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Humdrum
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Pop
Humdrum was released on January 1, 1987 by Rhino/Warner Records as a part of the album Remembrance Days
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1987
LabelRhino/Warner Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM92

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Dream Academy
The Dream Academy
Performer
Nick Laird-Clowes
Nick Laird-Clowes
Guitar
Kate Stjohn
Kate Stjohn
Saxophone
Guy Pratt
Guy Pratt
Bass
Jerry Marrota
Jerry Marrota
Drums
Gilbert Gabriel
Gilbert Gabriel
Keyboards
Nicky Holland
Nicky Holland
Keyboards
Ben Hoffnung
Ben Hoffnung
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nick Laird-Clowes
Nick Laird-Clowes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Laird-Clowes
Nick Laird-Clowes
Producer
Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham
Producer

Lyrics

Just a touch of industry
Monday morning
Put on your collar and head straight out
Everyone's waiting, don't be late
Uptown midday
Sound of the city on slow decay
See the faces behind private eyes
As you pencil in their lives
In the humdrum
Can you hear the doldrum
Stepping outside the firing line
There's a foreman standing on a bridge of iron
And the men walk across it to go back to work
In their monday morning shirts
And they don't run
And when the work's done
At nights, the streets are alive with
Catwalk, West Side Story, flashback parade
In this quick fire, cry tough world
Men with ambition
Will
Be loved
Moving up to another rung
Feel the heart of the city beating tight as a drum
Playing 'Move on up' and the never stop
A whole world living out 'Beat the Clock'
And it's said and done
'Look after number one'
Ultimatum, deadline
Wound up so tight
'Til you can't unwind
Worlds within worlds, some built out of nothing
By those who left this world behind
Driven on by fear or ambition
Now
Waiting in line
Things will work out fine
They just take a little time
Written by: Nick Laird-Clowes
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