Luke Haines
Formerly of mid 90s electro-indie bands The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder,… Read Full Bio ↴Formerly of mid 90s electro-indie bands The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder, this legendary front man has gone solo with a hip-hop/pop pastiche sound to play to a well establised following of fans.

Relentlessly highbrow, Haines's dark-but-mischievous lyrics typically fall into three groups: musings on obscure Anglicana (The Mitford Sisters, Freddie Mills is Dead), bitter attacks on modern society, particularly the arts (The Death of Sarah Lucas, Christ) and twisted 1970s anti-nostalgia (Leeds United, Here's to Old England) - with the odd dash of self-aggrandisement thrown in for good measure.

Despite cultivating an image as a sinister misanthrope over the past fifteen years, Haines's live sets are notable for his self-deprecating humour and between-songs banter - and for their surprising brevity. But considering that most of his songs are well under three minutes, this doesn't necessarily mean a short set list.
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Luke Haines Lyrics


Baader Meinhof We made the cops look dumb On the border line Springer said…
Bailed Out Your star is descending Round here blindly Tell your dancing…
Brainchild Some of the things a cowboy does To make you howl…
Chinese Bakery She's going downtown, but she comes from uptown Where the br…
Christ At the age of 33 and a third, the time…
Death Of Sarah Lucas This is the death of Sarah Lucas As painted by the…
Discomania They're having sex to 'The Kids In America' This is the…
England Miles from somewhere - that's where I was born As a…
Get Wrecked At Home Lock the door and flat on my back Unplug the phone Listen…
Home Again Home Again Housesitting again Rifle through Your possessi…
How Could I Be Wrong In my role As a ground breaker As a pallbearer In my past…
I'm A Rich Man's Toy I'm a rich man's toy Sick of the way you've been…
Junk Shop Clothes Junk shop clothes Will get you nowhere They're out of season…



Leeds United When I get home my wife will kill me She's so…
Lenny Valentino There were mourners on the street of every shape and size Th…
Light Aircraft On Fire when you cut your lover's slack you'll get a fucking monster…
Never Work Never work again La travail jamais, call a general strike i…
New French Girlfriend Want a girl to hold my hand When the plane lands When…
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue Now I want to sniff some glue Now I want to…
Oliver Twist With a calm and strategic no I'm back and I'm solo This…
Rock 'N' Roll Communique No. 1 This is not entertainment Don't expect me to entertain you …
Rock'n'Roll Communique No 1 This is not entertainment Don′t expect me to entertain you A…
Show Girl For my bride Thought my life Would be right Took her bowling…
Starstruck First child and a showbiz son Always hide where you come fro…
The Cheerleaders of North Korea I painted their faces all the same Shining like buttons in…
The Oliver Twist Manifesto Workhouse? Yeah? What do you want? Information Who the fuck …
The Spook Manifesto For Casanova, sex was quite impossible When he first met Sa…
The Upper Classes Some of the clothes you stole from your lovers home Make…
Tombstone taking out the garbage at the columbia hotel nobody got a…
Underground movies We first met it was raining In a house with bay…
Unsolved Child Murder People 'round here don't like to talk about it Presumed dead…
Upper Classes Some of the clothes you stole from your lovers home Make…
Valet Parking Never saw your drivers eyes Or me on parking street We we…
What Happens When We Die Talking to a girl crying down the phone Now listen to…


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