Bloodsport

from East of Eastlakes by The Southend Rainbows

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lyrics

i wanna know, i wanna know
are you prepared to listen to some reason?
i was wrong, i was wrong
to put my grubby fingers all over your business
and the love, yeah
the love, the love, the love is in reserve
and ready to run on with the boys
and the blood, yeah
the blood, the blood, the blood starts to surge
to the surface

girl
are we lying in wait again
oh, why do we lie to each other?
yeah girl
are we lying in wait again
oh, why do we lie to each other?

many men, many men
have tried to do the same and gotten nowhere
that was then, that was then
but what was then is sure to happen again
and the love, yeah
the love, the love is pitching to a fever
on the screen
and the blood, yeah
the blood, the blood is flowing like a river
to the sea

girl
are we lying in wait again
oh, why do we lie to each other?
yeah girl
are we lying in wait again
oh, why do we lie to each other?

girl
are we lying in wait again
oh, why do we lie to each other?
yeah girl
are we lying in wait again
oh, why do we lie to each other?

girl
some fights are better left unfought
oh, girl
sometimes love is a bloodsport
girl
some fights are better left unfought
yeah girl
sometimes love is a bloodsport
and i left this morning
with no second thoughts
and i can't even see you
lost in the bloodsport

girl
some fights are better left unfought
oh, girl
sometimes love is a bloodsport

credits

from East of Eastlakes, released April 1, 2021
thomas "tj" cheen - lead vocals
damien fitzsimmons - piano, synths, backing vocals
chooka buckley - guitars, synths, drums, programming, backing vocals
hans "hands" hansen - saxophones, backing vocals

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choger renard, deedee day, the marshall - energies

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The Southend Rainbows Brighton Le Sands, Australia

Australia’s first Communist band since Men At Work, the Southend Rainbows have taken the barren Urals of Australian music and reforested them into a blooming pleasure garden.

"sound like a broke ass Clash lol" - @j_carls80 on Instagram ... more

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