

Hey hey The clouds are whey There's straw for the donkeys And the innocents can all sleep safely All sleep safely My, my Sun is pie There's fodder for the cannons And the guilty ones can all sleep safely All sleep safely And all the world is football shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'Tween the lemons and limes The pain and the pleasure And the church bells softly chime Hey, hey Night fights day There's food for the thinkers And the innocents can all live slowly All live slowly My, my The sky will cry Jewels for the thirsty And the guilty one's can all die slowly All die slowly And all the world is biscuit shaped It's just for me to feed my face And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'Tween the lemons and limes The pain and the pleasure And the church bells softly chime And birds might fall from black skies And bullies might give you black eyes And busses might skid on black ice But to me it's very, very beautiful (England's glory!) Beautiful (A striking beauty!) And all the world is football shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to tell the difference 'Tween the goods and crimes Dirt or treasure And there's one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'Tween the lemons and limes The pain and the pleasure And the church bells softly chime
Hey hey The clouds are whey There's straw for the donkeys And the innocents can all sleep safely All sleep safely My, my Sun is pie There's fodder for the cannons And the guilty ones can all sleep safely All sleep safely And all the world is football shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'Tween the lemons and limes The pain and the pleasure And the church bells softly chime Hey, hey Night fights day There's food for the thinkers And the innocents can all live slowly All live slowly My, my The sky will cry Jewels for the thirsty And the guilty one's can all die slowly All die slowly And all the world is biscuit shaped It's just for me to feed my face And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'Tween the lemons and limes The pain and the pleasure And the church bells softly chime And birds might fall from black skies And bullies might give you black eyes And busses might skid on black ice But to me it's very, very beautiful (England's glory!) Beautiful (A striking beauty!) And all the world is football shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to tell the difference 'Tween the goods and crimes Dirt or treasure And there's one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'Tween the lemons and limes The pain and the pleasure And the church bells softly chime
Senses Working Overtime foi o single principal do álbum English Settlement, lançando em 1982 e atingindo o 10º lugar na parada britânica.
A faixa alcançou o 5º lugar na lista de álbuns do Reino Unido, sendo o melhor desempenho histórico da XTC.
Andy Partridge escreveu a música inspirando‑se no disco “5‑4‑3‑2‑1” do Manfred Mann, de 1964.
O vídeo oficial foi filmado a duas vezes a velocidade normal e depois desacelerado, criando a ilusão de que os músicos se moviam “mais graciosamente”; a dupla‑velocidade foi, segundo Partridge, a primeira utilização desse efeito em um clipe.
O filmagem ocorreu rapidamente nos estúdios de Shepperton enquanto a banda ensaiava a turnê de English Settlement, tornando o vídeo um registro direto dos ensaios.
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