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Your Generation

from Poets' Day by The Chickpea Darlings

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"Sex was invented - not by me, I hasten to add - in 1983. Anyone who claims differently is a liar, a cad, or a fantasist." - Huw.

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People try to put us down
Just because we own this town

Your generation
Thinks it invented having sex
But we invented sex
Back in my day
It was back in ’83
We found a magazine
You can guess what happened next
And that’s how we invented sex
And your generation
Thinks it invented Camden Town
But we invented Camden
In my day
We found an A-Z
And sure as eggs is eggs
We put the word around
And soon invented Camden Town

Don’t feel sad…
…just ’cos we got there first
Don’t get mad…
…just ’cos we got there first
Don’t feel bad…
…just ’cos we got there first

Your generation
Thinks it invented skinny jeans
But we invented them
Back in my day
We had fantastic legs
But really drastic kecks
So back in ‘83
We invented skinny jeans
Your generation
Thinks it invented feeling numb
But we were pretty numb
Back in my day
I was anaesthetised
Way back in 85
I still cannot feel my thumbs
Yeah, I invented feeling numb

Don’t feel sad…
…just ’cos we got there first
Don’t get mad…
…just ’cos we got there first
Don’t feel bad…
…just ’cos we got there first

You don’t know who your enemy is
You don’t know who your enemy is
You don’t know who your enemy is
But it’s not me

Your generation
Thinks it invented facial hair
But we had facial hair
Back in my day
First it was just here and there
Then it was everywhere
We all looked like polar bears
Yeah, we invented facial hair
Your generation
Thinks it invented suicide
But we all killed ourselves
Back in my day
Life was a living hell
So we all offed ourselves
We couldn’t stand to be alive
Yeah, we invented suicide

Don’t feel sad…
…just ’cos we got there first
Don’t get mad…
…just ’cos we got there first
Don’t feel bad…
…just ’cos we got there first

People try to put us down
Just because we own this town

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from Poets' Day, released June 6, 2017
Written by Huw Darling.

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The Chickpea Darlings Letchworth Garden City, UK

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The Darlings: Middle-aged bedroom miserablists with C86-ish tendencies, The Chickpea Darlings have seen the future and don't care for the cut of its jib. Their dry-as-a-biscuit pop vignettes provide the perfect soundtrack for speculating on the madness to come. Viva Donald Trump, global warming & the death of democracy. Viva the Darlings. ... more

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