Lowboy on the Totem Pole (1985)   |   Play   Buy  Lyrics Now I'm lowboy on the totem pole hands over my eyes spat on by pygmies half my size too far from the delta gut buckets and Jukes Missing old buddies Missionaries, greasers and spooks I'll show em, if I ever get out of here alive the tape has run too long dust covers the books green, red, yellow and blues here- take another look guitars lie silent bells ring out loud everywhere i see people putting on death shrouds I'll show em if I ever get out of here alive soloes I'll show em i'll show eim repeat verse one

Credits Lyrics Credits: The Wrong Crows Music Credits: the Wrong Crowd Producer Credits: Chris Forehan and Richard McLean Performance Credits: The Wrong Crowd/Adventures in Paradise Description Short Song Description: A hallucinatory lament about lacking what you need - status, cultural input, an audience, recognition, a place in the world and some hope for the future. All with a jaunty reggae influence beat and lively guitars. Humming in the charnel house. Long Song Description: Recorded 1985 as Adventures in Paradise. This song was always the centre piiece of early incarnations of the Wrong Crowd's live set. we loved to play this song- it felt so good, so right, so now. And it still does to a certain extent. Although the lyrics do seem a little strange... Story Behind the Song: Chris Forehan- avuncular vocals, programming and sax Captain Rick - bass, programming, distorted guitar and solo Dean Lyster - clean guitar and backing vocals Metadata Song Length: 3:11 Primary Genre: Rock-New Wave Era: 1980 - 1989