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I wish I was stoned

from stoat and friends by Stoat

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Recorded live in The Central Hotel, Dublin, by Greg French, with a chorus of friends and surprised punters.

The singers are:
Sonia Florit, Emmet Roche, Thomas Wall, Peter Sisk, Edel Coffey, Olivia Walsh, Eoiny, Conor Meade, Niamh Roche, Marie Finnegan, Eileen Hearne, Ed Hearne, Bridget Hearne, Miriam Hearne, Des Grogan, Adam Joyce, Laurence Van der Haagen, Eilish Dennehy, Terri Kelly, Jackie Sammon, FiFi Flynn, Thomas Dunning, Conor Rapple, Fiachra McCarthy, Alan Maxwell, Mark Murphy, Keith Ward, Ruadhri McGary, Ruth Ardiff, Evan Ardiff, Herv, Emer O'Brien, Mick Veale, Vaughan Freeman, Daniel Osterfield, Pudge, Gráinne Galligan, Donal Herlihy, Niamh Maloney, Aidan Gibson, Dáire Molloy, Gaz Byrne, Derek McCormack, Michael Stevens, Tom O'Doherty, Niamh Cullen, Gill Cullen, Eric Gargan, Anne-Marie O'Donoghue, Karl Haslam, Andrew Hendricks, Eli Walker, Anthony Mackey, Ian Lawton, Joel Mackey

lyrics

Six cans for a fiver and a bale of briquettes
And the remnants of spag bol adhere to my vest
The tape player's broke but the radio's fine
And the winter is bet for a short space of time

And I wish I was stoned, I wish I was stoned,
I wish I was stoned today

Calf nuts are nutritious but it's no way to live
There are jobs in McDonald's but FUCK THAT
Homebrew and rollies and scratchcards and cheese
The ratepayer's cheque doesn't stretch to the weed

But I wish I was stoned, I wish I was stoned,
I wish I was stoned today

Maybe I lack something, lack something green
Maybe I lack something red
But if it's something I lack, you can lack it right back
Cos we're all green, we're all red, we all have got something to lose

Back home in the bedsit our hero retires
And sleep comes on quickly and the fire quickly dies
And out in the world where the scary things are
Failure and hope sleep in each others arms

And I wish I was stoned, I wish I was stoned,
I wish I was stoned today.

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from stoat and friends, released February 16, 2003

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Stoat Ireland

Stylistically inconsistent indie / pop / rock music from Ireland.

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