lyrics for Putting It On

[Sam]

Anyone fancy posting the lyrics to Putting It On? I've not yet got Coupled With on the pod and want to contribute a Wildhearts related post to the Readers Recommend section of The Guardian website today. The theme is mothers as its Mothers Day and I want to be sure the song fits - cheers!!

[pete]

im sure Ean will have these for you

[Ean]

Happy to oblige.

Putting It On

Did you listen to your mother,
To your sister or your brothers?
Were you there for one another?
Not putting it on
Just a lack of conversation
Only adds to the frustration
Never reach a destination,
Stop putting it on
Stop putting it on…

Another pride thing for me to swallow
Mind games bringing me down
Another time spent, waste it tomorrow
Make sense, put your feet on the ground

You gotta
Stop – burning up inside
Stop – look around, decide
Stop – don’t be kidding yourself
Stop – and think
And stop – and think

Did you listen to your mother,
To your sister or your brothers?
Were you there for one another?
Not putting it on
Just a lack of conversation
Only adds to the frustration
Never reach a destination,
Stop putting it on
Stop putting it on…

You been downsized too many times
You’d better wake up and see the divide
And if the breakdown leaves you alone
It ain’t the first time been trouble at home

You gotta
Stop – burning up inside
Stop – look around, decide
Stop – don’t be kidding yourself
Stop – and think
And stop – and think

Did you listen to your mother,
To your sister or your brothers?
Were you there for one another?
Not putting it on
Just a lack of conversation
Only adds to the frustration
Never reach a destination,
Stop putting it on

See me eating my heart,
See the whole thing falling apart
Everything you learned at the start
Are the things that tore you apart
We’d better leave it
We’d better leave it
We’d better leave it

Did you listen to your mother,
To your sister or your brothers?
Were you there for one another?
Not putting it on
Just a lack of conversation
Only adds to the frustration
Never reach a destination,
Stop putting it on

Did you listen to your mother,
To your sister or your brothers?
Were you there for one another?
Not putting it on
Just a lack of conversation
Only adds to the frustration
Never reach a destination,
Stop putting it on
Stop putting it on…

[Sam]

Cheers Ean, not sure if just a mention of 'mother' is enough to qualify it for the theme but great to read the lyrics nevertheless. Love the chorus on this one, reminds me of ealier Wildhearts stuff, and the hoo-ha rorgh middle bit never fails to raise a smile! Managed to shoehorn a few Wildhearts and Ginger tracks into Readers Recommend over the last 6 months. In Lily's Garden (pets theme) got a few nods of appreciation from the massive music geeks that contribute to the board and even got an honourable mention in that months Observer Music Monthly magazine!

[Ean]

Hmmm, yeah, it's possibly just the teensiest bit tenuous, but worth a try anyway.

There's always Jake and Better Than Cable when it gets a bit closer to Fathers Day.