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Song of a Dead Pest

Cardiacs

***Song of a Dead Pest*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fifth studio album, *Guns*. It is the eleventh track on the album.

## Lyrics

Mandy trained up her head to
Away itself go when is told.
Head revealed its whereabouts
In a thicket by calling “here … I’m here!”

And in tones of deep solemnity,
Pronounced that she is dead;
Said she had left her torso
Too excited to listen and naked.

Love gone, lost of all faith in
Divine intervention, flying birds on a string.
Lowest neck down half of she
Scandalously flies her hawks
Outside my house.

She’ll only go if I address her coffin
As the ship whereon she must launch
Out into eternity.

And renounce all dancing,
Renounce loose living
And cricket.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Angleworm Angel

Cardiacs

***Angleworm Angel*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the eighteenth track on the album and the eighth track on the second volume.

## Lyrics

Reversal of despair,
Bright young spark he showing flair.
Loosens flesh from machine,
Granted it obscene.
Thrust his fists,
Fisting posts,
Still insist he sees the ghost
Of what we try to see
In darkened rooms and endless laughter.
Lock into theories old,
Existance of all creatures told
Human eyes to snatch a glimpse
Of our life’s genesis.
Lust for knife,
Such is life,
Love for every kind of strife.
Angleworm bit in half,
Fellow eaten raw and helpless.

Perfect, it’s not as easy to find
The good in ourselves
That we leave behind
Forever sublime
And never quite comprehend.
Why that is why we try and we try,
Until do us die,
To pull up the soil
And plant greener seeds.
Perfection an ultimate.

Aiming high cannon my,
Fear young failure to the sky.
Confidence leaknesses dominate my mind
Out of blue into black Ideas meets oblivion.
Endless destructible
Delusions of defeat and anguish.

Perfect, it’s not as easy to find
The good in ourselves
That we leave behind
Forever sublime
And never quite comprehend.
Why that is why we try and we try,
Until do us die,
To pull up the soil
And plant greener seeds.
Perfection an ultimate.

Perfect, it’s not as easy to find
The good in ourselves
That we leave behind
Forever sublime
And never quite comprehend.
Why that is why we try and we try,
Until do us die,
To pull up the soil
And plant greener seeds.
Perfection an ultimate.

Perfect, it’s not as easy to find
The good in ourselves
That we leave behind
Forever sublime
And never quite comprehend.
Why that is why we try and we try,
Until do us die,
To pull up the soil
And plant greener seeds.
Perfection an ultimate.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Core

Cardiacs

***Core*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the second track on the album. The song was also featured on *Greatest Hits*.

## Lyrics

Crazy lover like mad
And it cakes walls with sun.
I shall be a sky and a hill of good
And it keeps my mind happy.

Sucking, breath, shrieking
From my belly doing no favours
And fluid like the waves and fouling glass
And it keeps my mind happy.

I’ve been white clean
And I taste in my mouth a worry.
Everyone falls; I feel fine
And I, and I feel fine.
Air is thin and it is hurting you.
Beast of field, fowl of air,
Heart of stone, man of metal
Shakes loose his core.

Crazy lover like mad
And it cakes walls with sun.
I shall be a sky and a hill of good
And it keeps my mind happy.

I’ve been white clean
And I taste in my mouth a worry.
Everyone falls; I feel fine
And I, and I feel fine.
Air is thin and it is hurting you.

Lost Jim, I held his fat hand.
Needed to be looked after,
I saw the vapours,
Saw the vapours,
Saw the vapours.
I tried but could only think of me.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Pip as Uncle Dick but Peter Spoilt It

Cardiacs

***Pip as Uncle Dick but Peter Spoilt It*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut demo album, *The Obvious Identity*. It is the third track on the album.

## Versions

'Pip as Uncle Dick but Peter Spoilt It' was recorded for Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed. It was unofficially uploaded to YouTube on June 6, 2019.

   It is also the twelfth track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the twelfth track of the first volume.

## Lyrics

Talk to the postman makes no sense
There wasn't the time to illustrate
I never seem to find the time to say
It’s hard

Oil my machine and keep it functioning
Watch the clock make sure that I'm not
Running out of running out of time time
And I can't see I

Argument and controversy
Never seem quite right to me
As usual only usually mine
Oh yeah

Once before and twice again
A hopeless case but now and then
We’re laughing
Oh we're laughing all the time time
So I can't see I

Spiderman, Spiderman
Does whatever a spider can
A spider can

Please be in when I get home
Don't want to sit here on my own
Here on my own
Watch the time
Suit yourself
See the clock upon the shelf
Can't see it myself
She uses Windolene
To keep her children clean
Keeps her washing machine
New as the day
It was new as the day

Colder than very cold
Though I am getting old
They say I won't be told
Now I know better ‘cos
They're getting wetter than me

Argument and controversy
Never seem quite right to me
As usual
Only usually mine

Once before and twice again
A hopeless case but now and then
We're laughing
Oh we’re laughing all the time
So I can see I
Cameras

Cardiacs

***Cameras*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut demo album, *The Obvious Identity*. It is the eighth track on the album.

## Versions

'Cameras' is the ninth track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

## Lyrics

(Cameras. One, two, three, four.)

They [?]. They click. They click. What can I do?
They also clack (psh, psh), and pop
And they wind, wind
What can I do?

## Credits

Template:The Obvious Identity Credits 4

Cateogry:Strange Fruit
Cardiacs Mark I

"**Cardiacs Mark I**", also known as the "classic lineup", refers to the lineup of Cardiacs from 1984 to 1989, consisting of Tim and Jim Smith, William D. Drake (a. k. a. Bill), Domonic Luckman and Sarah Smith. It began when former singer Michael Pugh left the band during production of the album *The Seaside*. Two studio albums were recorded and released with the lineup: *A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window* and *On Land and in the Sea*.

The lineup changed in 1989 with Sarah Smith leaving the band and guitarist Christian Hayes joining, thus marking the end of Cardiacs Mark I.
Seaside Treats (EP)

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the EP by Cardiacs, ***Seaside Treats*****. You may be looking for **the video with the same name**.

## Seaside Treats

### Label

Alphabet Business Concern

***Seaside Treats*** is the first EP by Cardiacs. It features four songs from the album *The Seaside*.

## Tracklist

All songs produced by Tim Smith.

## Release and promotion

A very small number of "Seaside bags" were sold at concerts which contained the EP, the Cardiacs book, the *Seaside Treats* video, a poster, a badge and a stick of Cardiacs seaside rock. Some copies of the EP had a poster of the Cardiacs book as a free gift.

Album coverBack coverThe album was released in the UK in 1985 by the band's long-running own label, the Alphabet Business Concern, then called ALPHABET.

The album is now discontinued and cannot officially be found online.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs - Seaside Treats (1985, Cardboard Slip Case, VHS)" *Discogs*. Received February 14, 2021.

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
Manhoo (single)

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the 12" single by Cardiacs, ***Manhoo*****. You may be looking for **the song with the same name**.

## Manhoo

### Label

Alphabet Business Concern

***Manhoo*** is the eighth single by Cardiacs. The title song was featured on the album *Sing to God*.

## Tracklist

All songs produced by Tim Smith.

## Concept and music

*Manhoo* is a 12" single. The title song was also included on the album *Sing to God* with the other tracks not being featured anywhere else.

## Release and promotion

Album coverCD back coverThe single was released in the UK in 1995 by the band's long-running own label, the Alphabet Business Concern.

The 12" single was released on Bandcamp on March 6, 2018. It has not been officially released anywhere else online.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs' Community | Cardiacs". *Bandcamp*. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
Scratching Crawling Scrawling

Cardiacs

***Scratching Crawling Scrawling*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second demo album, *Toy World*. It is the eighth track on the album. The song was also featured on *Archive Cardiacs*.

## Versions

It is the second track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the second track of the first volume.

## Lyrics

The scratching crawling scrawling,
The grimy wardrobe closes,
My getaway is closing for yet another day,
But dimmer getting brighter is
Pushing me down to the ground.

With your foot passing over over the top of me,
But will you let me know that my leg is on fire?
My getaway is closing for yet another day.

But scratching crawling scrawling
And the dribble on my bed.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Self-published
There's Too Many Irons in the Fire

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the song by Cardiacs, ***There's Too Many Irons in the Fire*****. You may be looking for **the 12" inch single with the same name**.

### Album

Songs for Ships and Irons

***There's Too Many Irons in the Fire*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons*. It is the seventh track on the album. It was released alongside 'All Spectacular' and 'Loosefish Scapegrace' in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern.

## Animation

An animation was made for the song by Nick Goodman.

## Versions

'There's Too Many Irons in the Fire' is the fifth track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

It is also the second track on the live album *All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest* which was released on May 15, 1995.

## Lyrics

She lived among hubbering flights and sparks.
She breathed them in; they nested in her ears.
Life is toying with bringing back again
The tool that planes against the grain.

Now, too much has passed, but never mind
Because everything turns out nicely in the summer time.
There’s too many irons in the fire.
There’s iron loss from iron gain,
And iron sadness, iron pain.
There’s too many irons to regret,
Too many irons to forget that there’s
Too many irons in the fire,
Too many Irons in the fire.

You broke me alive,
How can you do this? There’s only one of me

There’s too many irons in the fire.
There’s iron guilt and iron waste
Of iron love for iron hate.
There’s too many irons in the fire,
Too many irons in the fire.
There’s too many irons in the fire,
Too many irons in the fire.
There’s too many irons in the fire,
Too many irons in the fire.
There’s …

But everything turns out nicely in the summertime.
Gina Lollobrigida

Cardiacs

***Gina Lollobrigida*** (also spelt 'Gena Lolla Bridgida' with every variation between the two possible) is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third demo album, *The Seaside*. It is the second track on the album.

## Versions

'Gina Lollobrigida' is the fourth track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

It is also the ninth track on the live album *The Special Garage Concerts* which was released in 2005. It is the ninth track of the first volume.

## Lyrics

Here's me hidden in the underground
And so far I don't mind
That's why a-ha you'll find
I'm never coming here
Buy me all the things I ask for
Nothing's too much for me
Here more often than not
A burst investigating main

Never before did it seem what it used to seem
Its right by night time
So find the right time
One day I'll be getting older
And so what happpens now on the big screen
Or should I leave it all behind

You laugh and I can never hear you
Never before did I know
A bigger chance to be congenial
I once had a go on my own

Oh no see who's getting nearer
All efforts wasted now
That's why I'm right believing
Everything I see
Whats new? "Bulldog Drummonds' peril"?
"The tragedy of a switchboard operator"?
Another "Weekend World"?
Never before did it seem what it used to seem
It's packaged right like Gina Lollobridgida

You laugh and I can never hear you
Never before did I know
A bigger chance to be congenial
Once had a go on my own

You laugh and I can never hear you
Never before did I know
A bigger chance to be congenial
Once had a go on my own

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
The Breakfast Line

Cardiacs

***The Breakfast Line*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut studio album, *A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window*. It is the eighth track on the album. The song was also featured on *Greatest Hits*.

## Lyrics

(… But I’ve created my own monster.)
I regard them
By force of habit.
It is so that's why I …
In a few days,
I will informally la, la, la, la laugh.
Ha ha ha ha ha!

As if withered with despair,
Which is ever so hard.

A woman in white surrounded me
With a jar.
Gave me something I don't need,
La, la, la.
But for all I know, it’s ever so …
For all I know, it’s ever so …
Ever so, ever so hard.

Tow to the breakfast line,
It’s not too late
So step in time.
Tow to the breakfast line,
It’s easy as can be.

Take it fast,
Take it slow,
Take it any way you go.
Will despair descend on me?
I don’t know.
But for all I know, it’s ever so …
For all I know, it’s ever so …
Ever so, ever so hard.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Greatest Hits

## Singles from *Greatest Hits*

1. Manhoo
 Released: 1995

2. Odd Even
 Released: 1995

***Greatest Hits*** is a compilation album by Cardiacs. The album's title is most likely ironic due to its lack of many of their better-known songs. It can be seen as a follow up to the compilation album *Sampler* from 1995 with an arbitrary tracklist. 'Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain' can only be found on the album, as it was going to later be included on the new abandoned album to follow *Greatest Hits*. It was released by the Alphabet Business Concern on April 2, 2002.

## Release and promotion

Album coverCD back cover
The album was released in the UK on April 2, 2002 by the band's long-running own label, the Alphabet Business Concern.

The album was put on the band's Bandcamp page on February 15, 2018. It has not been officially released anywhere else online.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs' Community | Cardiacs". *Bandcamp*. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

### External links

* Official Cardiacs website

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
Billion

Cardiacs

***Billion*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the twelfth track on the album and the second track on the second volume.

## Lyrics

When she was within two feet, she laughed and moved away;
Made him feel really sad,
Saddest than he ever had.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Plane Plane Against the Grain

Cardiacs

***Plane Plane Against the Grain*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons*. It is the fith track on the album. The song was originally recorded for the *Big Ship* EP, and was released in 1987, before the EP was discontinued due to all of its tracks being included in the former album. The song was also featured on *Greatest Hits*.

## Lyrics

Little glad laughing makes a prickly noise,
But when with the boys, he breaks his toys.

Clicks when he hops (the crip) and he stops
To strike at the face that stops his clocks.

Better next time, we want it to be;
Be just as happy for me.
For all the things we wanted to be,
Take care and keep life-a rolling on.
A Time for Rejoicing

Cardiacs

***A Time for Rejoicing*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second demo album, *Toy World*. It is the thirteenth and final track on the album.

## Lyrics

I know I can’t
See eye-to-eye no more,
I’m free,
The way it should be.
And the life
That was chosen for me
And my things are never really changing.
And the people always ask me,

‘Why hide?
There is no time
For the things.
And me,
For it’s odd,
I’m inclined to agree,
But I’ll tell them everything so quickly,
Disappointed still.
Never mind.

‘In heaven,
Everything is fine.
In heaven,
Everything is fine.
In heaven,
Everything is fine.
In heaven,
Everything is fine.
In heaven,
Everything is fine.
In heaven,
Everything is fine.’

## Credits

 **Published by** | Self-published
All His Geese Are Swans

Cardiacs

***All His Geese Are Swans*** is a piece by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons*. It is the eleventh and final track on the album. It was released alongside 'Susannah's Still Alive' and 'Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love' in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern.
Singles

This page is a list of **singles** released by Cardiacs.
## Singles

**A Bus for a Bus on the Bus**
(1979)**A Cake for Bertie's Party**
(1979)**Food on the Wall**
(1979)**There's Too Many Irons in the Fire**
(1987)**All Spectacular**
(1987)**Loosefish Scapegrace**
(1987)**Is This the Life?**
(1988)**Goosegash**
(1988)**I'm Eating in Bed**
(1988)**Susannah's Still Alive**
(1988)**Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love**
(1988)**All His Geese Are Swans**
(1988)**Baby Heart Dirt**
(1989)**I Hold My Love in My Arms**
(1989)**The Safety Bowl**
(1989)**Day Is Gone**
(1991)**Bellyeye**
(1995)**A Horse's Tail**
(1995)**No Gold**
(1995)**Manhoo**
(1995)**Spinney**
(1995)**What Paradise Is Like**
(1995)**Odd Even**
(1995)**Hurricane**
(1995)**Devils**
(1995)**Signs**
(1999)**Sang 'All Away Away!'**
(1999)**Dog-Like Sparky (Instumental)**
(1999)**Ditzy Scene**
(2007)**Gen**
(2007)**Made All Up**
(2007)**Vermin Mangle**
(2020)

#### 12" singles

**A Bus for a Bus on the Bus**
(1979)**There's Too Many Irons in the Fire**
(1987)**Is This the Life?**
(1988)**Susannah's Still Alive**
(1988)**Baby Heart Dirt**
(1989)**Bellyeye**
(1995)**Manhoo**
(1995)**Odd Even**
(1995)**Signs**
(1999)**Ditzy Scene**
(2007)
For Good and All

Cardiacs

***For Good and All*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the eighth track on the album.

## Lyrics

Lost my chance and lost my home,
Lost my energies hole.
Leaves me bod and leaves me soul,
Leaves me lingering whole,
Leaves me lingering whole.

She sustains cruel delicate care
For all her daughters feathers and fur,
Unite as one to march at our side;
To find the place where is to lie.

Leaf and bark bone and hair,
Turn to seed ’neath her stare.
Seed to burst, soar and rise,
Ours for love is the care,
Tending each everywhere.

And she turns her water slow,
Across her face all creatures glow.
Heaven holds her breath to dear
To shake the shade from all of our fear
And put to rest another year.

Timelike pulse shakes fierce through chain
With banks spread calm to reach her flame
And all is hushed through foul and din
Save for the whir and chime within

Prying eyes it's what you need
A friend that hides is friend indeed
It leaves me bod It leaves me soul
And leaves me lingering whole

Lost my chance and lost my home
Lost my energies hole
Leaves me bod and leaves me soul
Leaves me lingering whole
Leaves me lingering whole

She sustains cruel delicate care
For all her daughters feathers and fur
Unite as one to march at our side
To find the place where is to lie

Leaf and bark bone and hair
Turn to seed 'neath her stare
Seed to burst soar and rise
Ours for love is the care
Tending each everywhere

Thoughts and things devoid of soul
Unwind all creatures from the coil
We cast our coals to star the sky
And rake our ashes heaven high

All species come to bring her near
Above and below the horizon
Hung rich with dreams to wreath her brow
For good and all to recall

All species come to bring her near
Above and below the horizon
Hung rich with dreams to wreath her brow
For good and all to recall

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
I'm Eating in Bed

Cardiacs

***I'm Eating in Bed*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on the 1995 reissue of their debut studio album, *A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window*. It is the third track on the album. It was released alongside 'Is This the Life?' and 'Goosegash' in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern.

## Versions

'I'm Eating in Bed' is the sixth track on the live album *Rude Bootleg* which was released on August 24, 1986.

## Lyrics

Firstly, there’s a spanner in here;
Secondly, it has the right of way.
And something else is missing,
Sometimes sorted out
And wrapped up straight away.

Nothing by comparison puts thoughts straight in my mind
As I comfort myself with the will to be unkind.
Goes the way of every day, to hell with uncle, I …

Mr Technique’s doing well
And he stands around in poses just like this.
But when I gets to thinking, it seems better
To betray me with a kiss.
We will inform you from day to day,
Mr Technique’s is a much better way.

A change in circumstances,
Forget responsibilities,
And showbiz personalities?

Goes the way of every day,
To hell with uncle, I
(Goes the way of every day.)
Know I’m wrong.
(To hell with uncle, I …)
It must be all this eating in bed.
Tell me when it’s over,
(It must be all this …)
A spider is crawling up and eating in bed.

Catch this, in a minute.

No one can see or say or do
What no one wants or not to do.
It’s scary to be that way,
To make use of my body.
I’ll be round with the tarring can
And stand with the standard man
Who paints us inseperable.
But should I break my fall?

In every cry of every man,
The mind-forged manacles I hear
Goes the way of every day,
To hell with uncle, I
(Goes the way of every day.)
Know I’m wrong.
(To hell with uncle, I …)
It must be all this eating in bed.
(Know I’m wrong)
Tell me when it’s over,
(It must be all this eating in bed.)
A spider is crawling up and eating in bed.

No one can see or say or do
What no one wants or not to do.
It’s scary to be that way,
To make use of my body.
The woman with the clap
Takes me round to the back
To the man with the crocodile smile
Who scares me to my hands and knees.
But should I break my fall?

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Toy World

## Singles from *Toy World*

1. Is This the Life?
 Released: March 1988

***Toy World*** is the second demo album by Cardiacs. It was recorded throughout 1980 to 1981 and was self-released in 1981. It was their first album with Sarah Cutts and their last with Colvin Mayers.

## Background and production

The cassette is a mixture of older songs by the earlier Cardiac Arrest lineup and newer songs by the then-current Cardiacs lineup. As with *The Obvious Identity*, recording was carried out at Crow Studios in Surbiton, Surrey, UK. The tracks were recorded under very low budget circumstances - one member later recalled "Every time the door bell went or the phone rang, it would put a massive crackle on the tapes," - and the final sound quality was quite flat.

## Concept and music

The album captures the band in a transitional phase, with two distinct lineups of the band featured. Both featured Mark Cawthra (who moved between drums and keyboards during different recording sessions) and his voice is featured prominently on the album, occasionally sharing lead vocals with Tim Smith. Cawthra would leave the band amicably during the sessions for *The Seaside* in order to pursue his own projects.

## Release and promotion

*Toy World* was only made available on cassette, sold at concerts and from the fan club. The cassette features the earliest versions of the songs 'Is This the Life?' and 'Nurses Whispering Verses', better known in their re-recorded forms on later albums.

Album coverCassette album cover
*Toy World* has never been reissued, and is consequently one of the rarest Cardiacs releases. However, many of the pieces from it have either been reissued on other Cardiacs releases or have had live versions appearing on other albums.

## Singles

In 1988, 'Is This the Life?' was released as a single by the Alphabet Business Concern, with its CD containing two other tracks: 'Goosegash' and 'I'm Eating in Bed'. The two other tracks were only released on *A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window*, with 'Goosegash' only being included on the Torso release.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs - Is This The Life (1988, Vinyl)" *Discogs*. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

### External links

* Official Cardiacs website

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
A Wooden Fish on Wheels

Cardiacs

***A Wooden Fish on Wheels*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third demo album, *The Seaside*. It is the fifth track on the album.

## Versions

It is the fifth track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the fifth track of the first volume.

## Lyrics

Going around all the shops always closing
Never time to pursue my interests
Will I ever find the time
For a quick taste of the high life?

I'm so perplexed though it doesn't really seem
To affect the high and mighty
And I can't see you ever
Turning up trumps into my life

See me coming up and coming whoops-a-daisy
One, two, nothing counts in this complex world
Lights are in the making
Never see them changing
Always stay the same for me, oh

Out in the air, on the top in the open
Conversation is to be expected
And I can't form the words
So I just maintain my silence

My breathing space is limited
The people always walking
Round my hallway on the stairs below
Always seem to end up on the road before me
Things they really seem to bore me
Driven around all the shops always closing
And it appears that I've been mended
And I can't see me ever
Turning up trumps into your life

See me coming up and coming whoops-a-daisy
One, two, nothing counts in this complex world
Lights are in the making
Never see them changing
Always stay the same for me, oh

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Bellyeye (single)

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the 12" single by Cardiacs, ***Bellyeye*****. You may be looking for **the song with the same name**.

## Bellyeye

### Label

ORG Records

***Bellyeye*** is the seventh single by Cardiacs. It features three songs from the album *Sing to God*.

## Tracklist

All songs produced by Tim Smith.

## Release and promotion

Album coverBack coverThe single was released in the UK on April 17, 1995 by ORG Records.

Though the single is discontinued, all of the tracks from the mini-album were included on the album *Sing to God*.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Woolley, Nick. "Yousletter 8". *Cardiacs Museum*. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
Wind and Rains Is Cold

Cardiacs

***Wind and Rains Is Cold*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fifth studio album, *Guns*. It is the third track on the album. The song was also featured on *Greatest Hits*.

## Lyrics

Wimping out for baby God,
No grudge, nothing, not even fear.
Only he was a lamb.
Nurse his hate hand, he cut it on a jag.

Oh, spotty Sally’s army
All win they dared; all sayed ‘Yeah.’;
Dashed back calling out alarms,
Enough to wake the dead Freds,
Dead Freds
With their hair waving all lazy and soft
Like meadow grass under the flood.

Rains cold and the wind blows,
All the rains is cold,
All the rains is cold.

Best thing gone did ever have,
It was a good boy not bad
With whole body just a-quivering
With cleanliness.
Hate hand, take the soul through drizzle ditch
And the wormy garden vegetable garden bitch.

Hide your hate hand in your secret place,
Your hate hand, hide your hand.

Now you remember, children,
How blessed are the pure in heart.
Want me to take ’em up and wash ’em good?
Them dead good?
Like the only fish in the river,
Not safe ’cause they all had stones,
All had stones.

With rains cold and the wind blows,
All the rains is cold,
Wind and rains is cold.

Hide your hair, it’s waving all lazy and soft
Like meadow grass under the flood.

Rains cold and the wind blows,
All the rains is cold,
Wind and rains is cold.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Alphabet Business Concern

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**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the record label, **Alphabet Business Concern****. You may be looking for **the song, 'The Alphabet Business Concern (Home of Fadeless Splendour)'**.

## Alphabet Business Concern

### Official Website

http://www.cardiacs.net/

The **Alphabet Business Concern** is a British record label owned by Cardiacs.
Susannah's Still Alive (single)

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the 12" single by Cardiacs, ***Susannah's Still Alive*****. You may be looking for **the song with the same name**.

## Susannah's Still Alive

### Label

Alphabet Business Concern

***Susannah's Still Alive*** is the fourth single by Cardiacs. It features two tracks from the album *Songs for Ships and Irons*, along with a cover of the song 'Susannah's Still Alive' by Dave Davies.

## Concept and music

*Susannah's Still Alive* is a 7" and 12" single. Two tracks were also included on the compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons* with the title song not being featured anywhere else.

## Release and promotion

Album coverVinyl album coverVinyl back cover7" album cover7" back coverPromotional flyerThe single was released in the UK on September 5, 1988 by the band's long-running own label, the Alphabet Business Concern.

The 12" single was released on Bandcamp on December 1, 2020 following the death of Tim Smith. It has not been officially released anywhere else online.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs' Community | Cardiacs". *Bandcamp*. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
Dinner Time

Cardiacs

***Dinner Time*** (titled 'Dinnertime Is At Home (Not Here)' on The Special Garage Concerts) is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third demo album, *The Seaside*. It is the tenth track on the album.

## Versions

It is the twentieth track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the fourth track of the second volume.

## Lyrics

Thinking back now
Lazing on hazy days although in many ways
It’s always a task
What we used to see on the TV
On saturdays seems so far away
I think to myself now’s the time to self indulge
And on the other side is a program
About someone who died

I get so tired
Dinner time is at home not here
Mine is the truth
Never ending year after year

A change of scene, I know
Oh happy days meeting people on the way
And on the TV screen
(oh dear, what’s the time
You used to be a friend of mine)

So we go now
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la
I’m turning round now
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

What’s happening now, I never see eye to eye
All ideas blown up high in the sky

I’m so sorry which I cannot show
But I can’t say anymore
I’ve got to go home into my own world
I’m so sorry which I cannot show
But I can’t say anymore
I’ve got to go home into my own world

Thinking back now
Lazing on hazy days although in many ways
It’s always a task
What we used to see on the TV
On saturdays seems so far away
I think to myself now’s the time to self indulge
And on the other side is a program
About someone who died

I get so tired
Dinner time is at home not here
Mine is the truth
Never ending year after year

Time…
You used to be a friend of mine
I can sense a change in mind
You used to be a friend of mine
I can sense a change in mind
You used to be a friend of mine
I can sense a change in mind
You used to be a friend of mine
I can sense a change in mind
So we go now
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la
I’m turning round now
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la
So we go now
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la
I’m turning round now
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

I’m so sorry which I cannot show
But I can’t say anymore
I’ve got to go home into my own world
I’m so sorry which I cannot show
But I can’t say anymore
I’ve got to go home into my own world

I’m so sorry which I cannot show
But I can’t say anymore
I’ve got to go home into my own world
I’m so sorry which I cannot show
But I can’t say anymore

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Visiting Hours

Cardiacs

***Visiting Hours*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut demo album, *The Obvious Identity*. It is the second track on the album.

## Versions

'Visiting Hours' was recorded for Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed. It was uploaded to the abcglobus YouTube Channel on December 31, 2017.

'Visiting Hours' is the fifteenth track on the live album *All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest* which was released on May 15, 1995.

It is also the twenty-ninth track on the live album *The Special Garage Concerts* which was released in 2005. It is the thirteenth track of the second volume.

## Lyrics

Being here alone I hardly find the time to see my way
Never hear it clearer sitting on this bright and sunny day
Now I feel inclined to look upon you now I’ll never know
Playing on the slide and swings and around and 'round we go

Leave me, leave me, can’t you see that I’m weary

I never had what I desired
And you wouldn’t let me
Play with the other kids
There outside, they weren’t good enough for
Me, while I sit here and scheme
With Rabbit and Teddy
Sweet revenge is asking me
To be set free

I’d like to see you sometimes
If only for a moment, take your time
I can really see now
And I know what’s yours
And know what’s mine
I see it’s hopeless
Now the final stages have begun
Like it when it’s raining
Makes it so much wetter than the sun
A Horse's Tail

Cardiacs

***A Horse's Tail*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the eighth track on the album and the eighth track on the first volume. It was released alongside 'Bellyeye' and 'No Gold' on April 17, 1995 in a CD by ORG Records.

## Lyrics

Digging to grow bigger,
Jim prove himself worthy to a perfect nation;
Michael could be the same.

Hair by hair, he will yank out the vicious horse’s tail;
He will learn from tic-man that he
Always thought he were bleeding glitter to win.

Diggin’ up grow bigger,
Jim prove himself worthy to a perfect nation;
Michael could be the same. Bletching hard, yeah!
Hard into a shaftless mind of swankledged info,
Never sucking more than this than power licence
Nice and freely.
(Wish I could be the same.)

FUCK OFF!

Man stand far away;
Looks like a dot standing on his hill.

Perserverance, understanding,
Climb the stairs and cross the landing.
Best to grin and weap.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Ice a Spot and a Dot on the Dog

Cardiacs

***Ice a Spot and a Dot on the Dog*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third demo album, *The Seaside*. It is the eleventh track on the album.

## Versions

It is the sixth track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the sixth track of the first volume.

## Lyrics

Its not the same no matter what
Constantly I find myself in hot water again
Bumping into things another twist
Knocking on the door on the see saw
And I wonder would I be missed

Do you know what I mean to say
I meant to say to you today
A day goes by I try thats why
I try to speak to you today
Pointless to assume it means the same

Everybody plays their little games
What they'd always said to me
Do you know what the things you said
You'd know I'd hoped you'd know you know
Just what they'd always said to me

But I laugh
And I cry
But I don't
Really mind
Though it seems
To be as always

Sing me lullabies
Make me close my eyes
Always seemed so frail
Can't talk to me can't talk to you
You just ignore the things I do
Bumping into things they're always twist-ing
Knocking on the door on the see saw
And I wonder would I be missed

Do you know what I mean to say
I meant to say to you today
A day goes by I try thats why
I try to speak to you today
Doggy noises coming up to me it's a crime

Everybody plays their little games you do
What they'd always said to me
Do you know what the things you said
You'd know I'd hoped you'd know you know
Just what they'd always said to me

Ice
Ice a spot
And a dot
On the dog
From the dog
Is this what we find
Meant to say to you
Nasty things you do
Make me see it through
Back round to the start
Always in the dark
It seems strange but now's the time
For me or you to certify our never coming here

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Over + Over + Over + Over

Cardiacs

***Over + Over + Over + Over*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second demo album, *Toy World*. It is the fourth track on the album.

## Lyrics

It might seem like a cheap way to escape
You're having delusions of grandeur
It didn't need no other to point it out
And who's [?] coming up [?]
Just to hide my thoughts away
Can't see [?] anymore
No, I can't see it
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over

[?]

My eyes were [?]
Inside [?]
[?] against the world
To me is [?] time
Makes me quite confused
It never feels quite the same
Sometimes in this state of mind
I find it hard to [?]
I find it hard to say in a different way
[?] here underground, underground
Sometimes in this state of mind
I find it hard to [?]
I find it hard to say in a different way
[?] here underground, underground
[?] back at home
I'll be [?]
[?]
Makes me sad

[?] back at home
I'll be [?]
[?]
Makes me sad

## Credits

 **Published by** | Self-published
My Trademark

Cardiacs

***My Trademark*** (known as 'Trademark' on earlier releases) is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second demo album, *Toy World*. It is the seventh track on the album. The song was also featured on *Archive Cardiacs*. The song's lyrics are based on the instructions to Scrabble, a popular board game.

## Versions

It is the sixteenth track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the sixteenth track of the first volume.

## Lyrics

Scoring blank is zero plus premium letters conspicuous
Light blue square is trebled when the player completes his turn and then
Standard dictionary score

Farm Horn Bit Paste Bit Farm Horn
Two blank tiles complete the word requiring hyphens the play consists

When two or more words are formed in the same play
See examples turn three and turn four below
At the end of the game each player's score
Is reduced by the sum of his

Rules for playing to begin
Rules for playing to begin
Rules for playing to begin

Farm Horn Paste Farm Horn Paste Mob
When two or more words are formed in the same play
See examples turn three and turn four below
At the end of the game each player's score
Is reduced by the sum of his
When two or more words are formed in the same play
See examples turn three and turn four below
At the end of the game each player's score
Is reduced by the sum of his

## Credits

 **Published by** | Self-published

1. ↑ https://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/13245-Cardiacs-Album-by-Album?p=408451&viewfull=1#post408451
Baby Heart Dirt

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the song by Cardiacs, ***Baby Heart Dirt*****. You may be looking for **the 12" inch single with the same name**.

### Album

On Land and in the Sea

***Baby Heart Dirt*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second studio album, *On Land and in the Sea*. It is the second track on the album. It was released alongside 'I Hold My Love in My Arms', 'Horse Head' and 'The Safety Bowl' in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern.

## Versions

'Baby Heart Dirt' is the eighth track on the live album *All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest* which was released on May 15, 1995.

## Lyrics

Seeming to believe when seeing wakes me near morning
And gives me right of way.
All, all, all my friends are leaving; always are kept to the day
Or thrown away.
I’m saving up for the lighter hours and the safety of war.

Named you ‘Fly’ as a joke and it stuck fast like mud sticks fast.
And hung up on the wall it’s all and
Everything I need to do it’s all and
Everything I do is showing through my aging lines and living on.

Mr. Right says ‘what is a sin in difficult times?’
Ah! As it’s showing through my aging lines,
It could mean something other.

I’ll beat you to the last one at any given time,
It never leaves me high.
I’m only seeding, only seeding.

Brave sun shines on me on my own, it’s only for me.
Ah! As cold as can be, in an English sea, which could mean something other.

She knows birthright of her babies; has eyes for the future.
We say what has to be said as we wait for the lighter hours.

Mr. Right says ‘what is a sin in difficult times?’
Ah! As it’s showing through my aging lines,
Brave sun shines on me on my own, it’s only for me.

Ah! As cold as can be, in an English sea, which could mean something other.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
The Everso Closely Guarded Line

Cardiacs

***The Everso Closely Guarded Line*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second studio album, *On Land and in the Sea*. It is the thirteenth and final track on the album.

## Lyrics

One day, in a different way, I
Will give myself a role
In this petrifying life.
Walking and breathing
Water will never be the same.

Try a new scheme,
With a man’s machine.
And I try at my best
And I try giving all I can and
Hold it to the window of the world,
Closing my eyes.

There is life in me left
To strike a blow for effect.

Still born goes the everso
Closely guarded line,
Oh.

One day, in a different way, I
Will give myself a role
In this petrifying life.
Walking and breathing
Water will never be the same.

Try a new scheme
With a man’s machine.
And I try at my best
And I try and I try as I listen
To the bustle of the day passing me by.

There is life in me left
To strike a blow for effect.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

Still born goes the everso
Closely guarded line,
Oh.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Day Is Gone (EP)

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the EP by Cardiacs, ***Day Is Gone*****. You may be looking for **the song with the same name**.

## Day Is Gone

### Label

Alphabet Business Concern

***Day Is Gone*** is the fourth EP by Cardiacs. The title song was featured on the album *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*.

## Tracklist

All songs produced by Tim Smith.

## Concept and music

*Day Is Gone* is an EP. The title song was also included on the album *Heaven Born and Ever Bright* with the other tracks not being featured anywhere else.

## Release and promotion

Album coverCD back coverVinyl back coverThe Consultant's Memorabilia Collection promotionThe album was released in the UK in 1991 by the band's long-running own label, the Alphabet Business Concern.

The 12" single was released on Bandcamp on March 6, 2018. It has not been officially released anywhere else online.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs' Community | Cardiacs". *Bandcamp*. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
Susannah's Still Alive

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the song by Dave Davies, ***Susannah's Still Alive*****. You may be looking for **the 12" inch single with the same name**.

### Album

Susannah's Still Alive (single)

***Susannah's Still Alive*** is a song by Dave Davies. A cover by Cardiacs was released alongside 'Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love' and 'All His Geese Are Swans' in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern.

## Lyrics

Oh, Susannah’s bedraggled but she
Still wears the locket ’round her neck.
She’s got a picture on the table
Of a man who is young and able.

Oh, Susannah’s gonna cry.
Oh, Suzannah’s still alive.
Whiskey or gin? That’s all right
When there’s nothing in her bed at night.

She sleeps with the covers down,
Hopin’ that somebody gets in.
Doesn’t matter what she does,
She knows that she can’t win.
Oh, Susannah’s gonna cry.

She’s got a doll with one eye
That always cries when it gets some sleep.
She’s waiting for a soldier to come home,
But she’ll cry and never die.

Oh, Susannah’s gonna cry.
Oh, Susannah’s still alive.
Whiskey or gin? That’s all right
When there’s nothing in her bed at night.

She sleeps with the covers down,
Hopin’ that somebody gets in.
Doesn’t matter what she does,
She knows that she can’t win.

Oh, Susannah’s still alive.
Oh, Susannah’s gonna cry.
Oh, Susannah’s still alive,
Oh, Susannah’s still alive.
Pilf

Cardiacs

***Pilf*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut demo album, *The Obvious Identity*. It is the tenth track on the album.

## Official Audio

It is the twenty-first track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the fifth track of the second volume.

## Lyrics

Soon you'll find out that I'm in a vision
And I can't be seen. Might as well be over
Over [?] oh no
I can't see well people can't see me

[?] about me in a roundabout way
[?] can't be seen

Soon you'll find out you're not so clever
[?]
So clever you are not so
Not so, so [?]

[?]
Getting up my nose

Leave me alone
I don't wanna go with you
Leave me alone
I don't wanna go with you
Leave me alone
I don't wanna go with you
Leave me alone
I don't wanna go with you

Leave me alone
I don't wanna go with you
Leave me alone
I don't wanna go with you
Leave me alone
I don't wanna go with you
Leave me alone
I don't wanna go with you
You [?] what I [?]
And I hear what I [?]
And what they'll see is what I see
And I see what [?] is happening to me

[?] about me in a roundabout way
[?] can't be seen
Archive Cardiacs

## Singles from *Archive Cardiacs*

***Archive Cardiacs*** (also known as simply 'Archive') is a compilation album by Cardiacs. It includes the tracks from the now discontinued *The Obvious Identity* and *Toy World* demo albums along with some demo tracks by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that were unreleased prior to the album. It was released by the Alphabet Business Concern in 1989.

## Release and promotion

*Archive Cardiacs* was originally released in 1989 as a cassette available only to members of Cardiacs' fan club (known as The Yousletter Family). It was later available on general release on CD.

Album coverCD back coverVinyl album coverVinyl back cover1995 reissue album cover1995 reissue CD back coverCassette album coverCassette back coverThe Consultant's Memorabilia Collection promotion
The album was put on the band's Bandcamp page on March 6, 2018 and would later also appear on other streaming services.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs' Community | Cardiacs". *Bandcamp*. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

### External links

* Official Cardiacs website

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
Goosegash

Cardiacs

***Goosegash*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on the Torso release of their debut studio album, *A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window*. It is the twelfth track on the album. It was released alongside 'Is This the Life?' and 'I'm Eating in Bed' in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern.

## Versions

'Goosegash' is the seventh track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

## Lyrics

Two civilians scrap
In combatant rap,
Claws bleeding for dear life
And life is is that.

And you thunder out at the pitch of your breath.
My dying’s your living;
My living’s your death.

God save the queen,
That’s where we stand.
We hold the goose’s gash of life in our hands.

And all of the things that never begin,
Succeeding the womb that we put them all in.

They’re watching me ban,
I’ll plug up their eyes.
Hell’s where I’ll go
To the worm that never dies.

All of these things,
They cannot be sin
And life goes on learning to never give in.

So I’m ready to start,
But that’s when I end.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern