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Model Worker

Release date: 2nd May 1980

From The Correct Use of Soap
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About This Track

"Model Worker" is a track by Magazine, from the album The Correct Use of Soap, released 2nd May 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Magazine

Magazine

Lyrics

Model Worker

I'm sick of working on the land

I wanna work with machines and look handsome

I have been indulging

In ostentatious display

Doing little more than eat

Three square meals a day

And I've been shirking my duty

So I've been sending gifts to curry favour

But because I love you

And because you love me

A model worker

I'II willingly be

I need a holiday, I've not been well

Take me to the Brocade River Hotel

And I just want to know

While the revolution lasts

Will it enable me

To swallow broken glass?

I'm not too worried by the enemy

I know that Carter will look after me

And I just want to know

While the revolution lasts

Will it enable me

To swallow broken glass?

I have been indulging in ostentatious display

Doing little more than eat three square meals a day

But because I love you

And because you love me

A model worker I'll willingly be

A model worker I'll willingly be...

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    Credits

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    Writer
    Barry Adamson, Dave Formula, Howard Devoto, John Doyle, John McGeoch
    Producer
    Martin Hannett
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