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Portland Street

from Harijan by Harijan

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We come here every Friday to relieve ourselves from work
Saturday it is done better than the night before
Let all hell break loose as we come to hit this town
The paradise of binge drinking our pressure-cooker valve

We come here every Friday to relieve ourselves from work
Saturday it is done better than the night before
Let all hell break loose as we come to hit this town
The paradise of binge drinking our pressure-cooker valve

Forget about the troubles you deliberate all week
Forget about the debts preventing you to get to sleep
Reminisce of good times, God, we’re getting old
Raise your glass to the Holy Inebriate

The boozin’ is needed
The boozin’ is needed
The boozin’ is needed

(We) anticipate the illness, we can overlook the crimes
(We) relish drunk behaviour and we welcome lazy minds
This is one we’re proud of, our trusted friends
The opiate of trouble, watch us beat them back unarmed

Embrace this drunken stupor, sup this poison ‘till you drop
Pour the forgetting liquor we will tell you when to stop
Now you’ve got the thirst there’s not much you can do
But just so you know, we’ve smothered your rebellion

The boozin’ is needed
The boozin’ is needed
The boozin’ is needed

The walk home from the pub, perfect time for a drunken debate
Exaggeration of booze probably not my best friend
My room starts to turn, what’s the point in all this?
Rapid decay into mental abyss
Will someone help me?

(We) anticipate the illness, we can overlook the crimes
(We) relish drunk behaviour and we welcome lazy minds
This is one we’re proud of, our trusted friends
The opiate of trouble, watch us beat them back unarmed

Embrace this drunken stupor, sup this poison ‘till you drop
Pour the forgetting liquor we will tell you when to stop
Now you’ve got the thirst there’s not much you can do
But just so you know, we’ve smothered your rebellion

credits

from Harijan, released December 18, 2020
Danny Corrigan - Drums
Ian Eccles - Bass Guitar
Richard Hill - Lead Guitar
Andy Willi - Guitar
Joe Tatton - Trombone, Backing Vocals
Ewan Mackenzie - Trombone, Backing Vocals
Alex Dowson - Trumpet
Robert Garstang - Alto Saxophone, Electric Organ
Mike Corrigan - Vocals, Guitar, Melodica

Produced by Kurt Wood @ Corner House Record Studio - Keighley
Artwork by Greg Meade @ Habitats Studio - Manchester

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Harijan Manchester, UK

9 piece Ska-Punk band from round Manchester way. 1st album, long time coming. Dedicated to friends and family both here and gone.

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