All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Bauhaus

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The Sky's Gone Out
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A gothic melancholic song written retrospectively about childhood, hopes and dreams, fantastical, dark and light and possibly concerning our inner child. A 1980's arthouse gothic band. See the film 'The Hunger' for a cameo appearance at the beginning of the film. Their popular hit was a cover version of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie. Peter Murphy, the singer, also collaborated with Mick Karn from Japan as Dali's Car. Offshoots of Bauhaus include Tones on Tail.
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All we ever wanted was everything All we ever got was coal Get up, eat jelly Sandwich bars, and barbed wire Squash every week into a day The sound of the drum is calling The sound of the drum has called Flash of youth shoot out of darkness Factorytown Oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream Oh, to be the cream