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Cornershop — Sleep On The Left Side
Album: When I Was Born for the 7th Time
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Released: 1997
Length: 4:00
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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Sleep on the left side
Leave the right side free
Hope gets salted
As those around you leave
We're gonna let it up like India House on fire
We're gonna let it go
And let it go higher
Let it go

Sleep on the left side
Houcam is our call
We're gonna take it
That virgin fall
There's gonna be some
When we let it up
And let it breathe
And all the holes
Doused with grief
And planets up
And time to leave
No Asian fire
Will leave us dyre
Born again to Asian #lion#
There comes no telling
How it will be
What's turned to smoke
Was in our hearts
And planets up
What we have lost

Foot racing from kitchens
Down alleys through gulleys
Meeting every second hour
Never to come to terms with ?
Foot racing to Putabin Key
'cause there's too much going on
To jeer on green goddesses, local dignitaries and labor counselors
Always #in touch# by #way of# the community organ? we're about to be #orphaned#

Sleep on the left side
Keep the sword hand free
Arrrh, wuttevess gonna be is
Gone nu be
For the 7th time
WithOUT, tumbling disyre
Easy dizease
We're gonna let it known
And let it go slow, let it go

Sleep on the left side
Sleep on the left side

Some sounds
Some #burdens#
#Can# release

Some sounds
Some #burdens#
#Can# release

Some sounds
Some #burdens#
Sleep on the left side
Comments (90)add comment
"What I Got" by Sublime?  No?
Posted 6 months ago by ZenAce    [ Reply ]
i loved this originally.
1997-1998 were awesome years for music as i recall.
Posted 8 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow.



Posted 9 months ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Never really gets off the ground - kind of drones along.
Posted 1 year ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 dsilvasi wrote:
Lovin' is what I got
I said, remember that




Sublime didn't come on the scene until later after Bradley's death May 25th, 1996.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like the Eels / E
Posted 2 years ago by fotd    [ Reply ]
Lovin' is what I got
I said, remember that

Posted 2 years ago by dsilvasi    [ Reply ]
 RParadise wrote:

I'm sorry, but that felt a lot longer than four minutes.



I think the guy who played bass on this song totally agrees with you.  He played the same two notes for an eternity.
Posted 2 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Great segue from Suzanne Vegas 'Headshots' Bill, I was already thinking about this song before it started! The magic of a bass line!
Posted 2 years ago by zedwhytheexwarrior    [ Reply ]
I'm sorry, but that felt a lot longer than four minutes.
Posted 2 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
 mcullers wrote:

I hope they cashed in on the domain name craze and made a fortune selling cornershop.com.



Apparently not. Still a great song!
Posted 2 years ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
I hope they cashed in on the domain name craze and made a fortune selling cornershop.com.
Posted 2 years ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
Well, my dogs start out sleeping on the left side, but by morning I'm sleeping on the right side seam. with one foot on the floor.
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Keep the sword hand free- makes sense to me :)
Posted 3 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
One of the worst Cornershop songs.
Posted 3 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Oh I get it, my other left ....
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
Wacky Tracky I’m yet to clarify 🤣
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
 jukes1 wrote:
This whole album is amazing. Some other gems sprinkled through their discography as well, but never seemed to reproduce an entire album of magic like this one was.
 
Agreed!
Posted 4 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Puts me in mind of The Real Tuesday Weld.
Posted 4 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
This whole album is amazing. Some other gems sprinkled through their discography as well, but never seemed to reproduce an entire album of magic like this one was.
Posted 4 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
Sleep on whatever side doesn't have the wet spot I say!
Posted 5 years ago by Slickamoe    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:
Brimful of Asha was better!
 

The original, or the chart-topping Fatboy Slim version?
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here . . .
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I always liked this whole album
Posted 6 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:
Brimful of Asha was better!

 
More than that, Brimful of Asha was quite the same song - only better.
Posted 7 years ago by sb204    [ Reply ]
Listening to this makes me wish for some Geggy Tah.
Posted 7 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
7
Posted 7 years ago by legacyofrob827    [ Reply ]
Brimful of Asha was better!
Posted 7 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
Sleep on the leftside
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow

Very useful suggestions from these guys

 
Asha Bhosle

 Image result for asha bhosle
Posted 8 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
Sleep on the leftside
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow

Very useful suggestions from these guys
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 boontonite wrote:
A lot of good stuff on this album. Quirky & fun!

 
Agreed! What a hidden gem of an album. Thanks for playing it!
Posted 8 years ago by mblue    [ Reply ]
A lot of good stuff on this album. Quirky & fun!
Posted 8 years ago by boontonite    [ Reply ]
 PeterMC3 wrote:
Undoubtably one of the best albums of the Nineties. Pity Cornershop were so short lived.

 
Still putting out albums from time to time. I got "Judy Sucks a Lemon..." (it's good) but haven't heard any of the later stuff.
Posted 8 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
I have to sleep on my right side or I won't be able to move my neck when I wake up.  Too many violent collisions on the football field.
Posted 8 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]

Sleep on the left side,

Keep your sinus free.


Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
I thought it was Paul Simon for a moment.  Like this one.
Posted 9 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
Undoubtably one of the best albums of the Nineties. Pity Cornershop were so short lived.
Posted 10 years ago by PeterMC3    [ Reply ]

Loving the playlist tonight, kicking off the weekend in style!  Thanks.


Posted 10 years ago by macdiggity    [ Reply ]
I always got a soft spot for Cornershop - music plus 1
Posted 11 years ago by mostling    [ Reply ]
That repetitive bit drones on a bit too long...
Posted 11 years ago by Smitix    [ Reply ]
Yea !! Cornershop !! Was JUST thinking about these lads, would I ever hear them on RP ? Of COURSE !! As usual, our captain is a wise and weathered one !! 
Posted 11 years ago by planet3one9    [ Reply ]
College music flashback . . . it's been a while since I heard this one.
Posted 11 years ago by Dunkelstar    [ Reply ]
 Derecho wrote:
What a great antidote to "Hotel California", which I was escaping with a press of "PSD"; this came up.
 
Wow - night & day there, eh??!!!??

I so loathe Hotel Cali - so overplayed - why Bill plays it is beyond me!!!
Posted 11 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
Wow, this takes me back to another time half a planet away...
Posted 11 years ago by Zeito    [ Reply ]
What a great antidote to "Hotel California", which I was escaping with a press of "PSD"; this came up.
Posted 11 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
Is that a flute or a penny whistle .. maybe a sakuhachi?
Posted 12 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Remember when they were the hottest thing?
Posted 12 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Nice...not heard Cornershop for years.
As the song started I found myself thinking that the voice was familiar, but couldn't quite place it.
Posted 12 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
 ianwill wrote:
Love this track, whole album was great.  World music back in the 90s for me!
 
Hardly World Music - all UK born and bred!!!
Posted 12 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
5.9? What is wrong with you people! Right, everyone on the dance floor. . . 
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow.
Posted 12 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
cornershop lovely people
tindahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Posted 12 years ago by betsyroks    [ Reply ]
 beautiful 
Posted 12 years ago by betsyroks    [ Reply ]
One good line doth not a good song make.
Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
This post apparently contained an image that was dragged into the post editor. Sorry, but any text contained in the post after this point has been lost.
Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Yay! Great memories of adolescence.... terrible live though.
Posted 13 years ago by cirruss    [ Reply ]
I have always liked this song, apparently I am in the minority!{#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I love these guys, like this song. But Bill, I'm tryin' to stay awake here! Little help!
Posted 13 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
Quinn the Eskimo?
Posted 13 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
Love this track, whole album was great.  World music back in the 90s for me!
Posted 13 years ago by ianwill    [ Reply ]
Cute! 7
Posted 13 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 MugwumpGeo wrote:
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here...Oh, wait, he's already been...Come on without...2 thumbs down
 
...you beat me to it. I had same thought.

Posted 14 years ago by tryallmusic    [ Reply ]
Rated it down to 3!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
blech.
Posted 15 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Brimful of Asha pls
Posted 15 years ago by Jared    [ Reply ]
I can hear the ringtone 10 Meters away. And my speakers are not very loud now!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
This radio station is a surprise box....just the other day I wondered what might have become of that kharma ridden band whose name I did not even remember.
Posted 15 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
What happened to these guys. They were the next big thing when this album came out.
Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
"boring" is not on in the rating list so I'll give it a 4
Posted 15 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Like it....bouncing along, easy, cool.

Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
These guys were the hottest things when this song came out. What happened?
Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
"Everyone wants a bussom for a pillow everyone wants bussom....mine is on a 45" {#Bounce}
Posted 15 years ago by frankp74    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
5-year hiatus for this song? Glad I have the CD.

This song is from 1997, not from the new album.
According to Wikipedia we can expect the new album in "early 2008" {#Think}



Posted 16 years ago by spaceman    [ Reply ]
lwilkinson wrote:
Wonder where these guys have been hanging out?
London. 5-year hiatus for this song? Glad I have the CD.
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Manbird    [ Reply ]
please, MORE Cornershop!
Posted 16 years ago by theirishtickler    [ Reply ]
Smoooooth!
Posted 16 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard these folks in years! Nice find, Bill. Y'all are a buncha grumps below. What part of Eclectic don't you understand?
Posted 16 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
I think I just went to the dark side of eclectic. This is a bizarre but toe-tapping (kinda fun too) tune with shades of cajun acordian, hip-hop and reggae music. Wonder where these guys have been hanging out?
Posted 16 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here...Oh, wait, he's already been...Come on without...2 thumbs down
Posted 16 years ago by MugwumpGeo    [ Reply ]
Trippy rhythm. Not everything need be frantic, caffeinated.
Posted 21 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Posted 21 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
n4ku and tg3k are right . . . I am so close to being asleep after that that no cup of coffee may be strong enough to help.
Posted 21 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Can \"Brimful of Asha\" be found in the Paradise attic. Haven\'t heard it in a long while, but I seem to reacall that \"Asha\" has a bit more of an engaging sound than this song.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by n4ku: Mind numbing. Simply mind numbing.
I agree -- the repitition is repititious in its repitition.
Posted 21 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]
Mind numbing. Simply mind numbing.
Posted 21 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Is that the left side when you sleep on your stomach or the left side when you sleep on your back. Or is that the left side of your body so that your right side is facing the ceiling. I\'m soooo confused.
Posted 21 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
This is a great CD -- you should check it out.
Posted 22 years ago by laprincessa    [ Reply ]