When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty

(Partridge)

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Recordings

1. Album version, 3'23.
   Released on Drums and Wires.

2. BBC version.
   Recorded 21 May 1979 at BBC Studios.
   Produced by Bill Aitken and Nick Gomm.
   First broadcast 31 May 1979 on the Kid Jensen Show.
   Released on 16 November 1998 on Transistor Blast in the U.K.

3. Demo version, 3'10.
   Not released.

4. Single version, unused.
   Recorded at Townhouse Studios and DJM Studios, London, in June 1979.
   Produced by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Hugh Padgham.
   Intended for release as a single, but shelved.
   Released on 25 March 2002 on Coat of Many Cupboards in the U.K.
   Andy Partridge - Guitar, Keyboard and Vocals
   Colin Moulding - Bass and Vocals
   Dave Gregory - Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals
   Terry Chambers - Drums

   Andy: “A bit more in tune than the D+W cut with better skank per square inch. Hey daddyo, dig that crazy ending. But would it have made a hit single? Not as long as I've got a hole in my arse.”

[Thanks to R. Stevie Moore]

Art

Lyrics

When you're near me I have difficulty respirating
When you're near me I have difficulty concentrating
When you're near me I have difficulty standing upright
When you're near me I have difficulty sleeping at night

I used to stand proud like a sphinx
In a noble immovable state
Then your heart nailed me under a jinx
Now I'm feeling like a jellyfish
Just a spineless wobbly jellyfish
And it's great, great, so great

I used to stand high like a pine
Just a piece of emotionless wood
When you put your body near mine
Now I'm feeling like a jellyfish
Just a spineless wobbly jellyfish
And it's good, good, so good
I used to be an iceman
Living in iceman town
So I'm warning all you cool cool icemen
You'd better be prepared to be melted right down
down
When you're near me I have difficulty

© 1979 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

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