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A Bit Part in Life Itself

from Pantomime of Wealth by Latin Quarter

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Ein Song über ein brutales Leben und die Stärke einer Frau, die sich in einer Welt widerlicher Typen herumschlagen muss.
Da ist zunächst der Vater, der von den großen Schlagzeilen träumt, die er als Star machen möchte. Aber er endet dann mit einer kleinen Nebenrolle (A bit part) als Lagerarbeiter im Supermarkt. Der erste Mann, der ihr dann hilft, ist auch der Mann, den sie heiratet und der sie später mit anderen Frauen betrügt. Auch er wird zu einer kleinen Nebenrolle. So wie all die Berühmtheiten, die sie - die Frau, die Toiletten sauber hält - aus Spaß mit Blumen umwerben, die dann innerhalb weniger Tage wieder welk sind.

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A Bit Part in Life Itself
(Jeffries/Jones)

He sent his little girl away with fifty cents
When fifty was four times her age
He had head full of headlines and higher rents
And all the world’s a stage.
But then his ardour turned to harder
Turned to turnip greens
Stacked up on a supermart shelf
He had to settle down to living out in Santa Clara
And a bit part in life itself

You’re too close lady
You come too close
To some people’s comfort
You come too
Too close lady

She saw the train pull out at half past eight
And it ate up all the past as it went
And a young man sweeping up the marshalling yard
Helped her when the fifty was spent
But then a bedding turned to wedding
Turned to other women
And he didn’t even do it with stealth
So she left him to his exits and entrances
And his bit part in life itself

She gave the flatlands up for a northern town
And working in a lady’s room
Where the famous play a game of courting her
And send her the occasional bloom
But flowers wilt in hours
Limp in lonely nights
In apartments that can pull apart your health
But she’s put more into living in a hundred days
Than a bit part in life itself.

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from Pantomime of Wealth, released April 13, 2018

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Latin Quarter are celebrating the 40th anniverary of their 'Modern Times'-album this year. They first burst onto the scene with their singles "Radio Africa" and "New Millionaires" – songs that stayed for months in the German single charts in the 80s. The band split up in 1998. In 2011 five of the original musicians got together again. 7 new albums released after this reunion. . ... more

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