i must get out once in a while / everything's starting to die / the dust settles / the worms dig / the spiders crawl over the bed // i must get out once in a while / i eat all day and now I'm fat / yesterday's meal is hugging the plates / you never wash up after yourself
A personal song finished in just one take, this track was one of the few releases in 1994-95 that John Leckie did not help to produce. Instead, it was done with Jim Warren at the band's makeshift fruitfarm studio.
The song is included on this august 1994 work-in-progress tape compilation. The handwriting is Thom's. While Side A of the cassette contains some rough mixes and lists working titles, Side B apparently has the finished tracks for the various My iron Lung singles and EPs: