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Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:
A smile for every passing car
And when they stop with door ajar
She shrugs and whispers, "Que sera"
And turns her thoughts to the pillowHer face is etched with memories
She finds now joy amid the sleaze
It's hard when you've been paid to please
So she turns her head to the pillowDaylight comes, she rests her head
The beauty of an empty bed
She dreams of happy days
Instead of brooding on tomorrowShe swapped her dreams of shining knights

For pushers, bars and money fights
For nameless faces in red light
So she turns her head to the pillowThose black eyes, they don't hurt any more
She's heard the jokes and jibes before
She's felt the long arm of the law
So she turns her head to the pillowDaylight comes, she rests her head
The beauty of an empty bed
She dreams of happy days
Instead of brooding on tomorrowTaking drugs was not for fun
It made her feel like going on
And now she hurts when it's all gone
And she turns her face to the pillowShe takes a blade and breaks her skin
Sweet life's force flows from within
The white clouds in her head grow dim
And she turns her face to the pillowSunlight creeps across her head
Pale beauty in a crimson bed
No dreams of happy days ahead
She'll have no more tomorrows

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UB40 are a British dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England.

The band is one of the most culturally diverse dub reggae bands with musicians of English, Scottish, Irish, Yemeni and Jamaican parentage. The band is named from the paper form issued by the UK government's Department of Health and Social Security at the time of the band's formation for claiming unemployment benefit (UB40 = Unemployment Benefit, Form 40).

UB40 were influenced by the many Blues Parties they attended as teenagers in the multiracial Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, their love of ska and reggae inspired such original tracks as King, Madam Medusa, Food for Thought, Signing Off and One in Ten.

Their early music style was unique, with a heavy influence of analogue synthesizers, psychedelic rock guitar, saxophone and dub producer techniques which were later perfected by the late Pablo Falconer.

Ali and Robin Campbell have a musical heritage, being sons of Ian Campbell, a folk musician.

The band purchased its first instruments with compensation money Ali Campbell received after a bar fight. They have had a number of hits, most commercially and to amusement of the band, "Red Red Wine", a cover version of a Neil Diamond song (in an arrangement similar to that of Tony Tribe's version). Their most successful single release is the cover of the Elvis Presley ballad Can't Help Falling in Love which was intended to be the main title to the 1992 Sharon Stone movie Sliver and was a Number One hit across Europe and in the U.S.

Many of UB40's recordings were inspired by 1960s ska and early lovers rock songs that would have otherwise been forgotten in the public eye. Their new injection of life into so many old Jamaican hits has resulted in many musicians' and producers' renewed popularity and income.

UB40's early music often tackled social issues such as racism and unemployment.

Other artists that UB40 have collaborated with include: Pato Banton, Madness, Bitty McLean, Chrissie Hynde, Robert Palmer, Hunterz, Japanese artist Mikidozan, French artist Nuttea, Lady Saw and Afrika Bambaataa.

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