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Turned Up Clocked On Laid Off

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Half Man Half Biscuit, often abbreviated to "HMHB", are an indie rock band from Birkenhead, England, active sporadically since the 1984, known for its satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group consists of Nigel Blackwell (lead vocals, guitar), Neil Crossley (bass), Ken Hancock (lead guitar), and Carl Henry (drums). Throughout their career they have been signed to Probe Plus records.

The band's first single, The Trumpton Riots, topped the British Independent Chart in 1986

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

[Verse]

E A
Watch out world I’m a man at ease, free to do whatever what I want.
E A
Lonely heathland here I come, deathless useless bracken underfoot.
F#m Bm E
Happy days are here again,
F#m Bm
It’s just like I’m fourteen again.

E A
And I can’t cope but don’t tell your mom, not while she’s got Medicine Head on the phone.
E A
I need pills to help me sleep, and I need pills to wake me up as well.
F#m Bm E
Factory Prankster of the Year
F#m Bm
Once upon a time and a half, time and a half.

[Chorus]

E A
Turned up (turned up), clocked on (clocked on)
C E
Turned up, clocked on, laid off.
A
Turned up (turned up), clocked on (clocked on)
C E A E A C
Turned up, clocked on, laid off.

[Verse]

E A
There’s people who can’t spell “weird” right, driving ‘round with thousands in the bank.
E A
But I get by - got a lot on my mind; I get by – got allotments on my mind.
F#m Bm E
The three men I admire most
F#m Bm E
The Father, Son and Mickey Most
F#m Bm E
Took the last train for the coast
F#m Bm
And rendezvoused with Peter Glaze to kill Don Maclean.

[Chorus]

E A
Turned up (turned up), clocked on (clocked on)
C E
Turned up, clocked on, laid off.
A
Turned up (turned up), clocked on (clocked on)
C E
Turned up, clocked on, laid off.
C E
Sign on with no hope in your heart
C E
When you walk through a storm, you get wet.