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This is a working of a track by Joe. The name comes from a conversation about possible band names and getting one that would naturally sit at the top of an alphabetical list. Clearly 'aardvark aardvark' was dismissed as too 'gimicky'. There are a lot of 'ands' in the lyrics because they were ad-libbed by Theo: "I had a rough narrative in my head that was about someone in the Mafia in the 30s going to give himself up and give evidence against the rest of the organisation, and their journey to meet the authorities."

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And your confession's in your pocket
And your best suit on your back
And your shoes they shine like gold
And you're feeling oh the age
And you're looking around you
And you remember you learnt it well
You learnt it by rote
You can put the emotion in

And your tears feel like acid
And your throat feels constricted
And you know you're no good now
And you know they've got you down

And you can't keep them off your back
What's that you see there?
Two guys in sharp suits
Two guys who are sharp shoots
And you know they've cornered you
And you run down the alley way
Jump in a doorway
You hope they don't catch you anyway

And your tears feel like acid
And your throat feels constricted
And you know you're no good now
And you know they've got you down

On your knees…

And you know they're after you
They're going to crush you dead for sure
Give 'em both barrels to the eyes
Give 'em both barrels to the face
And they jump all over you
And they rush to get you down
Taken by the enemy
Taken by the enemy

And your tears are like acid
And the blood is so salty
And you're spitting teeth now
And you're going to have to give it up

On your knees…

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from Unreleased Demos Released, released June 6, 2009

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