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Magazine – Philadelphia lyrics
Your clean-living, clear-eyed
Clever, level-headed brother says
He'll put all the screws
Upon your newest lover
Buddha's in the fireplace
The truth's in drugs from outer space
Maybe it's right to be nervous now

Who are these madmen!
What do they want from me!
With all of their straight-talk from their misery

Everything'd be just fine
If I had the right pastime
I'd've been raskolnikov
But mother nature ripped me off
In philadelphia
I'm sure that I felt healthier
Maybe it's right to be nervous now

I had liberty of movement
But I'm so lazy
I'm so lazy
I'm just so lazy

You're just a big kid
You're not so big at that
You never got the hang of it
Now you're being looked at

Where have I seen you before!
'same place you saw me, I expect
I've got a good face for memories'
In philadelphia
I'm sure that I felt healthier
Maybe it's right to be nervous now
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Songwriters: BARRY ADAMSON, DAVID TOMLINSON, HOWARD DEVOTO, JOHN E DOYLE, JOHN MC GEOGH
Philadelphia lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Mute Song Limited

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    Yes I know the meaning. Ibwas there when Magazine played the iconic Hot club in Philly 1978. We were jammed in a tiny Philly row home with a roaring fireplace. It was scary. Phillynfinest punks way before even the Ramones played Philly. Someone put the Buddha statue in the pit. Voila.
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