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Buzzcocks – Fiction Romance (1978) | Track profile | Dork

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Another Music in a Different Kitchen
Fiction Romance

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Fiction Romance

Release date: 10th March 1978

From Another Music in a Different Kitchen

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About This Track

"Fiction Romance" is a track by Buzzcocks, from the album Another Music in a Different Kitchen, released 10th March 1978. It's filed under Punk. Full lyrics are available below.

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Fiction Romance

[Verse 1]

A fiction romance, I love this love story

That never seems to happen in my life

A fiction romance, all love, and glory

That never seems to happen in my life

[Chorus 1]

Dreams of love, and dreams of pain

And dreams again, again, again, again

Which can be yours just by taking hold

Dreams that I can realize

Are quite contained within your eyes

Say, fiction romance is not so old

[Verse 2]

A fiction romance, the love of the ages

That never seems to matter in my life

A fiction romance on magazine pages

That never seems to feature in my life

[Chorus 2]

Dreaming, scheming, unaware that

Quiet somewhere, some unaware folk

Are not thinking 'bout what they have been told

Something strange is happening to

The way I see the world I view

That fiction romance is not sold

[Verse 3]

As a fiction romantic, I never expected

All these things to happen in real life

And no fiction romantic could ever've predicted

All the things that happen in my life

[Chorus 3]

When I don't know what to do

I just think about me and you

If I was a little stronger then I'd be bold

Something strange is happening to me

I don't know what these shivers mean to you

Is this the fiction kind of romance getting hold?

[Outro]

A fiction romance, a fiction romance

A fiction romance, a fiction romance

A fiction romance, a fiction romance

A fiction romance, a fiction romance

Fiction romance, fiction romance

Fiction romance, fiction romance

Fiction romance, fiction romance

Fiction romance, fiction romance

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From Another Music in a Different Kitchen

1978

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Another Music in a Different Kitchen

10th March 1978

Release year

1978

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3You Tear Me Up (1996 Remastered Version)
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5Love Battery (1996 Remastered Version)

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7I Don't Mind (1996 Remastered Version)

8Fiction Romance (1996 Remastered Version)

9Autonomy (1996 Remastered Version)

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—Get on Our Own

—Fiction Romance

—I Don't Mind

—You Tear Me Up

—Love Battery

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Pete Shelley
Producer: Martin Rushent
Engineer: Doug Bennett
Drums: John Maher
Guitar: Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle
Vocals: Pete Shelley
Background Vocals: Steve Diggle
Bass Guitar: Steve Garvey
Lacquer Cut Engineer: George Peckham