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We Love Life
Bad Cover Version

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Bad Cover Version

Release date: 21st October 2001

From We Love LifeTrack 94:16

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"Bad Cover Version" is a single by Pulp, from the album We Love Life, released 21st October 2001. The track is 4:16 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Pulp.

About the Artist

Pulp

Pulp

Lyrics

Bad Cover Version

The word's on the street
You've found someone new
If he looks nothing like me
I'm so happy for you

I heard an old girlfriend
Has turned to the church
She's trying to replace me
But it'll never work

'Cause every touch reminds you of
Just how sweet it could have been
And every time he kisses you
It leaves behind the bitter taste of saccharine

A bad cover version of love
Is not the real thing
Bikini-clad girl on the front
Who invited you in?

Such great disappointment
When you got him home
The original was so good
The one you no longer own

And every touch reminds you of
Just how sweet it could have been
And every time he kisses you
You get the taste of saccharine

It's not easy to forget me
It's so hard to disconnect
When it's electronically reprocessed
To give a more life-like effect

Ah, sing your song
About all the sad imitations
That got it so wrong

It's like a later "Tom & Jerry"
When the two of them could talk
Like the Stones since the Eighties
Like the last days of Southfork

Like "Planet of the Apes" on TV
The second side of "'Til the Band Comes In"
Like an own-brand box of cornflakes
He's going to let you down my friend

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From We Love Life

4:162001Single

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Album

22nd October 2001

Track number

9

Release year

2001

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3:42
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4:00
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4:38
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Pulp — The Man Comes Around [5:37]
Pulp — Begging for Change
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Pulp — A Sunset (from More) [3:14]
Pulp — Slow Jam (from More) [5:07]
Pulp — Tina (from More) [3:32]
Pulp — Got to Have Love (from More) [4:52]
Pulp — Farmers Market (from More) [4:30]
Pulp — My Sex (from More) [4:26]
Pulp — Spike Island (from More) [4:42]
Pulp — Grown Ups (from More) [5:56]
Pulp — The Hymn of the North (feat. Chilly Gonzales) (from More) [5:41]
Pulp — Partial Eclipse (from More) [4:39]
Pulp — Background Noise (from More) [3:42]
Pulp — Spike Island [4:42]
Pulp — Got to Have Love [4:52]
Pulp — Disco 2000 (Motiv 8 Gimp Mix) (from Disco 2000 EP) [6:31]
Pulp — Disco 2000 (from Disco 2000 EP) [4:34]
Pulp — Ansaphone (from Disco 2000 EP) [4:02]
Pulp — Live Bed Show (Extended Version) (from Disco 2000 EP) [4:11]
Pulp — Disco 2000 (Motiv 8 Discoid Mix) (from Disco 2000 EP) [7:30]
Pulp — Disco 2000 (7" Mix) (from Disco 2000 EP) [4:52]
Pulp — After You
Pulp — After You [5:35]
Pulp — Death II (Live In London, 1991) (from Party Clowns - Live in London 1991) [5:51]
Pulp — Babies (Live In London, 1991) (from Party Clowns - Live in London 1991) [4:10]
Pulp — Space (Live In London, 1991) (from Party Clowns - Live in London 1991) [3:35]
Pulp — Countdown (Live In London, 1991) (from Party Clowns - Live in London 1991) [5:16]
Pulp — Legendary Girlfriend (Live In London, 1991) (from Party Clowns - Live in London 1991) [7:39]
Pulp — Love Is Blind (Live In London, 1991) (from Party Clowns - Live in London 1991) [5:06]
Pulp — Live On (Live In London, 1991) (from Party Clowns - Live in London 1991) [4:14]
Pulp — Separations (Live In London, 1991) (from Party Clowns - Live in London 1991) [4:21]
Pulp — Grandfather’s Nursery
Pulp — I Love Life (from We Love Life) [5:32]
Pulp — Weeds (from We Love Life) [3:42]
Pulp — The Night That Minnie Timperley Died (from We Love Life) [4:38]
Pulp — Wickerman (from We Love Life) [8:18]
Pulp — Bob Lind (from We Love Life) [4:15]
Pulp — The Trees (from We Love Life) [4:49]
Pulp — Birds in Your Garden (from We Love Life) [4:13]
Pulp — Roadkill (from We Love Life) [4:16]
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Pulp — Sunrise (from We Love Life) [5:53]
Pulp — Sunrise / The Trees
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Pulp — Help the Aged (from This Is Hardcore) [4:29]
Pulp — This Is Hardcore (from This Is Hardcore) [6:25]
Pulp — The Fear (from This Is Hardcore) [5:35]
Pulp — I'm a Man (from This Is Hardcore) [5:00]
Pulp — The Day After the Revolution (from This Is Hardcore) [5:52]
Pulp — Sylvia (from This Is Hardcore) [5:44]
Pulp — Seductive Barry (from This Is Hardcore) [8:31]
Pulp — TV Movie (from This Is Hardcore) [3:25]
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Pulp — Razzmatazz
Pulp — Love Is Blind (from Separations) [5:45]
Pulp — Separations (from Separations) [4:45]
Pulp — Don't You Want Me Anymore (from Separations) [3:53]
Pulp — This House Is Condemned (from Separations) [7:53]
Pulp — She's Dead (from Separations) [5:09]
Pulp — Death II (from Separations) [5:36]
Pulp — My Legendary Girlfriend (from Separations) [6:52]
Pulp — Countdown (from Separations) [4:41]
Pulp — Down by the River (from Separations) [3:40]
Pulp — O.U. (Gone, Gone)
Pulp — Master of the Universe
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Pulp — Aborigine (from Dogs Are Everywhere) [4:53]
Pulp — Dogs Are Everywhere (from Dogs Are Everywhere) [4:54]
Pulp — Goodnight (from Dogs Are Everywhere) [5:08]
Pulp — Everybody’s Problem
Pulp — Blue Girls (from It) [5:59]
Pulp — In Many Ways (from It) [2:46]
Pulp — Love Love (from It) [3:09]
Pulp — My Lighthouse (from It) [3:29]
Pulp — Wishful Thinking (from It) [4:17]
Pulp — Looking for Life (from It) [5:27]
Pulp — Boats and Trains (from It) [1:34]
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Pulp — Something Changed (from Something Changed EP) [3:19]
Pulp — Common People (from Common People EP) [5:53]
Pulp — Underwear (from Common People EP) [4:07]
Pulp — Razzmatazz (Acoustic Version) (from Common People EP) [4:05]
Pulp — Dogs Are Everywhere (Acoustic Version) (from Common People EP) [3:04]
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Pulp — Mile End (From 'Trainspotting' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (from Something Changed EP) [4:31]
Pulp — F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. (Live From Brixton Academy, London, UK / 1995) (from Something Changed EP) [6:31]
Pulp — F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. (The Moloko Mix) (from Something Changed EP) [6:19]

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7:39
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