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Relief
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Rock
Relief was released on April 7, 1986 by I.R.S. Records as a part of the album Human Frailty
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Release DateApril 7, 1986
LabelI.R.S. Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM127

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Hunters & Collectors
Hunters & Collectors
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Seymour
Mark Seymour
Songwriter
John Archer
John Archer
Songwriter
Robert Miles
Robert Miles
Songwriter
Doug Falconer
Doug Falconer
Songwriter
Michael Waters
Michael Waters
Songwriter
Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith
Songwriter
Jack Howard
Jack Howard
Songwriter

Lyrics

You can't make mother cry
You can't make her twist her ragged hair
You can't make mother groan
Even when her soldier sonny
Shakes his iron cocktail in the air...
You can't make mother cry
You can't make her give consent
Though she flounders at the drainboard
Though her back be down there and bent
If sleeping brings relief
She can go lie down and slumber
If sleeping brings relief
She can go lie down and slumber
If sleeping brings relief
She can go... lie down and slumber...
Slumber
She puts her hands down into the sink
Scrapes the grunge up off the bottom
Down there beneath the dishes
Where the knives lie crossed and waiting
She can't stop the kiddies talking
Their tongues be loosed upon the world
They flap until they lather
For the agony of millions
And if sleeping brings relief
They can go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
They can go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
They can... go lie down and slumber
Slumber...
And there be no release from anguish
For this slapstick generation
And there be no peace for all the kiddies
'Cause they're too satisfied to care
And the field of gorgeous bodies
Primed and ready in the sun
And the white flag of peace
That is hanging
Limp and useless in the air...
And the white flag of peace
That is hanging
Limp and useless in the air, yeah!
And if sleeping brings relief
You can all go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
You can go lie down and slumber...
Slumber...
Written by: Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Jeremy Smith, John Archer, Mark Seymour, Michael Waters, Robert Miles
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