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Sarah Jones

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the singer, songwriter and saxophonist of Cardiacs, ***Sarah Jones*****. You may be looking for **Tim Smith's girlfriend, 'Sarah Maher'**.

## Sarah Jones

* 2020s
* 2010s
* 2000s
* '80s

### Genres

Art rock, psychedelic pop, progressive rock, post-punk

### Website

cuttsy.co.uk

**Sarah Jones** (née **Cutts**, formerly **Smith**), is a British musician, singer, songwriter and painter. She is best known for being a singer and saxophonist for the band Cardiacs.

## Career

### Cardiacs

> *See main article: Cardiacs*
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Sarah is best known for her work as saxophonist/singer/songwriter for the band Cardiacs. The band was originally called "Cardiac Arrest" and 1980 saw the release of the only Cardiac Arrest album, *The Obvious Identity*. Cardiac Arrest's lineup had Michael Pugh under the pseudonym of Peter Boker as vocals until he left (Tim took over the vocals for the remaining songs), Tim Smith under the pseudonym of Philip Pilf on guitar and synth, Tim's brother Jim Smith under the pseudonym of Patty Pilf on bass, Colvin Mayers under the pseudonym of Duncan Doilet as vocals and synth and Mark Cawthra under the pseudonym of Little Bobby Shattocks on drums.

In 1981, Tim decided to rename the band Cardiacs and helped record their first album, *Toy World*, on cassette at Crow Studios. After another lineup change, he recruited Tim Quy (percussion), Jones (saxophone) and Dominic Luckman (drums).

The Alphabet Business Concern label was created in 1984. Tim was asked by vocalist Fish to support his band Marillion on their forthcoming tour near the end of the year. He agreed but was not prepared for the hostile audience that awaited them on all legs of the tour (forcing them off the final three days of the tour). From then until 1999, Cardiacs released six studio albums, as well as a number of singles, EPs and live albums.

### Other projects

Jones currently makes paintings and cards, as well as setting up workshops in schools.

## References

1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1992). *The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music*. **1**. Guinness Publishing. p. 413. ISBN 9780851129396
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "History - CARDIACS". *Cardiacs*. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
3. ↑ Backley, Peter (1999). *The Rough Guide to Rock*. Rough Guides (3rd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
The Whole World Window

Cardiacs

***The Whole World Window*** 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 eleventh and final track on the album.

## Versions

'The Whole World Window' is the eighth and final track on the live album *Rude Bootleg* which was released on August 24, 1986.

## Lyrics

It's just a funny world
That hides me out of sight.
And I will stay with her
All through the day
And through the night.

And if she only had
Stopped making that hissing noise
That haunts me now
And makes a joke of me
With all the other boys.

And then the world begins to seethe;
Then she releases what's closed in on me
And then asks
‘Is it just mud that breaks the whole world window?’
And turns as if to try.
So do I,
So do I.

And when I’m really here,
That’s when I’m really here;
My right life begins to disappear.
And I remember my mum
Told me out of all my funny toys
That you won’t make a man of me
And growing up’s an interesting
Thing to do.

And then all life begins to scream;
The whole world changes like I’ve never seen.
And then she goes up to the window
And leaps into the sky.
So do I,
So do I,
So do I,
So do I.

Will you sit down?
Is everybody happy?
There is a sign outside you house saying
“Everyone is happy.”
Well I for one am most certainly not!
Is everybody happy?
Is it just mud that breaks the whole world window?
I’ll turn as if to try!
Poor soldier, now you've created your own monster.
Then turn as if to try.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Anything I Can't Eat

Cardiacs

***Anything I Can't Eat*** 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.

## Lyrics

Pick the paper plates up off the floor,
Hide the hands and feet inside the shed,
Leave the chipping axe outside the door;
Invite home and ask no one instead.

Up and makes me up jump on to my feet
And not do anything I can’t eat.
And all the two things that I put first
And all at the same time – oh, Christ!

Nice looking girl and a nice looking place
And I hear they’ve got some little ones there
Asleep upstairs.
Mind if I take a peek at the nice looking girl
And the nice looking place?
And I hear they’ve got some little ones there
Asleep upstairs.
Mind if I take a peek?
And I won’t disturb them even when I start to cry.

Cats and the rats and the mice chase the dogs,
Eat the pigs, chase the cats, eat the mice,
Eat the bricks, chase the house, house the mouse,
Chase the cats and the rats and the mice
Chase the dogs, eat the pigs, chase the cats,
Eat the mice, eat the bricks, chase the house,
House the mouse, chase the cats and the rats
And the mice eat the dogs, eat the pigs
Chase the cats and the mice eat the bricks
And the house.

Cats and the rats and the mice chase the dogs,
Eat the pigs, chase the cats, eat the mice,
Eat the bricks, chase the house, house the mouse,
Chase the cats and the rats and the mice
Chase the dogs, eat the pigs, chase the cats,
Eat the mice, eat the bricks, chase the house,
House the mouse, chase the cats and the rats
And the mice eat the dogs, eat the pigs
Chase the cats and the mice eat the bricks
And the house.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Bodysbad

Cardiacs

***Bodysbad*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the seventh track on the album.

## Lyrics

Body’s feelie like I’m mad,
How long it has been?
More than I can count, by far.
That’s my body’s feeling bad
And it’s the only one I have
And it’s in my car,
It’s in my car.

Better to swallow a bitter pill.
If they can cut it off, they will.
If they can cut it off, take a pills,
Cut it off they will.

Brushing everything aside
With everything that’s alive,
Push the thing inside.

Body’s bad and it’s sad.
As going out to find a partner,
You’d do anything for.
Beware you’ll soon find out
What lies about,
Shrieking, it shouts.

Ah!

Bestest ever, what a saviour,
Cherish is the word.
Not really, I’m too old,
It’ll break up my bones.

Fiery furnace flew an angel in;
Had to take her out and wash her down.
Let’s act strong like the old days.
A Rizla will fix her wing.

That is the best,
Hallelujah.
What a saviour,
What a saviour,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah.

Ah!

What a saviour,
Hallelujah.
Is the best ever
And saviour twice as ever,
Shaking the feeling
Something’s missing, shake the feeling,
Cherish is the word.
Not really, I’m too old,
It’ll break up my bones.

Better to swallow a bitter pill.
If they can cut it off, they will.
If they can cut it off,
Take a pill; cut it off.
Once in my car,
Once round my head,
That is the best,
Swallow the rest;
Cherish is the word.
Not really, it’s too old.
It’ll break up my old bones.
It’s saviour’s the breaker
That’s life in my shaky feeling.
No, not really. I was lying,
Was lying,
Was lying.

Once in my car,
Once round my head,
That is the best,
Swallow the rest;
Cherish is the word.
Not really, it’s too old.
It’ll break up my old bones.
It’s saviour’s the breaker
That’s life in my shaky feeling.
No, not really.
I was lying.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Horse Head

Cardiacs

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

## Lyrics

In the mirror and in the reflection,
His horsey head made him sob for his mum.
All he wants to do is quietly breathe.

They spoilt him by breaking him
Snip off and snap arms,
Things that make him and never grow back.

In the mirror and in the reflection,
His horsey head made him sob for his mum.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
The Icing on the World

Cardiacs

***The Icing on the World*** 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 seventh track on the album.

## Versions

'The Icing on the World' is the first track on the live album *Rude Bootleg* which was released on August 24, 1986.

It is also the first track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

## Lyrics

When is it good or not good
To perceive a petrifying life,
Or to solving a problem that’s
Here tomorrow; gone today?

‘I am a worthy subject,’
Says one person catching somebody out.
‘And I’m tired of all that I am doing now,’
Says somebody else.

Not to reason why,
Ours is but to do and die,
Says you; says I.
Yes, it’s starting to show,
But it’s already pie in the sky.

No reason if adapted for ordinary use
In everyday lives,
There’s a clause that’s not written down;
We assume it’s just a disguise.

Look, I know everything.
Knowledge forms the best of me.
After all I’ve done,
Don’t blame me,
No, not all the time.
I put the icing on the world.

Something is wrong,
So how is it now?
Is there something on your mind?
Or are your problems deleting the course
That was set in your mind?

Now, we are calm.
Don’t tell me your are living now
What you lived before.
There’s a will in everyones mind
To exude an air of some kind.

Think back some years,
The age of ten, that’s not you.
That was someone else,
Different thoughts and surroundings;
Just memories exist today.

When is it good?
Tomorrow? The day after?
Is living but a farce?
The must be truth in what I say,
Seeing as how the sun shines from my arse.

Dull seems the evergreen style of all our unity.
And over the fence,
An old mothers sympathy
Makes a spectacle of life
All for the sake of love.

Look, I know everything.
Knowledge forms the best of me.
After all I’ve done,
Don’t blame me,
No, not all the time.
I put the icing on the world.

Look, I know everything.
Knowledge forms the best of me.
After all I’ve done,
Don’t blame me,
No, not all the time.
I put the icing on the world.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
In a City Lining

Cardiacs

***In a City Lining*** 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 second track on the album.

## Versions

'In a City Lining' is the third track on the live album *Rude Bootleg* which was released on August 24, 1986.

It is also the third track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

## Lyrics

Oh, what a plain necessity to be alive,
Always too soon to criticise.
I have had, under my eyes and nose,
My mouth singing me lullabies.

I have no right to complain that I am alone
And have no one permanently.
But if one takes it by the hand, the funny man laughs,
Forever landing them on me.

Oh, what a plain necessity to be alive,
Always too soon to criticise.
I have had, under my eyes and nose,
My mouth singing me lullabies.

I have no right to complain that I am alone
And have no one permanently.
But if one takes it by the hand, the funny man laughs,
Forever landing them on me.

Biting while cutting deep
Makes me end up with a clean sweep
Making all my fears
Completely dissolve away;
The saving up for the hope day disappears. (Get off!)

It’s funny how when you breathe in
Your mouth opens; air goes in.
She won’t boil using Teflon on her,
Should I go and put the kettle on her?

Michael’s got himself a girlfriend, he’s a lucky fellow.
Katy’s top was as white as ever, but now it’s gone all yellow.
Malcolm’s a bastard and keeps acting like Emperor Nero;
Peter is constantly pretending to be a super hero.

But what’s in a name? La, la, la, la!
What’s in a name? La, la, la, la!
What’s in a name? La, la, la, la!
What’s in a name? La, la, la, la!

Biting while cutting deep
Makes me end up with a clean sweep
Making all my fears
Completely dissolve away;
The saving up for the hope day disappears.

The funny man hiding something
Hands me one thing trying not to laugh.
Then he gives me news of an epitaph
For the creatures dying in my bath.

Tracy is turning and revolving in a city lining.
Martin keeps his new Lambretta gleaming and shining.
All news has its way then leaves me staring at my pillow;
All clouds have a silver lining, gleaming and shining

All of the time
On the Siegfried Line.

All news has its way then leaves me staring at my pillow;
All clouds have a silver lining, gleaming and shining.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Snakes-a-Sleeping

Cardiacs

***Snakes-a-Sleeping*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the eleventh and final track on the album.

## Lyrics

Tuesday and what’s happening now,
It’s not real life; it’s not fantasy-by-side
The sea-by-side.
Back the shed, that's where she hides from me.

Dear everyone, axe in me,
Hoping I don’t get lost in heaven.
Nevermind, I’ll see you there.
Goodbye, my favourite and I don’t care.

You don’t have to live in there,
But some of us can who dare.
Here comes the never;
I can’t even find my shoes.
Back the shed, that’s where she moves from me
And everyone before.
Leave me inside my floor.

‘You’re right,’ she said; she nods her head.
I thought we’d be alright, instead
I think she hides behind the shed.
‘Thank you, I taught you well,’ I said.

‘You’re right,’ she said; she nods her head.
I thought we’d be alright, instead
I think she hides behind the shed.
‘Thank you, I taught you well,’ I said.

Nevermind, I’ll see you there.
Goodbye, my favourite and I don’t care.
I really don’t, I’ll see you there.

Leaved me in with no definite right
To leave me inside my floor.

Tuesday and what’s happening now:
It’s not real life; it’s not fantasy-by-sides
The sea-by-side.
Back the shed, that’s where she hides and
You don't have to live in there,
But some of us can who dare.
Here comes the never;
I can’t even find my shoes.
Back the shed, that’s where she moves from me.
Sea-by-sides the sea-by-side.
Back the shed, that’s where she hides from.
‘You’re right,’ she said; she nods her head.
I thought we’d be alright, instead
I think she hides behind the shed.
‘Thank you, I taught you well,’ I said.
‘You’re right,’ she said; she nods her head.
I thought we’d be alright, instead
I think she hides behind the shed.
‘Thank you, I taught you well,’ I said.
‘You’re right,’ she said; she nods her head.
I thought we’d be alright, instead
I think she hides behind the shed.
‘Thank you, I taught you well,’ I said.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Ditzy Scene

**"Is everybody happy?"**

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

### Album

Ditzy Scene (single)

***Ditzy Scene*** is a song by Cardiacs. It was released alongside 'Gen' and 'Made All Up' in a CD by ORG Records.

## Lyrics

Hungry mouths to feed
Sick aggregate
Sworn in, scorning
Fast and just wheezing for air
And hail

Golden phrasing I
Lights and principles
Only squeaking
Luck’s ferocious left hand
Stalled

Now multiply a ten-strong baying million
All charred, all hearts full of hurting
Testifying in me

Thwart this ditzy scene
Gilded capital
Hanging, swinging
Loss of fury, heed, loss of spark
Raise! Pull!

Now multiply a ten-strong baying million
All charred, all hearts full of hurting
Testifying in me

Please calming time and disarm to cease this lynching army
Bad hour, condemned and revolting
Lasting out not shortly

All ranting, merciless chanting, smash my legs beneath me
Lives darkly, this is the moment
Honest, this is rid me

## Credits

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Spinney

Cardiacs

***Spinney*** is a song by Cardiacs. It was released alongside 'Manhoo' and 'What Paradise Is Like' in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern.

## Lyrics

Don’t stop to walk,
Don’t walk to go;
Don’t say anything.

All the untidy knots need untying.

I lost them all,
I needed to spin.
Good memories.

She has gone and put nails in the banister.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Cardiac Arrest E.P.

**Cardiac Arrest E.P.**, sometimes referred to as **A Bus for a Bus on the Bus**, is a 7-inch punk single by Cardiac Arrest. It was released in 1979, before the band changed its name to Cardiacs. It is Cardiacs' first ever release.

Cardiac Arrest E.P. features a distinct lineup when compared with later Cardiacs incarnations. Michael Pugh sings lead vocals on all tracks, making this the only Cardiacs release where Tim Smith is not the primary vocalist. This is also the only Cardiacs release to feature drummer Peter Tagg and saxophonist and trianglist Ralph Cade.

As with many early Cardiacs releases, Cardiac Arrest E.P. emphasizes the unpolished punky side of the band.

Cardiac Arrest E.P. was released on the label Tortch Records (TOR 002) and pressed on vinyl in France by A.R.E.A.C.E.M.

## Track Listing

 3

## Personnel

* Philip Pilf (Tim Smith) – guitar, vocals
* Patty Pilf (Jim Smith) – bass
* Peter Boker (Michael Pugh) – vocals
* Duncan Doilet (Colvin Mayers) – keyboards
* Richard Targett (Peter Tagg) – drums
* Raphael Cadd (Ralph Cade) – saxophone, triangle

## Trivia

* Cardiac Arrest E.P. was originally supposed to contain four tracks, with the fourth being "Keep Your Dead Mice With You." However, the 7-inch format didn't have enough room to hold all four tracks, so it was cut down to three. "Keep Your Dead Mice With You" was later re-recorded as Dead Mouse for the album Toy World.
	+ According to Peter Tagg, "Keep Your Dead Mice With You" had to be mixed in mono, "because something strange happened when it was recorded."
* The whole single, including "Keep Your Dead Mice With You," was recorded and mixed in one day at The Elephant Recording Studio, for which they paid "the princely sum of £57.67." Peter Tagg says having only one day to record "seemed like loads of time because we’d previously recorded a 7 song demo at Elephant in 1 day."
* All three tracks reappear on The Special Garage Concerts Vol II.
* Supposedly, Jim Smith broke the E string on his bass during the single's recording. This information comes from an uncited claim on Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt.
* At early gigs, the band would jokingly refer to Cardiac Arrest E.P. as their "hit single" or "smash hit single."

## References

1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/1455488-Cardiac-Arrest-Cardiac-Arrest-EP
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://cardiacs.org/cardiac-arrest-master-tape/
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110515204235/http://www.cardiacs.com/testimonials/testimonials-71-75/
4. ↑ https://cardiacs.org/cardiac-arrest-receipt/
5. ↑ https://alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/album/special-garage-concerts-vol-i-ii
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac\_Arrest\_E.P.
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RN37QKzeq4&t=2m26s
8. ↑ https://mega.nz/folder/ssRlBALa#cEu0W-4vN7D2uxjUr6q3rg/folder/hlp0DQpD R09\_000304.flac at 5:27
Graviton Lance

— Flavor text

**Graviton Lance** is an Exotic Pulse Rifle that deals Void damage, introduced in *Destiny 2.* Its Exotic perk modifies the weapon's burst to fire two bullets, with the second dealing massive damage. It also enables the weapon to cause its victims to explode with Void energy, chaining from target to target.

## Merchandise

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Sang 'All Away Away!'

Cardiacs

***Sang 'All Away Away!'*** is a song by Cardiacs. It was released alongside 'Signs' and an instrumental to 'Dog-Like Sparky' on August 2, 1999 in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern.

## Lyrics

Stab that fork it’s a spark a-thundering!
Call that a globe? It’s a big round world!
Superficially good lookin’!
A precious red ruby all dirty!

You was that bird until nest time!
When you jump outa your skin and away away!
Stop stop sniggering for a fortnight!
‘til your worn out and aged bold and brave!

No! Want no go and jump outa my skin!
No virtue no sin!
No go down and let him in!

I try to keep my feet a-dry!
Not wet and bog and swingin’ in y’ nightgown!
What rods made the stodge a-thicker
Than anything more than the limit?

Chubby faced child
Put corpse in the ground!
Put song all around!
Sang "all away away!"

Cattermouth displays its feelings
Wear like second skin to shed
And when like when it’s pulled tight
As can be it wrinkle like an old neck
Ways to be love it too much
Green is crispy, flaky to touch
All tortoise headed smiling there
Contorts avoiding ugly glare

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Dead Mouse

Cardiacs

***Dead Mouse*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second demo album, *Toy World*. It is the fifth track on the album.

## Versions

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

## Lyrics

Isn't it an awful shame?
I can't see me when it's raining
It seems to be
Never stopped to notice

And I try to find another way
It's getting harder every day
Try to find another way
It's getting harder every day

When you find out you're not so bad
At all
After all

[?] hard to see [?]
But I can't see any way
Getting harder every day
Getting harder every day

Always something in my mind
Could be why I'm feeling fine
Seeing is believing though
Stand here at the window

And I try to find another way
It's getting harder every day
Try to find another way
It's getting harder every day
When you find out you're not so bad
At all
After all

[?] hard to see [?]
But I can't see any way
Getting harder every day
Getting harder every day

## Credits

 **Published by** | Self-published
Gloomy News

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***Gloomy News*** is a song by Cardiacs. It was a track only heard during concerts in the late '70s and early '80s, never being officially recorded at the time.

## Official Audio

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

Cardiacs

***Leaf Scrapings*** is a piece by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut demo album, *The Obvious Identity*. It is the sixth track on the album.

## Versions

It is the tenth track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the tenth track of the first volume.
Jitterbug (Junior Is A)

Cardiacs

***Jitterbug (Junior Is A)*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fifth studio album, *Guns*. It is the fifth track on the album.

## Lyrics

Bend this spine out of mine.
Oh, I’m loads of rain, shower me!
Jelly muddy on strength of their bodies,
And all I get is an odd feeling.

Bend this spine out of mine,
Feet seen my lies seen my fear in all the air
And seem like clay.

Junior all pale again,
So panic red and barmy eyed and
Broken as a bird in air with strangers
Beating a scene and pleased beneath me,
Kicking at air better to eat with,
Ah! Lightly carving away
And be wed all she wares.

And if the ’sceeters don't get him,
Then the ’gators all will.
And junior is a jitterbug,
Chesty and blue, a still born mouthful,
Slid away and hid himself in the earth’s face.

All good news for now,
Rods make buildings in the sand pit.
Fiona kissed my desk.
Me, I just stay out the way.
Old ounce weights all blown upside down.
Air, light, and labour saving devices.
All sun skim her, I don’t want to go home.
Drag back, lighting up time,
Thin yellow on the cotton white.
And the beautiful stranger’s stripes were green.
And make her full of secrets,
And sounded like her name,
And sounded like her hair
Which I tried to smell but made a funny face instead.
Lie for the beads, they are not for me.
Hide them in a match box,
Made all special with white cotton wool.
Keep the ones that click on teeth;
Hand me back the ones that won’t.
Hand me back the rest with the box.

I love you.

## Credits

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

**"Is everybody happy?"**

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

## Signs

### Label

Alphabet Business Concern

***Signs*** is the tenth single by Cardiacs. The title song was featured on the album *Guns*, while the original mix of 'Dog-Like Sparky' was featured on the album *Sing to God*.

## Tracklist

All songs produced by Tim Smith.

## Concept and music

*Signs* is a 12" single. The title song was also included on the album *Guns* and the original mix of 'Dog-Like Sparky' on *Sing to God* with 'Sang 'All Away Away!'' not being featured anywhere else.

## Release and promotion

Album coverThe single was released in the UK on August 2, 1999 by the band's long-running own label, the Alphabet Business Concern.

The 12" single was released on Bandcamp on March 26, 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.*
Victory Egg

Cardiacs

***Victory Egg*** 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 ninth track on the album. The song was also featured on *Greatest Hits*. On the first release, it was credited solely as '*Victory*'.

## Lyrics

‘What’s there to lose?’ said the General,
Selling our dead meat by the pound.
Accidents of existence
Will make us all feel duty bound
To send along their one or to pursue a new curriculum.
With stinky fingers, takes a chair …
Tum ti tum ti tum tum tum.

A door is opened up for me,
I think again and then decline.
The need be not so great
If all descent in perfect peace of mind.
Some consider childish dreams a matter of necessity;
I almost screw myself to the point of my life’s expectancy.

‘I’ll break off all of your charm!’ says World.
Her egg will burst and will arrive.
A man who calls his own tune,
Thinking it's so good to be alive,
Says, ‘If these are the best what are the rest to be life?’
As for me, I struggle with words and wisdom, accusing
‘It's you, it’s me, it's him’, you see?
For all I know, it’s coming fast
To colonise my infancy.
The space is clean but, in between,
It’s coloured with anxiety.
The failing clause is “Victory Complete with Words”;
It’s hard to see
That, after all it’s over
And done with supreme variety.
A friend, indeed, is all I need
To show me to an open door.
I can only trust myself;
I should of thought of that before.
They need a catch before I’m under …
I will give myself to the war!

For all I know, it’s coming fast
To colonise my infancy.
The space is clean but, in between,
It’s coloured with anxiety.
The failing clause is “Victory Complete with Words”;
It’s hard to see
That, after all it’s over
And done with supreme variety.

## Credits

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A Cake for Bertie’s Party

Cardiacs

The first of a trilogy of songs about Bertie’s party, A Cake… is much more recognizably Cardiacs than the first track on A Bus for a Bus on the Bus, its deranged rhythm and twinkling piano putting this listener in mind of later tracks like Hello Mr. Sparrow. Tims’ scratchy guitar is closer to no wave bands, however- A Cake… isn’t free of the punk influences that tarnished A Bus… (the song).

The A Bus… single was recorded in a day, which explains why the band sounds so rough around the edges. A few more takes and this song would have sounded much neater. Tim Smith makes his first lead vocal appearance on the bridge section, which is another hint at the song-writing quality of later releases.

A Cake for Bertie’s Party was included on The Special Garage Concerts Vol II CD.

## Official Audio

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

## Lyrics

Rip open packets and read before using
Open up math book your sanity's losing
Hide stabby thing in your hand
It's amusing
You stab and you're sick
Uncle Bimbo is oozing

Everyone's looking and everyone's trying their best to see over the top of me
Over and under the weight of the world is too much because everyone laughs at me

You bit me I'm bleeding
My artery's severed
Please lock me up
Don't you know I deserve it?
My mummy told me that nurses are smashing
But teachers are nasty
They need a good crashing
(Ha ha haaa!)

Everyone's looking and everyone's trying their best to see over the top of me
Over and under the weight of the world is too much because everyone laughs at me

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Quiet as a Mouse

Cardiacs

***Quiet as a Mouse*** is a recording by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the seventeenth track on the album and the seventh track on the second volume.

## Lyrics

Oh, look!
Can I have one back
And then pat him on the head?

Hang on,
Can we not make them alive?

That’s all windy!

No, because, like, put all the dead ones in a round circle.

Yeah. Pretty as a picture.

Why— why would they not be better alive?

Because we’ll have to paint them!

This one looks too quiet …

Quiet as a mouse.
Shh! Look who's coming round the corner.

Hello.

You know him!

It’s tiny Bob Leith, pretty as a picture.

Shall … shall we beat him senseless? Ha!

Yes, but this is where I take my tiny knife!

Argh!

Quiet as a mouse.

## Credits

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A Little Man and a House

Cardiacs

***A Little Man and a House*** 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 first track on the album. The song was originally recorded for *The Seaside* and was released in 1984.

## Music Video

A music video for 'A Little Man and a House' was included in the Seaside Treats short film.

## Versions

'A Little Man and a House' was originally recorded for *The Seaside*.

## Lyrics

Leaving early, just before the hour.
A few moments won't make any difference.
Not to me, anyway.

The early bird catches the worm.

I don’t really want to go in tomorrow.
The man will tell me off for leaving early yesterday.

Close your eyes, dear, never mind.

And there’s voices inside me.
They’re screaming; they’re telling me,
“That’s the way we all go.”
There’s thousands of people just like me all over
But that’s the way we all go.

What can I do when everyone’s been so helpful?
How can I have the right to say
I’m different to you?

(Oh …)

But I’m lost not for words or for kindness or sympathy.
That’s the way we all go.
And if you’re bigger you fall a bit harder
But that’s the way we all go.

There’s a pain in my side, it’s a lesson I learned from a while ago!
(That’s the way we all go.)
I’ll be screaming inside; I’ll be biting my nails but it won't show!
(That’s the way we all go.)
There’s a knock at my door as I fall to the floor but I still don’t know!
(That’s the way we all go.)
That the people outside shed a tear for my pride but they still won’t go.
(That’s the way we all go.)
Why should I think I’m alone? The whole factory thinks,
“That’s the way we all go.”
Then there’s Washington, Tokyo, New York and Moscow
But that’s the way we all go.
They’re all crying and arguing down the telephone
But that’s the way we all go.
Then there’s me standing here with my whole life to spare …

That’s the way we all go.
That’s the way we all go.
That’s the way we all go.
That’s the way we all go.
That’s the way we all go.

It's easier when you know how obviously but that's how it goes.
(That’s the way we all go.)
Look at me now, I know something that you don't ’cause
That’s the way we all go.
The turning wheel reeks of the whale and the whaler
But that’s the way we all go.
The early bird catches the worm. Does the worm think that
That’s the way we all go?

## Credits

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A Balloon for Bertie's Party

Cardiacs

***A Balloon for Bertie's Party*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut demo album, *The Obvious Identity*. It is the twelfth and final track on the album.

## Official Audio

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

## Lyrics

You run when you're called
You pretend not to hear
[?]
You come in here
You're afraid of us though we've done nothing to you
When we call, you go running to

Hide in your dark room, in your dark room
Hide in your dark room, in your dark room
Hide in your dark room, in your dark room
Hide in your dark room, in your dark room

I can see you where you're hiding
I can see you where you're hiding
I can see you where you're hiding

You seem buried in your ways
Now I can see what it is that makes seem as though as if it's here to stay
Maybe if I close the door more permanently than before he'll change his ways

When all is quiet and asleep, I might just slip away
And when they find that I am gone, I wonder what they'll say

When all is quiet and asleep, I might just slip away
And when they find that I am gone, I wonder what they'll say
You run when you're called
You pretend not to hear
[?]
You come in here
You're afraid of us though we've done nothing to you
When we call, you go running to

Hide in your dark room, in your dark room
Hide in your dark room, in your dark room
Hide in your dark room, in your dark room
Hide in your dark room, in your dark room

It's much better in here when you close the door
That's in the dark and out the light
It's better than before

Things become much clearer when the curtains close and lights withdraw
Makes things much clearer than before

I can see you where you're hiding
I can see you
See you, though you're not really there

Things become much clearer when the curtains close and lights withdraw
Makes things much clearer than before

Will you hear me when I ask you why when you lock the door and hide the key you seem much happier than me?
Big Ship

**"Is everybody happy?"**

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

### EP

Big Ship

***Big Ship*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons*. It is the first 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.

## Versions

'Big Ship' is the fifth track on the live album *Rude Bootleg* which was released on August 24, 1986.

It is also the eleventh and final track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

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

## Lyrics

Pretty teeth, scrapy clean
With a wind-up machine.
I’m feeling very striking;
It’s taken to my liking.

It’s a fine man who cups his breath
With a will to please.

Wipey hand across the blazer.

No one here makes a sound,
Standing up or sitting down.
We grin like alligators;
Assist with apparatus.

Theres a strange feeling in my mind
And the room’s too warm
And lit with McDonald’s lighting.

And the tool, the tool forever
Falling down planes against the grain
Of the wood for the box for my soul
And my aching heart.

The tool forever falling down planes again and
The tool forever falling down planes again and

All of the noise takes me to the ouside where there’s all
Creations joining in celebrating happiness and joy
All around the world, on land and in the sea.

All of the noise takes me to the ouside where there’s all
Creations joining in celebrating happiness and joy
All around the world, on land and in the sea.
In the sea!
Fairy Mary Mag

Cardiacs

***Fairy Mary Mag*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the sixth track on the album and the sixth track on the first volume. The song was also featured on *Greatest Hits*.

## Lyrics

Don’t do anything; just stand there
Holding the light with man and boy, shaking all hands.
If I were a bad dog, you’d all be dead.

Six big strong boys from the land
Chewed off a piece of Mary Magdalenes arms
While guardians wailed ‘Oh, for shame! For shame!’

I will tear the secret from your arms.

And come boys out from the hat!
I cannot see your feet!
Come on, my lucky lads! You don’t want to live forever!
As I live and breathe as if in danger or as if in doubt;
(Ran in circles screaming ‘SHOUT!’).
If I were a bad dog, you’d all be dead.

(Crucified) I thought you were dead.

## Credits

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Everything Is Easy

Cardiacs

***Everything Is Easy*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons*. It is the sixth track on the album.

## Versions

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

## Studio Outtake

A studio outtake of the end of the song was uploaded to YouTube by Marc Phillipps on August 20, 2013.

## Lyrics

Signs and beams and visions swank
Their display clear as the day,
Right clear for my eyes,
All glitter tin supporates
Like a prat with excess
To celestial bliss and glory.

Gas gun, limelight, beacons beam
Apparitions that leave me
Blind as a beetle.

God says,
‘It’s easy, everything is easy.’
And I can’t find what to say
Till I find the start.
And I won’t love till I gain
For myself a heart.

All the haves and the havenots
And everything’s as sound as clean
And everything is easy!

And it wins in my esteem
For flies above the rest.
Libations on your mind,
You maintain the best is now
And it pains all everything;
Takes us to the start
And I won’t know till I gain
For this self a heart; soul
To breathe again, to lay the flame;
To ring action to my soul.
Displace to fuel the flame,
Make way for everything to behold
From the ground and in the air:
It’s a fabulous spectacle
Worthy of laudation.
There's Too Many Irons in the Fire (single)

**"Is everybody happy?"**

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

## There's Too Many Irons in the Fire

### Label

Alphabet Business Concern

***There's Too Many Irons in the Fire*** is the second single by Cardiacs. It features three songs from the album *Songs for Ships and Irons*.

## Tracklist

All songs produced by Tim Smith.

## Release and promotion

Album coverThe single was released in the UK in 1987 by the band's long-running own label, the Alphabet Business Concern.

Though the single is discontinued, all of the tracks from the mini-album were reissued on the *Songs for Ships and Irons* compilation (originally released in 1991 and reissued on CD in 1995).

## Reception

In the week of its release, *There's Too Many Irons in the Fire* was awarded "Single of the Week" in *Sounds* magazine. Reviewer Andy Hurt noted the band's apparent desire to rework 1970s influences for the 1980s, and commented that they were "well qualified for the task, being formed just after the eruption of punk, and representing the marriage between Van Der Graaf Generator and the Albertos." He went on to praise the band, asserting that "Cardiacs can write, Cardiacs can play, and by God Cardiacs can perform. The public are way ahead of the press in recognising this … Clever rock music that is not patronising and which has a sturdy backbone. Pretty damn fantastic actually."

## References

### Citations

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
The Alphabet Business Concern (Home of Fadeless Splendour)

Cardiacs

***The Alphabet Business Concern (Home of Fadeless Splendour)*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the first track on the album.

## Lyrics

(There’ll be dragons …)

Hail majestic corporate light,
Heaven born and ever bright.
How our spirit like the waves
As the breath of thine awakes
And now the night of weeping shall be
The morn of song
Ah! We are those whose thunder shakes the skies
The thin spun life

Home of fadeless splendour
Of flowers that bear no thorn
Here may the blind and hungry come
And light and food receive
Here mighty springs of consolation rise
To cheer the fainting mind
And re-creation find

So overcome thy fear
And burst into sudden blaze
Come blind fury with abhorred shears
And slit the thin spun life
Ah! Sobbing with their human sort of wail
Thy justice fear

Walk in shadow, walk in dread
Loosefish walk as like one dead
One drop in a winter sea
No more to rise forever
Anything down there about your souls
Will smash the sun alight
Ah! Yield week in, weak out from morn to night
Feelers from across the sea
Come crawling over thee

One drop in a winter sea
No more to rise forever
One drop in a winter sea
No more to rise forever
Come blind fury with abhorred shears
And slit the thin spun life
Ah! Sobbing with their human sort of wail
The thin spun life
We are those whose thunder shakes the skies
Whose eyes this atom globe surveys
Thy justice fear
Hooray!

## Credits

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As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea

Cardiacs

***As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second demo album, *Toy World*. It is the ninth track on the album. The song was also featured on *Archive Cardiacs*.

## Versions

'As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea' was recorded for Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed. It was uploaded to the abcglobus YouTube Channel on October 26, 2007.

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

## Lyrics

Images of them coming up to me and I hear them say,
But what they say don’t matter anyway.
Easy come, easy go, I know it well, that is.
So, pressures building bound to give although I might be wrong.
Run out of words to say on the train.

You came up here in the rain and back again for a while. Smile at me and one day we’ll see
What is seeing, is believing though what I’m seeing
I don’t believe, but you know I might be wrong,
Cold as can be in an English sea.

Oh, to be beside the sea. Oh, can’t we be beside the seaside?
Happens over and over again,
Happens over and over again.

Knock at the door, hello. Come inside for a word or maybe a cup of tea would be nice. Oh,
I’ll make a pot, do stay.

Ant and Bee and the ABC cold as can be in an English sea
And everything it’s ever meant to me.

Well that’s great coming from you, seeing as how it’s you who makes the world go round as we all know.
See the light shine above you see the light shine around you, sunshine everywhere you go.

And I ask for information concerning the duty to that concerns you
And you laugh at me. I ask you, is it true that there are four of you to every one of me?
Turning round again all the time,
You pass me in the rain. How are you today?

It’s a toy world,
It’s a toy world,
It’s a toy world,
It’s a toy world.

## Credits

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Goodbye Grace

Cardiacs

***Goodbye Grace*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the fourth track on the album.

## Lyrics

Once in a day,
Put a hand to a heart
And a heart beats a path for a soul,
Driving me mad,
A love of a life goes it snap and I’m glad.

And I say I’ll have it here
For just a harmless faker,
Though mass hysteria here even affects me,
Funny feelings you say and show me
And I want it to be mine.
And if it’s not someone else’s,
It’s bound to be mine and I …
You wanted it too, didn’t you, dear?
Yes, say goodbye, yes, say goodbye, say goodbye.

And then, I can’t settle down.
’S like if you park down grace like standing
Appeal to a dog.
Never he mind.
Stick it up grace like a bother he minds.
And I want it to be mine.
And if it’s not someone else’s,
Well then, it’s bound to be mine.
Happy to take,
I say hello and I snap and I break it.

And it’s because it is there
With all the flies sink my hand
Like floating it stand and it
Stinks the blood; out comes his eyes,
Out comes his nose and …

You wanted it too, didn’t you, dear?
You know, we say you tear
Then he broke it up and he snap it ribbons.
AY! AY! AY! AY!
Burn it in the bin in the kitchen.
Say goodbye, yes, say goodbye, say goodbye.

Goodbye grace, lost my face,
Burn it; shrivelled in the human waste and …
And then, I can’t settle down.
And all the flies from the dog
Stinks the blood; comes his eyes,
Comes his eyes, comes the fur;
Comes the ugly dog, hide!

Other skills in the hand of me
And I’m in like I am.
And catch as just can
And, kind as ever,
Put a hand to a heart
And a heart beats a path for a soul,
A solitary cloud,
A love of a life in a world of it’s own.
And I want it to be mine.
Well, if it’s not someone else’s,
It’s bound to be mine and I …

You wanted it too, didn’t you, dear?
You know, we say you tear
Then he broke it up and he snap it ribbons.
AY! AY! AY! AY!
Burn it in the bin in the kitchen.
Say goodbye, yes, say goodbye, say goodbye.
Stinks the blood; out comes his eyes,
Out comes his nose and …
AY! AY! AY! AY!
Burn it in the bin in the kitchen.
Say goodbye, yes, say goodbye, say goodbye.
AY! AY! AY! AY!

You wanted it too, didn’t you, dear?
Yes, say goodbye, yes, say goodbye, say goodbye.
Goodbye grace, lost my face,
Burn it; shrivelled in the human waste
And then, I can’t settle down.
When all the flies from the dog
Stinks the blood; comes his nose,
Comes his eyes, comes his fur;
Comes the ugly dog, hide!

## Credits

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