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XTC – Roads Girdle the Globe (1979) | Track profile | Dork

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Drums and Wires
Roads Girdle the Globe

TRACK

Roads Girdle the Globe

Release date: 17th August 1979

From Drums and Wires

About This Track

"Roads Girdle the Globe" is a track by XTC, from the album Drums and Wires, released 17th August 1979. Full lyrics are available below.

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XTC

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Lyrics

Roads Girdle the Globe

[Verse 1]

Am I asleep or am I fast?

Your every race

You're first, you're last

[Chorus]

Roads girdle the globe

We're safe in your concrete robe

Hail mother motor!

Hail piston rotor!

Hail wheel!

Roads girdle the globe

Oh, oh oh, oh oh!

Oh, oh oh, oh oh!

[Verse 2]

Am I tied in or do I turn?

Your holy incense

Your tire burn

[Chorus]

Roads girdle the globe

We're safe in your concrete robe

Hail mother motor!

Hail piston rotor!

Hail wheel!

Roads girdle the globe

Oh, oh oh, oh oh!

Oh, oh oh, oh oh!

[Bridge]

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna

Steer me, Anna!

Oh, oh oh, oh oh!

Oh, oh oh, oh oh!

[Verse 3]

Am I get there?

When is A, B?

Your iron, oil and steel

Your sacred three

[Outro]

Roads girdle the globe

We're safe in your concrete robe

Roads girdle the globe

We're safe in your concrete robe

Roads girdle the globe

We're safe in your concrete robe

Roads girdle the globe

We're safe in your concrete robe

Hail mother motor!

Hail piston rotor!

Hail wheel!

Hail mother motor!

Hail piston rotor!

Hail wheel!

Hail mother motor!

Hail piston rotor!

Hail wheel!

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Drums and Wires

1979

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Album

Drums and Wires

Release year

1979

—Outside World
—When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
—That Is the Way
—Helicopter
—Day In Day Out
—Chain of Command
—Millions
—Limelight
—Real by Reel
—Roads Girdle the Globe
—Scissor Man
—Complicated Game
—Reel By Reel - 2001 Digital Remaster
3:47
—Day In Day Out - 2001 Digital Remaster
3:08

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Credits

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Writer: Andy Partridge
Producer: Steve Lillywhite