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The Selecter – Ladders | Track profile | Dork

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The Very Best of The Selecter
Ladders

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Ladders

From The Very Best of The Selecter

Track 11

4:04

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About This Track

"Ladders" is a track by The Selecter, from the album The Very Best of The Selecter. The track is 4:04 long. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Selecter

The Selecter

Lyrics

Ladders

When I wake up in the night
I can't open my eyes
I reach down to the floor
I laugh until I cry
It's just the way it is
I start to realise
Why can't I be sure of things
I feel inside

Beware of tigers and bad dogs
Making monkeys of you
I'm walking barefoot on cut glass
Now that all my ladders have gone

I don't really have the heart
To run a million miles
To where my ladders start
Everyone hurts sometimes

Beware of tigers and bad dogs
Making monkeys of you

Beware of tigers and bad dogs
Making monkeys of you

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Track details

From The Very Best of The Selecter

4:04

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Album

The Very Best of The Selecter

Track number

11

1On my Radio
3:05
2Madness
2:53
3Reselecterization
4:20
4Three Minute Hero
2:56
5Die Happy
3:40
6Missing Words
3:53
7Whip Them Down
3:41
8Sugar Town
3:13
9Celebrate the Bullet
3:46
10The Selecter ’91
3:49
11Ladders
4:04
12Vicky's Magic Garden
4:44
13Washed Up and Left for Dead
4:38
14Neurotica!
3:38
15Madness Tuff Mix
2:51
16Too Much Pressure
3:32
17Out on the Streets Again
3:47
18California Screaming
5:16
19Hairspray
2:34
20Radio Radical
6:19
—On My Radio
3:05

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