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Tin Machine

I Can't Read

Release date: 22nd May 1989

From Tin Machine - EP
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"I Can't Read" is a track by Tin Machine, from the album Tin Machine - EP, released 22nd May 1989. Full lyrics are available below.

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Tin Machine

Tin Machine

Lyrics

I Can't Read

I can't read and I can't write down

I don't know a book from countdown

I don't care which shadow gets me

All I've got is someone's face

Money goes to money heaven

Bodies go to body hell

I just cough, catch the chase

Switch the channel watch the police car

I can't read shit anymore

I just sit back and ignore

I just can't get it right, can't get it right

I can't read shit I can't read shit

When you see a famous smile

No matter where you run your mile

To be right in that photograph

Andy where's my fifteen minutes

I can't read shit anymore

I just sit back and ignore

I just can't get it right, can't get it right

I can't read shit I can't read shit

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Track details

From Tin Machine - EP

1989
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23rd May 1989
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1989
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  • I Can't Read (live)
  • You Belong in Rock & Roll (Live)
  • Stateside (Live)
  • Under the God (Live)
  • Goodbye Mr. Ed (Live)
  • Heaven's In Here (Live)
  • If There Is Something (Live)
  • One Shot
  • If There Is Something
  • You Belong in Rock n’ Roll
  • Baby Universal
  • Shopping for Girls
  • You Belong In Rock & Roll
  • Tin Machine: Live 89
  • Country Bus Stop [Live Version]
  • Under the GodTin Machine - EP
  • Working Class HeroTin Machine - EP
  • Maggie’s Farm (live) + Tin Machine
  • Heaven’s in Here
  • Prisoner of Love

    • Credits

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    David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels
    Producer
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