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Dinner Party

from Sedition by The Sedatives

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Who the hell designed the acoustics in my head ?
All your laughter echoes hollow in my brain.
And Kieran’s glancing at his pocket watch again;
he’s sorry but he really should be getting home to bed
or to watch a late-night video.

Eva’s dressed to kill again, but she used to be so kind;
her skirt unbuttoned to her thigh.
But behind her coal-black pupils and the whites of her eye
the shutters are all down: open body / closed mind.
A negative image of the girl I used to know.

And if you’re going to leave the party, just get up and go, my friend;
but if you stay, please stay with me to the end.

Former New Years’ resolutions; the mental strength to choose.
Got to get a job; to get a girl.
But this year marks a turning point; white flag of surrender unfurled.
Gonna smoke more fags, gonna screw around, gonna hit some serious booze
and lose my o’er-vaulting ambition.

This isn’t so much fun now as it was ten years ago.
Your charming optimism is beginning to sound strained.
And the definition of friendship’s undergone a subtle change
from open-file access to strictly need-to-know.
You scratch my back and I’ll laugh behind yours.

And if you’re going to leave the party, just get up and go, my friend;
but if you stay, please stay with me to the end.

If you’re going to leave the party, your coat is on the bed
in the corner of the spare room next to mine.
We’ll see you this time next year but please call round any time,
and when you leave please let your thank-yous go unsaid.
Just throw the switch and turn out all the lights.

And if you’re going to leave the party, just get up and go, my friend;
but if you stay, please stay with me to the end.

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from Sedition, released September 22, 2016
Music and lyrics © David Banks 1999
Jenny Banks provides backing vocals
ISRC: UK-DVB-16-00024

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The Sedatives Chesterfield, UK

The Sedatives are Bjørn Frengstad and Dave Banks.

They first sung together as members of the mythical "Groundwater Boys" in Trondheim, Norway, and continued to write and play following Dave's return to Chesterfield, UK, in 1998.

They have toured their music throughout western Siberia and selected pubs in the eastern Peak District of Derbyshire. ... more

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