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Belle and Sebastian - “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying” | Pitchfork Music Festival 2019
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Listen to Days of the Bagnold Summer by Belle and Sebastian
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Performer
Stuart Murdoch
Stuart Murdoch
Vocals
Christopher Thomas Geddes
Christopher Thomas Geddes
Piano
Isobel Campbell
Isobel Campbell
Cello
Richard William Colburn
Richard William Colburn
Drums
Sarah Ann Martin
Sarah Ann Martin
Violin
Mick Cooke
Mick Cooke
Trumpet
Stephen Thomas Jackson
Stephen Thomas Jackson
Guitar
Stuart David
Stuart David
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stuart Murdoch
Stuart Murdoch
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tony Doogan
Tony Doogan
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh, get me away from here I'm dying
Play me a song to set me free
Nobody writes them like they used to
So it may as well be me
Here on my own now after hours
Here on my own now on the bus
Think of it this way
We could either be successful or be us
[Verse 2]
With our winnin' smiles and us
With our catchy tunes or us
No more photogenic
You know we don't stand a chance
[Verse 3]
Oh, I'll settle down with some old story
About a boy who's just like me
Thought there was love in everything and everyone
You're so naive
They always reach a sorry ending
They always get it in the end
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly and then
[Verse 4]
With a winning smile, the boy
With naivety succeeds
At the final moment
I cried, I always cry at endings
[Verse 5]
Oh, that isn't what I meant to say at all
From where I'm sitting
Rain fallin' upon the lonely tenement has set my mind to wander
Into the windows of my lovers
They never know unless I write
This is no declaration
I just thought I'd let you know goodbye
[Verse 6]
Said the hero in the story
It is mightier than swords
I could kill you sure, but
I could only make you cry with these words
Oh, make you cry with these words
[Verse 7]
Oh, get me away, I'm dyin'
Get me away, I'm dyin'
Get me away, I'm dyin'
Get me away, I'm dyin', yeah
Oh, I'm dyin', yeah
[Verse 8]
Oh, get me away, I'm dyin'
Get me away, I'm dyin'
Get me away, I'm dyin'
Get me away, I'm dyin', yeah
Oh, I'm dyin', yeah
Oh, I'm dyin', yeah
Written by: Christopher Thomas Geddes, Isobel Campbell, Mick Cooke, Richard William Colburn, Sarah Ann Martin, Stephen Thomas Jackson, Stuart Murdoch

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