alone here
Cast away on a desert island
Me and one nation are sharing the same fate
Cast away on a desert island
With Great Britain written on its name plate
Cast away on a desert island
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:06:21 +0900 (JST) From: "Masato.Mihara"<gs4m-mhr (at) asahi-net dot or dot jp> Subject: Code for Desert Island Message-Id: <199903291306.WAA08018 (at) seven dot asahi-net dot or dot jp> Desert Island D Fm Cast away on a desert island Em A7 Me and poor Crusoe are sharing the same fate D Fm Cast away on a desert island Em D With Great Britain written on its name plate A Bm With my umbrella I go walking Db F#m A Through all the sands on a building site A Bm Across the shopping malls and motorways Db Birds from Heathrow fill the F#m B Night with people flying to escape F#m Em? A7 Friday comforts me and says it's pay day Cast away on a desert island . . . The game and coconuts is plentiful You pick 'em right off of a supermarket shelf And all the man-eaters are parked away Down in garages While their selfish owners drinking to escape Lord of flies with cocktails in his conch shell D Em Don't rescue me, no G D Db This is my home sweet home dear D Em Don't rescue me, no G A7 A7sus4 A7 I am far from alone here Cast away on a desert island Me and one nation are sharing the same fate Cast away on a desert island With Great Britain written on its name plate Cast away on a desert island ----- Masato Mihara<gs4m-mhr (at) asahi-net dot or dot jp>
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