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Sometimes by The Bastard Sons of Dennis, from their album Cherry Smoke Empire.

Sometimes was one of the earliest Bastard Sons of Dennis songs, first coming to light in their sand dune sessions on Exmouth beach in the summer of 1994. Sometimes was first performed live by the duo at The Cavern in Exeter that same summer.

The song originally appeared on the 1992 Levitation album Need For Not, released by Rough Trade. Terry Bickers of the band Levitation and Q.Wim were at university together and collaborated on a number of musical delights, including this.

Yuri was completely unaware of the band Levitation and created his own lead guitar parts independently having never heard the original recording until this track was about to be released.

In their one-off spontaneous 1998 session, the Bastard Sons of Dennis played Sometimes again, with Scott on balalaika and Yuri on bass.

Mr Lijkkes tells a short ad lib tale at the start of this song that is different every time. Usually it is a rather dark-humoured and grizzly tale about Spiderlings.

Sometimes is called Resist on Levitation's Need For Not album.

This track was recorded before Yuri's battered old guitar was repaired. The slight distortion you hear on his guitar is actually the way the instrument sounded, with an assortment of rattles at the nut end, rather than a level that was too hot.

lyrics

SOMETIMES
Read it young and so it spun
A web of madness on my screen
Expressions led me to a place
It's not the world I'd intended to be in
Sometimes I feel like everyone knows

People believe in your lies
People believe in all our our lies

And who we are the Fates did ask
Can't believe the sentence passed
Sometimes I feel like everyone knows
Sometimes I feel like everyone knows

People believe in your lies
People believe in all our lies

Read it young and so it spun
A web of madness on my screen
Expressions led me to a place
It's not the world I'd intended to be in
Sometimes I feel like everyone knows

People believe in all our our lies
People believe in my lies

Sometimes... I feel like everyone knows
Sometimes... I feel like everyone knows
Sometimes... I feel like everyone knows
Sometimes... I feel like everyone knows

credits

from Cherry Smoke Empire, track released September 27, 2011
Words and music by T. Bickers/A. Richardson.
This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.

This recording is copyright © 2011 Wud Records.
The intellectual property of this song is copyright ℗ 1992 Rough Trade Recordings Ltd.

Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Artwork by Blueprint Studios.

Performers:
Q.Wim Lijkkes - vocals, guitar
Yuri Nation - guitar, vocals

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