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I Need Electricity

from One Way Ticket 1981​-​82 by Next Exit

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Originally a 1979 Sweet Madness song released on Made in Spokane Volume 1. This Next Exit version was recorded in 1981.

lyrics

The car brakes squeal, round the corner in the night
A radio is blaring through the window of the basement floor
The old woman’s startled, stack of plates falls to the ground
Her man starts bitchin’ ‘bout the price of just sticking around

And I hear you screaming down the telephone line
As the kids next door get in a fight
And the dogs are howling on the corner lot
‘Cuz they’re scared of the cold starlight
And yeah, I hear you comin’ over the phone
So don’t think me impolite
But I need electricity tonight

I need electricity, I need electricity
I need electricity tonight

The front door slams, in the apartment down the hall
The pitter patter footsteps keep pacing up and down the stairs
A siren is shrieking, energy’s in the air
I’ve got to get out of this cage and get somewhere
And I hear you screamin’ down the telephone line
‘Bout the times I let you down
The time I forgot to pick you up
Cuz I got tied up downtown
And yeah, I hear you coming over the phone
So don’t think me impolite
But I need electricity tonight

I need electricity, I need electricity
I need electricity tonight

(Gregor)

credits

from One Way Ticket 1981​-​82, released July 20, 2017
Arranged by Next Exit.
Jan Gregor | Vocals and Guitar
Mark Fenton | Drums and Vocals
Greg Morlan | Lead Guitar
Don Lynd | Bass, Pedal Bass, Vocals

Recorded by Next Exit in March 1981 at EWU, Cheney WA
Produced by Bob Zat and Sweet Madness
Engineered by Steve Dahlen
Photo by Greg Greger live on top of the Drive-In concession stand
Brennan Dalsgard Publishers ASCAP
Mastering by Chris at Hanzsek Audio

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Next Exit Seattle, Washington

In 1981 Sweet Madness ditched Spokane for Seattle and changed their name to Next Exit.

The new lineup featured a more guitar-driven sound, with lead guitarist Greg Morlan replacing keyboardist John Robison.

For their first live show, they played at a Drive-In Movie Theater on the roof of the concession stand.

Static Cling was the first song they wrote with the new lineup.
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