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Today marks 25 years since the release of ‘Asleep in the Back’.

Originally released on 7th May 2001, elbow’s debut album introduced tracks including ‘Red’, ‘Newborn’, ‘Powder Blue’ and ‘Scattered Black and Whites’, and was later shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize.

To mark the anniversary, a selection of archive videos, live footage and clips from the long out-of-print ‘Asleep in the Back’ film are now being made available on the band’s official YouTube channel for the first time.

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Bitten by the Tailfly

You’re a girl in this vicinity
I’m a dog without a collar on
This cattle-market cabaret
Is the Sabbath every Saturday
I’m full of wit and chivalry
Until you’ve given in to me
I’m a dog without a collar on
You’re a girl in this vicinity

Bitten by the tail-fly
Too many times to change

It’s a silent taxi ride away
But it’s everything to get you there
You’ll know when you are bitten-shy
But still you will return my stare
From a crush of blushing brides-to-be
You barely have a blossom on
Your eyes betray your diaries
You’re a girl in this vicinity

Bitten by the tail-fly
Too many times to change

I’ll take you home
Get you on your own