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Drag

from Dybbuk by Buffo's Wake

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A song about unscrupulous 'Pay-to-Play' promoters, who charge bands to get on the bill for a gig.
Not going to name any names!

lyrics

Drag

Pay to Slay
“Cough it up, take the gate” he sprays like he’s never known another way
With the Cut of the admission and a slice of the commission,
they can suffer for their art and he can reap their reputation,
this charade seems to drag throughout the whole damn page
and he just says

“You see it all depends on if you bring half of your friends, you’ll find that most bands murder for it”
“with the more they spend, you’ll get paid in dividends”, and still we murder for it, we do but

Everybody at the party knows you get much better cheddar than those fools that you promote,
You’re exploiting their need to be exposed, but still we murder for it

With pay to play,
he knows the scene is dead but he’s wide awake
and on the graves he waits to collect his wage
So now the bands are on the wagon and the songs are all in fashion
But a fraction of the action is executed with any passion
This fickle play always tragically ends the same
And they just say

“I don’t deceive, there’s no tricks inside my sleeve, I swear most bands would murder for it”
“it’s just the economy and the culture which it feeds, believe”
But still we murder for it

Everybody at the party knows you get much better cheddar than those fools that you promote,
You’re exploiting their need to be exposed, but still we murder for it
Everybody at the party knows you get much better cheddar then you stick it up your nose,
You’re exploiting their need to be exposed, but still we murder for it
We still murder for it

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from Dybbuk, released December 8, 2019

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Buffo's Wake Brighton, UK

Buffo's Wake are a Brighton based, gypsy punk band of lunatics with a taste for the macabre. Festival veterans, regularly appearing at some of the UK's biggest festivals, including Glastonbury, Bestival, Secret Garden Party, and Boomtown, as well as live performances on BBC Introducing, Buffo's Wake will grab you, and leave you dancing like a person possessed. Guaranteed to raise hell! ... more

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