Uploaded February 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The first song is

Track 3a. 'Status People'. From the album 'Who Said Cherry Red?'

Written by McPhee

Tony McPhee - vocals/guiters
Pete Chymon - bass
Dale Iviss - drums

Mixing Engineer - Roger Lomas

♪♫ I closed my front door today I won't be opening it up for a while,
I left the key with friends I said "make yourself at home and live in style",
All I had was a set of clothes that would have to last for quite a long time,
I'm leaving now all the brass and silver can collect some grime.

My money in the bank I'll give most away to friends and servants who will lose their pay,
They can be rich for a short time, realise some ambitions and start to climb,
I''ll be glad to say goodbye to status people who are just a lie,
I left them behind when I walked out the door, I'll never see them anymore. ♪♫

The second song is

Track 3b. 'Rich Man Poor Man'. Exactly the same credits as the previous track.

The third song is

Track 3c. 'Darkness Is No Friend'. Exactly the same credits as the previous tracks

♪♫ Shafts of sunlight stealing in my room through the window-pane,
Look like spotlight pointing out the gloom and despair that it contains,
But I would not shut out the sunlight for darkness is no friend.

Shafts of moonlight lighting up the floor, nearly all bare boards,
Few pieces of carpet and nothing more, all I can afford,
But I would not shut out the moonlight for darkness is no friend.

It's so easy to shut your eyes to block out the things that you despise,
Just as easy for the dark of night to blot out thedaylight things that aren't right,(2)

Shafts of sunlight stealing in my room through the window-pane,
Look like spotlight pointing out the gloom and despair that it contains,
But I would not shut out the sunlight for darkness is no friend. ♪♫

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