Heat and dust a shout above the din
pushed into the corner the creeping little thing
down in the basement the ugly band plays
in the middle of the night a light behind the door
stubbing out a cigarette, stumbling to the floor
outside in the desert, out across the waves >br> we're listening to the country boys and dancing on their graves
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
Me and my brother Clive we were chased like dogs
down by the harbourside while the captain burned the log
the submarines go sailing out under the sea
off to melt the ice cap and make the deserts bloom
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
On the surface of the atlas distorted by greed
Bright rainbow boundaries and deep hollow seas
God is in his heaven blowing clouds around
tuning in his radio and listening to the sounds
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
tired of his music and licking it's teeth
Heat and dust and broken finger nails
the tracks of my tears stretch out
on dirty little roads
Down in the basement the ugly band plays
Noone ever says
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- Miscellaneous
- fRoots 38
- Magnetic Curses: A Chicago Punk Rock Compilation
- The Edge of the World
- 1-2-3-4! Punk & New Wave 1976-1979
- Paste mPlayer #13
- The Mekons Rock ’n’ Roll
- Fear and Whiskey
- Original Sin
- Dig This: A Tribute to the Great Strike
- So Good It Hurts
- Hole in the Ground
- Honky Tonkin’
- ... New York
- Phi Beta Restless: Post Modern Classics
- The Indie Scene 78: The Story of British Independent Music
- Heaven and Hell: The Very Best of the Mekons
- New York: On the Road 86–87
- The Indie Scene 86: The Story of British Independent Music
- Fast Product: The First Years