Skullduggery is the opening track on the 1986 James album Stutter.
It started life with the name Insect.
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An earwig crawled into my ear
Made a meal of the wax and hairs
Phone friends have an insect party
But all I could hear was the bass drum drum
All I could hear was the bass drum drum
Now if you put your ear close you'll be able to hear
Now the sea shore noise of the shore sea shell
The clatter of plates
And the bronze of the bell
Going ding dong, ding dong, ding dong dong
Going out of my mind as they hollow my head
I'm floating in the air, but my body's in bed
The more they eat, the more I see
What is not, but just could be
You can hear them laughing in my head
You can hear them laughing in my head
Ha ha ha ha ha
Now they've eaten my memory, I can't recall
How the world used to be before
So the vision is the same as what is real
Dependent on the lighting, and how I feel
Ding dong, drum drum, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
And then the music stopped
The musicians went away
They'd eaten all my brain
The red and the grey
They all stagger home
Down the tunnel in my nose
Where my brain used to be
Now there's only a hole
Made a meal of the wax and hairs
Phone friends have an insect party
But all I could hear was the bass drum drum
All I could hear was the bass drum drum
Now if you put your ear close you'll be able to hear
Now the sea shore noise of the shore sea shell
The clatter of plates
And the bronze of the bell
Going ding dong, ding dong, ding dong dong
Going out of my mind as they hollow my head
I'm floating in the air, but my body's in bed
The more they eat, the more I see
What is not, but just could be
You can hear them laughing in my head
You can hear them laughing in my head
Ha ha ha ha ha
Now they've eaten my memory, I can't recall
How the world used to be before
So the vision is the same as what is real
Dependent on the lighting, and how I feel
Ding dong, drum drum, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
And then the music stopped
The musicians went away
They'd eaten all my brain
The red and the grey
They all stagger home
Down the tunnel in my nose
Where my brain used to be
Now there's only a hole
| Song: | Skullduggery |
| Released: | 21st July 1986 |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | Stutter |
| First Heard Live: | Liverpool State Ballroom – 23rd March 1983 |
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- Stutter acetate :Promo, Album, 1986
- Stutter promo tape :Promo, Album, 1986
- Stutter :Studio, Album, 1986
- The Gathering Sound :Compilation, Box Set, 2012
- Justhipper (Compilation) :Compilation, Album, 2017
- Manchester Green Rooms – 10th August 1987
- Liverpool University – 4th December 1986
- Swansea University – 25th November 1986
- Hamburg Logo – 18th November 1986
- Cologne Luxor – 17th November 1986
- Birmingham Burberries – 4th November 1986
- London ICA – 10th October 1986
- Aberdeen The Venue – 16th August 1986
- Edinburgh Hoochie Coochie – 15th August 1986
- Leeds Ritzy – 24th June 1986
- Manchester Town Hall – 7th June 1986
- London Porchester Hall – 27th March 1986
- BBC Radio 1 John Peel – 20th January 1986
- Liverpool System – 23rd August 1985
- Bristol Ashton Court Festival – 3rd August 1985
- Mersea Island WOMAD – 21st July 1985
- London Hammersmith Riverside – 12th May 1985
- Bradford St George’s Hall – 28th March 1985
- London ICA – 19th March 1985
- Bournemouth Town Hall – 2nd December 1983
- Liverpool State Ballroom – 23rd March 1983
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