XTC - Washaway Lyrics
Mother's in the kitchen steaming up the window panes
Smell of boiling cabbage comes up from an open drain
But no amount of scrubbing could ever shift a gravy stain
Washaway washaway washerette
Streets lay deserted
No one feels exerted
Sat on their couches
With loose change in their pouches
They couldn't spend it if they tried
In comes Mr Softee
Dressed up like and ice cream cone
Ringing for his supper
But a thousand Yorkshire puddings
Couldn't make his business boom
See how they wander
To kill time in droves they squander
Money in centres
That feed on the mind, oh bother
It just gets you down
Washaway washaway washerette
Business as usual at the uptown launderette
Washaway washaway the dirt
Wash it
Washaway the dirt
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XTC Washaway Comments
Can someone please explain to me why this never made it onto an album? Pfft.
thepollyannasociety It was a specially made B-side for the All You Pretty Girls single! Many of the other songs had already been earmarked for the album!
Super great song, I love the piano all throughout, and bass, the weird vocals, and that strangely beautiful guitar riff at 1:59 really completes this song.
Just superb, why was this left off the album?
It was a specially made B-side for the All You Pretty Girls single!
Always thought at the time of release in 84 that this was a bit of a throwaway but all these years later it's a bit of a lost classic Colin & XTC track ? Brilliant
Possibly my favourite XTC B-side ever. Blur would have killed to have written this one during their "Modern Life Is Rubbish" era.
Yes, I read the Indie Top 20 Blog as well.
It reminds me of a really strong Cheap Trick song too. What a shame they didn't put it on the album.
This is a great example of how many of XTCs best songs were left off the original album. Great piano work on this song with wonderful melodic runs.
Exactly. This is my favorite song from this album. Clearly, I got a later edition. I wonder why this got left off? I think it's brilliant.
TheMcSomething It was a specially made B-side for the All You Pretty Girls single!