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Gin & Milk

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Gin & Milk is the title of a Dirty Pretty Things song, that features as track #6 on their first album, Waterloo to Anywhere. It was originally released in acoustic form, as a b-side to the band's debut single, Bang Bang You're Dead.

The line "I put gin in my milk, it kills all the germs" refers to the practice of putting gin into milk as an antibacterial agent by soldiers in the WWI trenches.

Appearing on

Waterloo to Anywhere Dirty Pretty ThingsAlbum2006-05-05
Bang Bang You're Dead (Acoustic) Dirty Pretty ThingsSingle2006-04-24

Lyrics

I'm in to myself
On uncertain terms
I put gin in my milk
To kill all the germs
As I pray for the day
That life will return
And I pray for myself
But I never learn
No I never learn

See I really like you
But I'm nothing like you
I try really so hard
But don't get so far
You get my respect
But we don't connect
Were in it together
So I'll love you forever
I love you forever

And so it rains on

No one gives a fuck about the values I would die for
Not the faceless civil servants
The rudimentary crack whore
No one gives two fucks about the values I would kill for
Give them something to die for
Give me something to die for

You won't really see me
I live in old movies
Cloaked tightly in sin
So they won't come in

Its like spying on cities
Through cracks in the floor
Thought I knew what the blag was
But now I'm not sure
What do I know anymore?

And no one gives a fuck
About the values I would die for
Not the basest civil servant
The rudimentary crack whore
And no one gives two fucks
About the values I could kill for
Give them something to die for
Give me something to die for

Still I'm into myself
On uncertain terms.
I put gin in my milk
It kills all the germs
As I pray for the day
That life will return
And I pray for myself
But I never learn
No I'll never learn

No one gives a fuck
About the values I would die for
Not the faceless civil servant
A rudimentary crack whore
No one gives two fucks
About the values I would kill for
Give me something to die for
Give me something to die for

No one's too perturbed
About the things that I would cry for
I've been trying all my life
Until there's nothing left to try for
No one's too perturbed
About the things that I would live for
Give me something to try for
Give me something to try for

NameGin & Milk
BandDirty Pretty Things


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