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A Negative Loss

by Bill & Bob

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A247 04:04
Sound of horns Shouting people Endless queues Frustrated passengers Warning signal Screaming engines The groaning of a queue The starting of peoples tempers Endless red lights No peace tonight An endless city Filled with cars No bloody silence It the A247 A man climbs… Out of his car One after one A person joins him They march down to the riverside [Chorus] No way out No way in Gotta go stay there Wait your turn Not like the old days When people were happy Got to stay there Wait you turn [Chorus]
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I 05:08
I am a witness to a terrible crime The thoughts I hold are purely mine My fingers quake as does my mind The pain is so much I’d rather be blind I’ve seen a murder, a murder of ones knowledge You deny it, but you can’t hide it Put it under a veil but you can’t cover your emotion I want to break out from these rusty shackles, that have been holding me prisoner I went down to the chapel To tell the lord Everything is better now He’s answered my calls I don’t feel trapped no more I’m free as a bird Everyone is happy now I’m no longer frustrated by the moment that really gets on my nerves...
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Some people don’t know, what defines a madman Ask me I’ve known a few Would you stay in a room all alone Trust me, you don’t want to How do you tell if a baby is evil? Cut it’s fingers off see if it cares? I’ve found a passageway in my mind That answers all the questions! I climbed to the top of mountains And the earth has quaked below my feet But do I really know who’s evil, Do I care, do I know? Is a person really evil Or do they get tricked by people? Van Der Lubbe! I found a place in my head Where all my questions are answered I searched for days, but still… I could find no answers When you choose to buy a house Whose to know its haunted I certainly could not decipher The good of our community from the bad. [Chorus]
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Dragon Man 04:11
Sitting in a cheap one star motel There are lice in the carpets Pondering the worlds inhumanities Ignoring the wasps nest above me How does it feel to be a dragon man Firey breath, CLAWS OF DEATH! How does it feel to know you can Defeat a warlock, LET THERE BE ROCK! DRAGON MAN! Rolling around in lots of cash But I still can’t avoid the crickets Wishing I had a magic coat To keep away the demons How does it feel to be a dragon man Smelly breath, TEETH OF DEATH! How does it feel to know you can Defeat a warlock, LET THERE BE ROCK! DRAGON MAN! How does it feel to be a dragon man Firey breath, CLAWS OF DEATH! How does it feel to know you can Defeat a warlock kill a witch! How does it feel to be a dragon man Burning Flesh, OW IT HURTS! How does it feel to know you can Defeat a warlock, LET THERE BE DEATH!
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Nobody tells me what’s going on In this town today There’s people screaming and jumping I’m getting in their way It happens all the time I think I might be hated Will someone please tell me… what’s going on today? I’ve got no friends, I’m all alone Will somebody help me? I’m all alone I wanna’ be young again Back in school Will somebody help me? Will somebody help me? I walk down the high street To get some money out To feet my addiction There’s nobody about This side of town is silent People are staring at me They’re talking about me What can I do? [Chorus] I don’t know what has seemed to cause this! My eyes are seeing things that aren’t actually there I feel so great, I’m on top of the world I’ll take another hit and maybe everything will be better Yeah! Yeah, Yeah... [Chorus] I want a life Out of this city I want to get away From the glare of people I hate it here I might go mad, if I had to stay I’m leaving tomorrow Good riddance, farewell Oh, I won’t miss you I’ll be out of this hell!
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A space man screaming in his ship As it spirals towards the sun Another worthless life Another family gone A boy on top of a cliff Falls to his death Another young one gone Another heartbreak Another life gone Another chosen one Another broken heart Another unsung art It’s not a positive thing But in some people eyes It’s not a terrible thing It’s just a negative loss A gambler sitting on the floor Tying to scavenge for more Another lost soul Another empty hole A postman on the floor Blood dripping from his head Another angry man Another Heartbreak [Chorus] You say it’s not true but I know it is You say you’re the one but I know that you’re not You’ll take my money and steal my house As soon as those blank cheques have passed You say that you’re for me but you sleep with my mother You took the silver bullet but you left me your Bill Hairy old man Hairy old man Hairy old man [Chorus]
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Cries in the school yard A prisoner, insane Deathly sound of gunfire One gone, two insane Daughter of a wonderful man Lying in her grave Billowing smoke and acid rain One gone, many dead... WHAT’S THE REASON WE’RE ALL FIGHTING FOR ANOTHER BATTLE IN THIS ENDLESS WAR A WAR IS RAGING IN THE HEART OF MAN BUT THIS WAR CANNOT END Tears in the temples Killers on the run Another of Gods children An angel in the sky WHAT’S THE REASON WE’RE ALL FIGHTING FOR ANOTHER BATTLE IN THIS ENDLESS WAR A WAR IS RAGING IN THE HEART OF MAN BUT THIS WAR CANNOT END India was your country Never will it be the same Death to the chosen one India went insane Ronald Hurchacof And Amy his wife Go fishing daily And put themselves through strife Norman and Glenda Doncaster’s your home How will you ever forget? India went insane Why do the good have to die?
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The Burglar 04:31
There’s a burglar in the building I don’t know who let him in He must have climbed through the window Like a cat through a flap Who left the door open? He must have come through there Why did no-one lock the garage? There’s valuables in there! There’s a burglar in the building So you better hold your bags There’s a burglar in the area Better watch your backs There’s a murderer in the room Better not let him stab you She must have come via the lift Why did no-one see her I warn you in the concert hall don’t die here tonight Imagine the price we’ll pay For the insurance bill [Chorus]

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It could be said all good cliffhangers need extraordinary resolves. That being the case, two years after drummer Bill Pippen's death, Robert Heart presents a posthumous follow-up to 2005's epic swan song, "Bill & Bob" [aka Untitled].

History had not been kind to the 'Negative Loss' project. Recorded 1982-'85 it was prematurely brought to a halt by the duos (first) break-up. Written in its entirety by Heart for, what was originally conceived to be, his half of a double album. The songs were infamously scrapped by a then power-hungry Bill, usurping Bob to release (exclusively Pippen-penned) 'The Pulp'. The band split and the tapes were cast aside, left mostly incomplete.

The Deluxe Collection remixing process inspired Heart to revisit these tapes and finally present the complete 'A Negative Loss' album as it was (almost) meant to be heard.

It may not indicate what could have been post-2005 but time-travelling back to the '80s gives us chance to reaffirm the legacy of Heart's McCartney to Pippen's Lemon. Inspirational stuff.

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released August 25, 2008

All words & music by Robert Heart

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