When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty Lyrics

When you're near me, I have difficulty respirating
When you're near me, I have difficulty concentrating
When you're near me, I have difficulty standing upright
When you're near me, I have difficulty sleeping at night

I used to stand proud like a sphinx
In a noble immovable state
And then your heart nailed me under a jinx

Now I'm feeling like a jellyfish
Just a spineless wobbly jellyfish
And it's great, great, so great

When you're near me, I have difficulty respirating
When you're near me, I have difficulty concentrating
When you're near me, I have difficulty standing upright
When you're near me, I have difficulty sleeping at night

I used to stand high like a pine
Just a piece of emotionless wood
And when you put your body near mine

Now I'm feeling like a jellyfish
Just a spineless wobbly jellyfish
And it's good, good, so good

I used to be an iceman, living in iceman town
So I'm warning all you cool, cool icemen
Better be prepared to be melted right down, down

When you're near me, I have difficulty respirating
When you're near me, I have difficulty concentrating
When you're near me, I have difficulty standing upright
When you're near me, I have difficulty sleeping at night

When you're near me, I have difficulty
When you're near me, I have difficulty
When you're near me, I have difficulty
...

XTC - Coat of Many Cupboards

Apr 2002

1. Spinning Top (Live @ Eric's, Liverpool - 1977)
2. Traffic Light Rock (Live @ Eric's, Liverpool - 1977)
3. Radios In Motion (From White Music)
4. Let's Have Fun (White Music out take)
5. Fireball XL5/Fireball Dub (White Music out take)
6. Heatwave Mk.2 Deluxe (White Music out take)
7. Things Fall To Bits (Go 2 out take)
8. Us Being Us (Go 2 out take)
9. Sleepyheads (Drums and Wires out take)
10. Meccanik Dancing (Live @ The Marconi Club, Sydney,1979)
11. Atom Age/Hang Onto The Night/Neon Shuffle (medley) (Live @ The Marconi Club, Sydney,1979)
12. Reel By Real (Unused single recording)
13. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (Unused single recording)
14. Helicopter (DJM version) Unused US single recording)
15. Generals and Majors (Rehearsal tape)
16. No Language In Our Lungs (From Black Sea)
17. Paper and Iron (Live @ The Lyceum, London, 1980)
18. Crowded Room (Live @ The Lyceum. London, 1980)
19. Senses Working Overtime (Early work tape)=20
20. Snowman (Live @ The Hammersmith Odeon, 1981)
21. Ball and Chain (Unused single recording)
22. Punch and Judy (Unused single recording)
23. Fly On The Wall (From English Settlement)
24. Yacht Dance (Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test,1982)
25. Jason and The Argonauts (From English Settlement)
26. Ladybird (From Mummer)
27. The Everyday Story Of Smalltown (From The Big Express)
28. Let's Make A Den (Home demo)
29. Brainiac's Daughter (from Psonic Psunspot version)
30. Vanishing Girl (from Psonic Psunspot version)
31. Terrorism (Home demo)=20
32. Find The Fox (Home demo)
33. Season Cycle (From Skylarking)
34. The Troubles (Home demo)
35. Mayor Of Simpleton (Early work tape)
36. Chalkhills And Children (From Oranges & Lemons)
37. Didn't Hurt A Bit (Nonsuch out take)