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Joy Division – Exercise One (Peel Session) (1986) | Track profile | Dork

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Exercise One (Peel Session)

Release date: 1st November 1986

From Peel Sessions (1990)

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"Exercise One (Peel Session)" is a track by Joy Division, from the album Peel Sessions (1990), released 1st November 1986. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Joy Division.

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Lyrics

Exercise One (Peel Session)

[Verse 1]

When you're looking at life

In a strange new room

Maybe drowning soon

Is this the start of it all?

Turn on your TV

Turn down your pulse

Turn away from it all

It's all getting too much

[Verse 2]

When you're looking at life

Deciphering scars

Just who fooled who

Sit still in their cars

The lights look bright

When you reach outside

Time for one last ride

Before the end of it all

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From Peel Sessions (1990)

1986

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Album

Peel Sessions (1990)

Release year

1986

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—Exercise One (Peel Session)

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