Bow Down - The Housemartins: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

The Housemartins

Bow Down

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Bow Down was released on September 1, 1987 by Rhino/Elektra as a part of the album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

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PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Housemartins

The Housemartins

Performer

Dave Hemingway

Vocals

Norman Cook

Vocals

P.d. Heaton

Vocals

Stan Cullimore

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Paul Heaton

Composer

Ian Peter Cullimore

Ian Peter Cullimore

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

The Housemartins

The Housemartins

Producer

John Williams

Producer

Phil Bodger

Engineer

Lyrics

Mother, Father, I think that I would rather

Stay at home with you for another year

That building's so tall and it makes me feel so small

That I might get lost and simply disappear

Evil smiles won't change my mind

I'm worried and I'm not the worrying kind

Why's that man rubbing his hands

Looking at me, writing down his plans?

Today I have been molding plasticine

And I made a little man who looked just like me

His limbs were so weak

And he couldn't move his mouth to speak

And I could bent him into any shape I wanted him to be

Evil smiles won't change my mind

I'm worried and I'm not a the worrying kind

Why's that man rubbing his hands

Looking at me, writing down his plans?

Those kids with the blazers on

They went in with names on their elbows

Came home with medals on

Spit it out that's way the story goes

A flying start for the briefcase crew

Oh, you didn't have to teach me like you did

But you did

Oh, you didn't have to beat me like you did

But you did, but you did, but you did

But you did, but you did

You did

You did

You did

You did

Written by: Ian Peter Cullimore, Paul Heaton

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