Health and Safety, by Man's Ruin

Health and Safety

by Man's Ruin

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paul fairbrother Still recovering from their funk blast at The Insider :)

Shaggy Maggot Eclectic music with infectious beat. Unfortunately with the members other musical commitments live performances are a rarity. Favorite track: Days of the Weak.

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Download includes full 11 track album - frantic funk, Days of the Weak, Time, Avaaz, Living for the Day, Midnight Train, New, Health & Safety, wash that world away, Thirsty Morning and Silence of the Frogs.

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1.	Frantic Funk 03:35	lyrics	buy track
Self, holds me back, from myself, please don’t offer me no help, ‘less I ask. I help myself, searching for my day of PEACE, piece of mind but mind your step, or someday you might find OUT! SOUNDS from the street freak me out keep me up and i can’t sleep, mind’s in doubt, so I take a peak. Somone’s calling on my phone, ringing out, don’t know that number, common sense has left my head full of doubt but freaking out ain’t gonna HELP NOBODY! Those farmers DANCE, on my patch, lay me flat, take a SLICE OF APPLE LOVE, dish it out, but don’t pay it back, won’t you ever live or love the SMELL of fresh cut grass, i start to WHEE-E-EEZE searching for my vento-DRUGS, please react. The frantic funk put a KNIFE IN MY BACK Scat: “Dooaliddo bap, dum, dom doodabap”…etc
2.	Days of the Weak 05:14	info	buy track
3.	Time 06:09	lyrics	buy track
I have all the plans in the world, but I need all of the time in the world to complete them. If I had all the money in the world then I’d have much more time for you. Time isn’t bought, sold or paid for. You can’t borrow it from your friends. I wish that time had a limit set by good folk and didn’t creep up on you in your sleep. When you think of all the things you want to do. Don’t you wish that time it would leave you alone too. Hesitation, discipline, motivation pack them in. Do what you want to do-oo-oo. I had all the plans in the world. I needed all of the time in the world to complete them. I don’t have all the money in the world. I still need much more time for you. Time isn’t bought, sold and paid for. You should borrow it from your friends. Time should have a limit set by everyone. It should grow on trees, in your dreams.
4.	Avaaz 03:55	info	buy track
5.	Living for the Day 05:28	lyrics	buy track
Working for the coal mine was a quiet lad from the Colton side He left school as a young boy, chose a working mans life Each day Tom woke up early, his back was strong, and his manner was kind but content the young mans mind can only keep for so long… The men clocked out on Sunday and the custom was to go for a dram most sheep snuck out the back way, but the wolves smelled a lamb They cried “Tom hold your horses! We’re having none of your excuses this time, and in the morning you might curse us, but save your strength for tonight …His lips touched the glass and the world got fast… And they were drinking, smoking, hokey-koking, he was laughing and joking, living for the day they were Swinging, reeling from the ceiling, he was swigging and toking, forgetting his way Now the next thing it was Tuesday, a shaky tom didn’t feel too grand. He called in sick on Monday, with a glass in his hand Now running up the works lane, he said “the weekend’s done I’ve had my fun…but I can’t face work and no play, so I might just go in for one…” And they were drinking, smoking, hokey-koking, he was laughing and joking, living for the day they were Swinging, reeling from the ceiling, he was swigging and toking, forgetting, ohh He started boking, shaking, he wasn’t faking, he was swimming in women, his face had gone beige Now the smoking and drinking has killed his thinking, and he’s digging and mining, his way into the grave
6.	Midnight Train 04:05	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been working on a midnight train, all the hot long day Nose to the grindstone, work my fingers to the bone, lord that midnight train Those wheels are spinning off the track, her engine’s burning like a flame, wheels of fortune turn my way We’re chugging along as we’re singing this song, all aboard the midnight train Singing Choo-choo all day long Singing amen lord for making right so wrong Yesterday morning we were singing the blues, singing all the hot long day We were running out of coal with every steam that she blew, good lord that midnight train Well we were huffing, we were puffing we were tearing down the line, feel the blood course through my veins Unscrew the jack we’ll hit Glasgow tonight, bringing home that midnight train Singing choo-choo all day long Singing amen lord for making right so wrong Huffing, puffing, tearing the line now Huffing, puffing tearing the line now Huffing, puffing tearing the line now Huffing, puffing, tearing down the line now…etc
7.	New 02:26	info	buy track
8.	Health and Safety 07:07	info	buy track
9.	Wash that World Away 04:24	lyrics	buy track
Singing in the shower on a Friday afternoon Bubbles in your mouth, soapy suds are taking you up to the sky wave goodbye to the doom and gloom The sky has opened up now let the world invite you in A chance to raise your glass in the sanctity of gin And maybe tomorrow, tonight might make you grin Dancing in the club with a bubble friend or two Drinking pints of love, soon to wash right down the loo. Everyone’s dancing, the kids are having a ball now you’re whistling a different tune fly fishing on a distant moon stormy seas and big baboons your best cruising on the midnight train and if tomorrow gets in your face You gotta wash that muggy world away… …from the fuss and the buzz life seems to be Walk out with the drones in a world that’s out of key And think of the times we laugh Chilling in the yard, at the family bbq Homemade burgers cooking on a Sunday afternoon Out in the garden, the sun shines on the lawn now you’re whistling a different tune sides splitting in a different booth spicy cheese and mismatched shoes Now your cruising on a midnight train Suns shining when the skies are grey Are you ever glad to have washed that world away Na, na, na, na, na, na…etc
10.	Thirsty Morning/Flatmates 03:01	lyrics	buy track
We dealt the cards in the living room Our hopes were high but our minds were full Checked my hand, made a pair of nines Then tried to bluff but you read my mind The walls were choking the growing fire The cracks were smoking, I think the seal was broken Made a toast to the pickle jar Forgot the end, middle and the start Thirsty Morning, drinking the summertime, Ice-cold warming Drink keeps pouring, make me forget the time, Buy some more in… Our feet were dancing in double time The lights were buzzing, our fizzy minds a-fuzzing On the street we could hear a siren The lawman came, but he found no crii-iime Thirsty Morning, drinking the summertime, Ice-cold warming Drink keeps pouring, make me forget the time, Buy some more in…
11.	Silence of the Frogs/Peewit 05:07	info	buy track

credits

released October 1, 2011

Recorded @ La Chunky Studios June 2011 (www.lachunky.com)

Engineered & Mix: Barry 'Spad' Reid (www.spad.org.uk)
Produced: Barry 'Spad' Reid & Man’s Ruin
Mastered: Iain Hutchison (www.glo-worm.com)
Artwork: Somhairle Macdonald (www.somhairle.co.uk))

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Man's Ruin Glasgow, UK

Man’s Ruin comprise five of Scotland’s leading exponents of experimental folk music. These cross-genre folk rebels have earned international recognition for their soul-twisting interpretations of modern folk and roots music on the contemporary stage. Whether it be folk, funk, rock or electronica they seamlessly blend styles through careful and considered musical craft work. ... more