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Wire – Public Place (1988) | Track profile | Dork

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A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck
Public Place

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Public Place

Release date: 1st May 1988

From A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck

About This Track

"Public Place" is a track by Wire, from the album A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck, released 1st May 1988. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Wire

Wire

Lyrics

Public Place

In this public place

Pigeons move busily

Through the contents

Of a man's life

In this public place

His last mortal remains

Reflect a private lake

In this public place

Lies fly in formation

Candid fiction spreads its wings

It's deceptive at this angle

Does truth dance?

Does truth sing?

The private hedge pissers

In anxious alleys

The village boy-wide-men

With a game on their hands

Wait for the sign

That will take them to Heaven

Wait for the sign

Only they understand

In this public place

A carved tree

Burst through an atheist's heart

And broken promises

Drifted into the shape of footprints

In this public place

Lies fly in-formation

Candid fiction spreads its wings

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Track details

From A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck

1988

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Album

A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck

Release year

1988

—The Queen of Ur and the King of Um (alternative version)
—Over Theirs (live)
—The Finest Drops
—Public Place
—Come Back in Two Halves
—It's a Boy
—Boiling Boy
—Drill (live)
—Pieta
—Free Falling Divisions
—The Queen of Ur and the King of Um
—Follow the Locust

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