Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Micronesia and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing The Birthday Party to the dance kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by ABC. All the underground hits.
All Television Personalities tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boogie Down Productions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Royal Family And The Poor,
K-Klass,
Quando Quango,
Bob Dylan,
The Durutti Column,
Crooked Eye,
Alton Ellis,
Minnie Riperton,
the Bar-Kays,
Flipper,
The Star Department,
Cybotron,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Velvet Underground,
The Residents,
Joy Division,
Lou Reed,
Television Personalities,
Sparks,
The American Breed,
Anakelly,
Ice-T,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Procol Harum,
Zero Boys,
Fad Gadget,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Doobie Brothers,
Kerri Chandler,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Spandau Ballet,
New Order,
Brick,
Clear Light,
Johnny Osbourne,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Bauhaus,
The Selecter,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
cv313,
Ralphi Rosario,
Todd Terry,
Erykah Badu,
Shoche,
kango's stein massive,
Morten Harket,
Johnny Clarke,
Monolake,
Bill Wells,
Marine Girls,
Sun Ra,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Pulsallama,
The Monks,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Max Romeo,
Henry Cow,
Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.