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Skunk Anansie
Paranoid & Sunburnt
All in the Name of Pity

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All in the Name of Pity

Release date: 13th September 1995

From Paranoid & SunburntTrack 53:22

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About This Track

"All in the Name of Pity" is a track by Skunk Anansie, from the album Paranoid & Sunburnt, released 13th September 1995. The track is 3:22 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Skunk Anansie

Skunk Anansie

Lyrics

All in the Name of Pity

I smoked the shit that made you love
Drowned all your problems like a wife
Blanked out your anger with my face
Wasted my days to hide disgrace
I did it all, did it all
All in the name of pity
You loved to taunt me with your sex
Kicked up the memory in my head
Watch my neurosis building up
Swallowed the truth your mind forgot
You did it all, did it all
All in the name of pity
You did it all, did it all
All in the name of pity
In the name of pity
In the name of pity
In the name of pity
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
You tried and tried to use my life
To keep your aggression trivialized
Never an ego in control
(But) now who's the shit that sold his soul
You did it all, did it all
In the name of pity
You did it all, did it all
In the name
You did it all, did it all
In the name of pity
In the name of pity
In the name of pity

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Track details

From Paranoid & Sunburnt

3:221995

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Album

Paranoid & Sunburnt

14th September 1995

Track number

5

Release year

1995

1Selling Jesus
3:44
2Intellectualise My Blackness (Live)
3:44
3I Can Dream
3:33
4Little Baby Swastika

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3:22

6Charity (Live)

7It Takes Blood and Guts to Be This Cool but I'm Still Just a Cliché (Live)

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10100 Ways to Be a Good Girl

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Credits

Writer: Len Arran, Skin
Producer: Skunk Anansie, Sylvia Massy
Bass: Cass Lewis
Drums: Robbie France
Guitar: Cass Lewis, Martin “Ace” Kent, Skin
Vocals: Skin
Background Vocals: Cass Lewis, Martin “Ace” Kent, Robbie France
Credited: One Little Independent Records
Mixing Engineer: Andy Wallace
Percussion: Robbie France
Theremin: Skin