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Bugman by Blur

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Blur

Bugman

Release date: 15th March 1999

From 13
Track 2
4:48
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'Bugman' by Blur is a 1999 rock track from the album '13'. The lyrics position a narrator as an ex offender released into the summer, drifting through disorientation and self-surveillance, with others urging them to look out for “the Bugman”. The vocal presence feels wary and watchful, hovering between confusion and a kind of enforced compliance, as the refrain of hanging around returns.

"Bugman" is a track by Blur, from the album 13, released 15th March 1999. The track is 4:48 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Blur.

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Lyrics

Bugman

I am an ex offender
They let me out in the Summer
I think I was in a coma
I didn't know what to do
Oh no

You go hang around go round
I'll watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman
You go hang around around
I'll watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman

I got no sent of existence
I know the nodding dogs
I go out in the city
I stay away from the bugs
Oh yeah

You go hang around around
I watch myself look out
Look out for the Bugman
You go hang around around
I watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman

The bu uh uh ug man

I go out in the city
I stay away from the bugs
Oh yeah
la la la la la oh oh...

I go out in the city
I go out in the city

I stay away from the buh uh bugs...

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From 13

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Blur
15th March 1999
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2
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1999
  1. 1Tender
    7:41
  2. 2Bugman
    4:48
  3. 3Coffee & TV
    5:59
  4. 4Swamp Song
    4:37
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