"Holiday in Albania", from Cautionary Tales for Dead Commuters (1985)
• Based on the Sex Pistols song, "Holiday in the Sun".
• Based on the Sex Pistols song, "Holiday in the Sun".
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I don't want a fortnight on the Costa del Sol
Don't wanna go to Bognor — it's a plague-ridden hole
and it don't fit in with my ideology...
Down the Adriatic to the Vlora bay
Twenty pints of Fosters and I'm away
'Cos now I know just where I wanna be:
Albania — that's the place for me!
— Attila the Stockbroker
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I don't want a fortnight on the Costa del Sol
Don't wanna go to Bognor — it's a plague-ridden hole
and it don't fit in with my ideology...
Down the Adriatic to the Vlora bay
Twenty pints of Fosters and I'm away
'Cos now I know just where I wanna be:
Albania — that's the place for me!" in the context of ""Holiday in Albania", from Cautionary Tales for Dead Commuters (1985)
• Based on the Sex Pistols song, "Holiday in the Sun"." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Attila the Stockbroker
Attila the Stockbroker (born John Baine on October 21, 1957) is a punk performance poet, songwriter and musician.
About Attila the Stockbroker
Attila the Stockbroker (born John Baine on October 21, 1957) is a punk performance poet, songwriter and musician.
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