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Suede – Asbestos (1999) | Track profile | Dork

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Asbestos

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Asbestos

Release date: 3rd May 1999

From Head Music

About This Track

'Asbestos' by Suede is a 1999 track from the album 'Head Music'. The lyrics observe women and schoolgirls “shaking”, with a leering, predatory energy that blends invitations, sex, and transactional scheming. The viewpoint is that of an onlooker who keeps returning to the same street-level scene, moving from flirtation to coercive come-ons and cashing in. The title’s brittle, hazardous quality feels like a taunt against anything safely emotional, setting the whole piece up as something sticky, hazardous, and avoidable.

"Asbestos" is a track by Suede, from the album Head Music, released 3rd May 1999. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Suede.

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Suede

Suede

Lyrics

Asbestos

[Verse 1]

Watching all the women shaking slimming

Walking down the road again

Looking at the lovers under covers

Come in and let's be friends

[Verse 2]

Watching all the schoolgirls shaking new girl

Coming on and having sex

Watching all the women shaking slimming

Come in and cash the cheques

[Chorus]

The suburban girls

And they're making noise

And they're making eyes

At suburban boys

[Verse 3]

Watching all the lovers under covers

Watching all the roads that bend

Listening to Lulu, Amazulu

Come in and let's pretend

[Verse 4]

Watching all the women shaking slimming

Walking down the road again

Scheming like a schoolboy watching you boy

Come in and let's pretend

[Chorus]

The suburban girls

And they're making noise

And they're making eyes

At suburban boys

At suburban boys

At suburban boys

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Trumpet Solo]

[Chorus]

Suburban girls

And they're making noise

And they're making eyes

At suburban boys

Suburban girls

And they're making noise

And they're making eyes

At suburban boys

At suburban boys

At suburban boys

At suburban boys

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1999

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