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The Elements of Style

by The World Provider

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    The first WP album, produced by Peaches and Taylor Savvy. Includes 24-page booklet by Peach, Savvy and the WP plus two cassette-only bonus tracks.
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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    The WP's 2000 debut, released in its original cassette format - with two cassette-only bonus tracks and a 24-page booklet of new liner notes by the WP and producers Peaches and Taylor Savvy.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Elements of Style via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 7 The World Provider releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Winter Blues, Old Dreams, Always, History of Pain, Hard Feelings, Enabler (10th anniversary edition), and The Elements of Style. , and , .

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You talk big, you talk tough You talk a lot, but you know talk ain't enough You run the relay, you run the race You cross the line and it brightens up your face You turn your eyes to me, so I want you to know: You were born to rock - you belong in the show!
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I put down my roots in this big money town I didn't have enough to live I came to the store a desperate little man Who would take any work they'd give Now I dole out the tapes to the idiots and flakes All they want's new releases and porn They show up to browse at a minute to close Or before we open up in the morn I show up on time and I do all my tasks When the clock hits the hour, I'm done My rent must be paid at the start of every month I don't do this job for fun And I don't seek advice on my methods of work You useless pathetic slob I don't break it to you that your life's a fucking joke So don't tell me how to do my job.
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Oh hang the summer breeze and waiting for the night to fall Oh hang the swollen trees and stolen kisses at the ball "And there's nothing I need and there's nothing I want more" - last knights of the wherewithal Oh pearl-clad daughters of the eldest of the firm Walking through candlelight holes in my eyes And fair trade policy discussed on my left And sailboard brand loyalty on my right You were just another once Blind, cocooned and dormant, now butterfly: The children grown, the rumours spread, the sleepless nights in foreign beds, And wristbands hiding scars Oh hang the summer breeze and waiting for the night to fall Oh hang the swollen trees and stolen kisses at the ball And there's soon a time a-coming where the idle rich, the idle rich shall fall.
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Honey Dry 01:37
It's three o'clock in the swirling morning And you shut your eyes to go to sleep Isn't it amazing how you dipped your toe in And all of a sudden ended up knee-deep? Run away, the mortar's falling You're coming down from a funny high The more it rains, the more tarpaulin You gotta lay down to keep your honey dry Did you turn away, your back on the crowd Dedicate your ass to making a certain amount? Frozen are the kids, passed out the wife Cast another log on the flame that is your life.
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He threw the gauntlet down He said "your tongue is bought and sold by the pound" I said "you're wrong my friend, the rules are written down" He had to fall and break his crown Because we're living in a stern grammatical town I suppose it's over now, put on your mourning gown.
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I didn't really cry, I just had something in my eye So when you passed me by, I had to look the other way Down on the autoroute, the trucks obey all the warring camps that seem to jump in the fray I'm in the ivory tower, taking pains over what remains when I'm gone and forgotten This tenderness of mine won't allow for no words unkind So keep this thought in mind whenever you pass by my way Brace for the insolence of youth on high Out in a paddleboat under optimum sky I met that friend of yours, he was a beautiful guy But what'll come of him when the well has run dry?
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You said that this was your year to be good And, like the rest of us, you did what you could But you should know this, and make it your friend: All things must pass, and come to an end. "I wasn't born, I was sent from the heavens." "I spent my long days and nights at the Sleven." I see it now, and I know it's true: I never was any better than you. It sounds extreme, but it's tempting to say: We had some good, but we fucked it away.

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The very first WP album. Produced by Taylor Savvy except "You Belong in the Show" and "The Oligarchy" produced by Peaches, in their respective Toronto apartments in 1999. Self-released on cassette in 2000. Remastered (or truthfully, mastered for the first time) by Christo in 2013. Enjoy!

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released September 1, 2000

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The World Provider Montréal, Québec

The World Provider has been providing synth rock, anthemic pop and theatrical spectacle to the masses since 1999.

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