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Lyr Req: Scratch (from Show of Hands)

30 Jan 14 - 12:57 PM (#3596816)
Subject: Lyr Req: Scratch by SOH
From: GUEST,Fyldeplayer

Anyone help with SOH Scratch lyrics to last verse ( something about C list? )- tried all online but clearly not a much requested track.

Ta in advance


31 Jan 14 - 09:39 PM (#3597208)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scratch by SOH
From: Jim Dixon

What is SOH? Are those initials? What do they stand for? Please tell us everything you know about the song, such as what album it appears on. Please give the exact spelling if you can.


01 Feb 14 - 03:34 AM (#3597230)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scratch by SOH
From: GUEST

The song is Scratch by Show of Hands from the album Witness


01 Feb 14 - 04:11 PM (#3597397)
Subject: Lyr Add: SCRATCH (from Show of Hands)
From: Jim Dixon

OK, I found this on Spotify. (I might have found it sooner if I hadn't been mystified by "SOH.")

Here's what I think I hear. (I can't say I understand anything, though; the most I can say is: it seems to be about scratch-off lottery tickets.)


SCRATCH
As sung by Show of Hands on "Witness" (2006)

The learning curve of love so steep
We climb too high and die too deep
In my dark and troubled sleep
You've only been away one week
The rope of memory still attached
A weary rub(?) you need to scratch
Hey—

This beautiful and hollow scheme
The less you have the more you dream
Of ways to make the future bright
Win some money and make it right
Maybe a fortune in the next batch
Oh, forget it all for an instant and scratch

Tear me off another patch
I need to itch; I need to—
Watch the A list, mix and match
The B list eating bugs for cash
Trish is [or "Tricia's"?] baiting C list trash
We all slow down to watch the crash
We left our lives upon the latch
Forget it all for an instant and scratch
Scratch
Ooh-hoo


02 Feb 14 - 07:30 AM (#3597553)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scratch by SOH
From: G-Force

A couple of lines wrong in verse 1:

We climbed too high and dived too deep

And where it rubs you need to scratch


02 Feb 14 - 01:26 PM (#3597619)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scratch (from Show of Hands)
From: GUEST,Fyldeplayer

Thanks for assistance - I will go with 'Trish is baiting C list trash', slightly annoying not to understand the reference.


03 Feb 14 - 05:04 AM (#3597780)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scratch (from Show of Hands)
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie

Hi Fyldeplayer,

It may be "Trisha's baiting" as there is a Trisha Goddard who is a chat show presenter