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Senses Working Overtime

"Senses Working Overtime" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the lead single from their 1982 album English Settlement. He based the song on Manfred Mann's "5-4-3-2-1" (1964). The album and single became the highest-charting records XTC would ever have in the UK, peaking at number five and number 10, respectively.At the suggestion of its director, the song's music video was filmed at double-speed and then slowed down, to make the musicians appear "more graceful". Partridge recalled: "That one was done really quickly, in Shepperton Studios while we were rehearsing for the English Settlement tour. And so that's us rehearsing. ... [The half-speed idea has] been used a hell of a lot since then, but I think we were the fir… more »

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Let me show you how this works
Everyday will get a little bit harder
Let me show you how this works
Everyday you will go through the grinder

You're just a little cog
Spinning round in a head fog
There is no real game to win
Just conform and try to fit in

Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you

Hey man you know you think too much
Said the man who never thinks enough
Hey man you know you think too much
Said the man who never thinks enough
Hey man you know you think too much
Said the man who never thinks enough
Hey man you know you think too much
Said the man who never thinks enough

You're just a little cog
Disengage and jog right on
Don't follow the endless lies
Your just helping your own demise

Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you
Remember
If you're useless
They can't use you

Tomorrow there'll be another rule
Another set of system tools
To stop reaching all your goals
To stop you climbing out this hole
Tomorrow there'll be another rule
Another set of system tools
To stop reaching all your goals
To stop you climbing out this hole

Hey man you know you think too much
Said the man who never thinks enough
Hey man you know you think too much
Said the man who never thinks enough
Hey man you know you think too much
Said the man who never thinks enough
Hey man you know you think too much
Said the man who never thinks enough

You're just a little cog
You're just a little cog
You're just a little cog
You're just a little cog

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