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Songs and Lyrics
 
The Kill

This page contains the following information about this Joy Division song
(which is a totally different song from the earlier one with the same name):
  • details of every known studio recording and every official release;
  • my transcription of the song lyrics, noting any significant variations;
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Track history
Recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport
Released on Still and on Heart and Soul
Lyrics

Moved in a hired car and I find no way to run
Hurts every moment longer - had no time for fun
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you

I had an impulse to clear it all away
I used the tactics - make everybody pay
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you

Oh, I keep it all clean - I've paid the graces there
No kings of misuse - no sellers of flesh
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
Yeah through it all I kept my eyes on you
But through it all I kept my eyes on you

Other information
Cover version by:Released on:
Soup ToxicI Wanna Be Your Girl (Walked In Line WIL11 2005)
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