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Iron Law of Wages (2012)

by Travelling Headcase

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Lavinie Cloutier
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Lavinie Cloutier Album me rappelant mon travail de nomade dans les camps d'exploration nordiques du Québec. Le sentiment de solitude à travers les grands espaces. Bon voyage! Écoutez tous ses albums, c'était plus folk au début de sa carrière et tout est bon! Je dois tout acheter son matériel un jour!
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For You 04:31
For You There’s nothing I can do to make things right for you But from now on I’ll keep my love, put it in a box And bring it to you every time I go up north May this melody keep you warm at least for awhile Never mind what I said, I’ll never rest until I make things right for you
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Beware 00:57
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No Respect 02:17
No Respect I’ve been on a losing streak for too long now There’s no respect for a man like me, no Even if I work day and night There’s no respect for a man like me, no No matter how good I get, it’s never quite good enough I had my head down for so long I didn’t remember how it felt to see the sky There’s no respect for a man like me, no Now that I have nothing to lose You’d better show some respect Because that makes me a dangerous man I had my head down for so long I didn’t remember how it felt to see the sky
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Burnt 03:36
Burnt I don’t know and I don’t care I don’t care and I don’t know I don’t know and I don’t care I don’t care and I don’t know About nothing anymore I don’t know how that can be But that’s the worst a man can feel I don’t want anymore I don’t need anymore I don’t dream anymore I feel shallow I feel shallow these days No 4x Don’t tell me that I’m burnt Don’t tell me that I’m through But do tell me that I’m on my way And this is just a state of mind That’s about to leave and never look back
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Society 03:57
Society You’re just no good boy Run away into the woods You’re just no good girl Run away into the woods They’ve shown it They’ve shown it for thousands of years now They’re just no good boy Run away into the woods They’re just no good girl Run away into the woods Egoistical money monkeys are running the world While corruption is taking over our towns Good people like me are on dope or at the end of a rope They’re just no good boy Run away into the woods They’re just no good girl Run away into the woods No hate no love No love no hate I love you I hate you I need you I hate you They’re just no good boy Run away into the woods They’re just no good girl Run away into the woods You’re just no good boy Run away into the woods You’re just no good girl Run away into the woods No hate no love No love no hate I love you I hate you I need you I hate you They’re just no good boy Run away into the woods They’re just no good girl Run away into the woods You’re just no good boy Run away into the woods You’re just no good girl Run away into the woods
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Flew Away 02:31
Flew Away I learned to fly today Because I had pressure from family Pressure from friends Pressure from my girlfriend And pressure from myself So I went on top of a twenty stories high building And I flew away Away, away Away from this state of mind
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Forget All 06:16
Forget All Forget all Open the window Empty the room Let the wind blow We only see Emptiness We’re searching in Every corner But we cannot Find ourselves (inspired by F. Kafka’s words)
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War 05:33
War There’s more war because you always want some more
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Capitalist Mania The raising of the wages excites in the worker the capitalist mania To get rich, which he however can only satisfy By the sacrifice of his body and mind (K.Marx) Don’t sacrifice your body and your mind just For the filthy money that you’ll never see in the end No, you won’t be true to yourself, until the day that You see and you hear what lies beneath their falsifications Because everything you see is fake and everything you hear is a lie Capitalist production is hostile to art and poetry while Exploitation is veiled by religious and political illusions Work confiscates every atom of freedom Both bodily and intellectual activity In the world we live in the worker must sell his human identity (K.Marx) I know that nowadays it’s impossible not to work But work as little as you can not to sacrifice your body and your mind Not to sacrifice your beautiful body Not to sacrifice your beautiful mind
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released May 22, 2012

Credits:

Produced by Orson Presence, Natasha Desmarais and Travelling Headcase

All songs by Travelling Headcase except Road to Recovery by Orson Presence

Mastered by Ryan Morey at Grey Market Mastering

Artwork and silkscreen printing by Mille Putois

Liner notes proofread by Christiane Charbonneau





Thanks to:
Orson Presence, Natasha Desmarais, Joe Grass, Alice Tougas, Sébastien Côté, Stefan Kozminchuk, Fabrice Boutin, Éric Villeneuve, Ryan Morey, Mille Putois, Martin Vachon, Christiane Charbonneau, Tobias, Iris, Denis Leduc, John Savage, Ben Truchon, Mom, Douglas, Éric et Anik Brulotte, Max Ricard, 4N, Marjolaine Léveillé, Anik Beaulieu, Vwill, Jiacques, Max Cat, Marc-Antoine Leblanc, Maude Lefebvre, Marie-Ève Tessier, Anne-Marie Pederson, Pat Viau, Louis-Antoine Blanchette, Iris, Julian Houde-Hilton, Myrco Poitras, Véronique Clément and Mira Paquette-Perreault

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