The Bottle

from Paradise/The Bottle by Subject A

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Comes in a collectable card sleeve designed by Dean Sartain (with the classic Pop-A-Top logo and inner CD label design by Paul Towler). A three track CD single containing 2 songs plus a dub mix. Release No.30 for the Pop-A-Top label, now in it's 20th year (2003-2023)

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Lead vocal - Neil Sartain
Backing vocal & flute - Heather O'Neill
Organ/piano - Erin Bardwell
Bass - Dean Sartain
Tablas - Harki Popli
Trumpet - Colin Berry
Drums - Matty Bane

lyrics

What have we got?
What have we got?
What have we got?
What have we got?

In the bottle, yeah
Some folks can't stop living in the bottle
It's a bad one
Living in the bottle, yeah - hey!

See that black boy over there, he's lookin' scared
His ol' man's in the bottle
And you know it's a bad one
See that sister she looks fine
Cos she stopped the drinking wine from the bottle, yeah

See that brother over there he's lookin' scared
His old man can't trust in the bottle
And you know it's a bad one
Hey!

Take it to the bridge!

And don't you think it's a crime
When time after time after time
Some folks just can't stop living in the bottle

Some folks can't stop living in the bottle
OK you ready for me?
Here we go!

Na na na na na na na
(Na na na na na na na)

Bottle, bottle

Na na na na na na na
(Na na na na na na na)

Bottle, bottle

Na na na na na na na
(Na na na na na na na)

Living in the bottle
And you know it's a bad one

One more time
Na na na na na na na
(Na na na na na na na)
In the bottle

See that sister over there she's lookin' scared
Her moma's living in the bottle
You know it's a bad one
See that there, she's over there
She's lookin' so scared
Cos her old man just can't think from the bottle

And now you think it's a crime
Time after time, after time
Some folks just can't seem to stop living in the bottle

Can't stop living in the bottle

Let's go there again, ready?
Na na na na na na na
(Na na na na na na na)

Bottle, bottle

Na na na na na na na
(Na na na na na na na)

In the bottle
And you know it's a bad...
One more time

Na na na na na na na
(Na na na na na na na)

Bottle, bottle, bottle, bottle, hey!

What have we got?
What have we got?
What have we got?
(crime)
What have we got?
What have we got?

Bottle bottle, bottle
Living in the bottle yeah
Some folks can't stop living in the bottle
Living in the bottle
In the bottle
Living in the bottle

Some folks just can't stop
Bottle!

See that black boy over there, he's runnin' scared
His ol' man's in the bottle
And you know it's a bad one
See that sister she looks fine
Cos the months stopped drinking wine from the bottle

And don't you think it's a crime
Time after time, after time
Some folks just can't stop living in the bottle

credits

from Paradise/The Bottle, released July 16, 2023
(Scott-Heron)
Cayman Music Ltd / Peermusic (UK) Ltd

(Jones/Strummer/Headon)
Nineden Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd

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