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Nick Lowe – Big Kick, Plain Scrap (1979) | Track profile | Dork

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Nick Lowe
Labour of Lust
Big Kick, Plain Scrap

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Big Kick, Plain Scrap

Release date: 9th June 1979

From Labour of Lust

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About This Track

"Big Kick, Plain Scrap" is a track by Nick Lowe, from the album Labour of Lust, released 9th June 1979. Full lyrics are available below.

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Nick Lowe

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Lyrics

Big Kick, Plain Scrap

Big kick, plain scrap

You better shut that trap

Or come and get it

You kick like a mule

You eat like a pig

You drink like a fish

Oh you're a queer one, baby

Oh, when you hold me, in the night

On drugs

You're so nice on drugs

Big kick, plain scrap

You better cut this crap

Or come and get it

You monkey around

You playin' with a horse

You fish, of course

You're a cheap one, baby

Oh when you kiss me, in the night

On drugs

You're so big on drugs

When you clip me, in the night

Yeah, at the Crest Motel

On drugs

On drugs

Drugs, drugs

So nice on drugs

Big kick, plain scrap

You better cut this crap

Or come and get it

You monkey around

You playin' with a horse

You fish, of course

You're a deep one, baby

Big kick

Big kick, plain scrap

Big kick, big kick, big kick, plain scrap

When you kiss me

In the night

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Track details

From Labour of Lust

1979

Album

Release year

1979

—Big Kick, Plain Scrap

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