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Candidate by Slade

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Slade

Candidate

Release date: 28th January 1972

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"Candidate" is a track by Slade, from the album Slayed?, released 28th January 1972. Full lyrics are available below.

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Slade

Slade

Lyrics

Candidate

See him all alone

No one seems to like him, he's uncool

No one seems to like the way he rules

See them all alone

Talking of the secrets of the moon

Spending hard-earned money they'll just lose

What we really want is some way to adjust

All the values that we have been left to trust

I just can't believe they are real, very real

Far from real

See them on their own

See their cartoon faves in the news

Storming from the house in ones and twos

Can you hear them cry

Making accustions to each other

Campaigning for the mark of a young mother

What we really want is some way to adjust

All the values that we have been left to trust

I just can't believe they are real, very real

Far from real

What we really want is some way to adjust

All the values that we have been left to trust

I just can't believe

They're real, very real

Far from real

See them all alone

See them all alone

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Track details

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1972
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1972
  1. —Wonderin' Y
  2. —Move Over
  3. —How D’You Ride
  4. —Gudbuy Gudbuy
  5. —Take Me Bak 'ome
  6. —Candidate
  7. —My Life Is Natural
  8. —I Don' Mind
  9. —I Won't Let It 'appen Agen
  10. —Let the Good Times Roll / Feel So Fine
  11. —Man Who Speaks Evil
  12. —The Whole World's Goin' Crazee

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