Nine Times Out Of Ten - Candy Opera
Channel: Candy Opera
Date: 2018-09-12

Taken from the album '45 Revolutions Per Minute' (2018), 18-track CD available from www.firestation-records.de

Fire flames like reason
Pour gasoline on magazines to keep me warm
You know, I'm tired of being
A casualty with mouths to feed in these four walls
Feel the flame rise up
Burning up the side of my face
'Til the television
Is my only comfort

l stay because you want me
But I don't wanna taste the flame
You burn until I'm hungry, yeah
And hunger comes up nine times out of ten
l stay because you want me
But I don't wanna taste the flame
You burn until I'm hungry, yeah
And hunger comes up nine times out of ten

Burn me up like fever
Alcohol's a sign of where I've been
Detour leaning
Skating around the points you're making
Feel the walls close in
Curtains cut the light on my face
Turn on the television
As my only comfort

l stay because you want me
But I don't wanna taste the flame
You burn until I'm hungry, yeah
And hunger comes up nine times out of ten
l stay because you want me
But I don't wanna taste the flame
You burn until I'm hungry, yeah
And hunger comes up nine times out of ten

Fire flames like reason
Pour gasoline on magazines to keep me warm
You know, I'm tired of being
A casualty with mouths to feed in these four walls

Now I'm tired, now I'm tired

Lyrics by Paul Malone
Music by Paul Malone, Brian Chin Smithers and Alan Currie
Drums – Alan Currie
Tambourine – Brian Chin Smithers
Bass – Frank Mahon
Guitars – Brian Chin Smithers
Keyboards – Brian Chin Smithers
Vocals – Paul Malone, Brian Chin Smithers, John Etkin-Bell
Recorded at EMI/ SBK Studios, London, England, August 1989
Produced/ engineered by John Etkin-Bell