In the Guardian newspaper February 24, 2006, Karl Hyde said: "We used to go out drinking
in Soho and I ended up in the Ship on Wardour Street. All the lyrics were written on that
night. A drunk sees the world in fragments and I wanted to recreate that. I was inspired
by Lou Reed's New York album and Sam Shepard's Motel Chronicles. I was into flash photography
as well, so I was walking around Soho with a notebook and camera, just observing things.
In those days I'd open the book whenever a musical idea inspired me. Rick [Smith] came up with
a rhythm and I started singing over it. The vocals were done in one take. When I lost my
place, I'd repeat the same line; that's why it goes, 'lager, lager, lager, lager.'
The first time we played it live, people raised their lager cans and I was horrified because
I was still deep into alcoholism. It was never meant to be a drinking anthem; it was a cry for
help. Now I don't mind. Why Born Slippy? It was a greyhound we won money on."
- www.SongFacts.com
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Drive boy dog boy
Dirty numb angel boy
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In the doorway boy
Em
She was a-lipstick boy
C
She was a-beautiful boy
And tears boy
E7sus4 Em
And all in your inner space boy
C
You had hands girls boy
And steel boy
E7sus4
You had chemicals boy
Em C
I've grown so close to you boy
And you just groan boy
E7sus4
She said come over come over
Em
She smiled at you..
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boooooy..
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C
Drive boy dog boy
Dirty numb angel boy
E7sus4
In the doorway boy
Em
She was a-lipstick boy
C
She was a-beautiful boy
And tears boy
E7sus4 Em
And all in your inner space boy
C
You had hands girls boy
And steel boy
E7sus4
You had chemicals boy
Em C
I've grown so close to you boy
And you just groan boy
E7sus4
She said come over come over
Em
She smiled at you..
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boooooy..
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C
Let your feelings slip boy
But never your mask boy
E7sus4
Random blond boy
Em
High density random
C
Blond boy
Blond country
Blond high density
E7sus4 Em
You are my drug boy
You're real boy
C
Dog dirty dumb cracking boy
E7sus4
You're getting wet boy
Em
Big big time boy
C
Acid bears boy
Babes and babes
E7sus4
And babes and babes
And babes
Em
And remembering nothing boy
C
Do you like my tin horn boy
E7sus4 Em
It gets wet like at Angel
Derailed
C
You got a velvet mouth
You're so succulent and beautiful
E7sus4
Shimmering and dirty
Em
Wonderful and hot time
C
On your telephone line
And God and everything
E7sus4
On your telephone
Em
And in walks an angel
C
Look at me mum
Squatting pissed in the tube hole
E7sus4
At Tottenham Court Road
Em C
I just come out of the Ship
Talking to the most blond
I ever met
E7sus4 Em
Shouting lager lager lager lager
C
Shouting lager lager lager lager
E7sus4 Em
Shouting lager lager lager lager
C
Shouting lager lager lager
E7sus4
Shouting mega mega
Em
White thing
C
Mega mega white thing
Mega mega white thing
Mega mega
E7sus4 Em
Shouting lager lager lager lager
C
Mega mega white thing
Mega mega white thing
E7sus4 Em
So many things to see and do
C
In the tube hole
The blond going back
To Romford
E7sus4 Em
Mega mega mega going back
To Romford
C
Hi mum are you having fun
On your way
E7sus4 C
To a new age tension headache
