Song ID please (80s postpunk/new wave)

[todd_light]

Hi.

I'm usually pretty good at tracking stuff down but this one has me stumped! It is very quirky and poppy and mostly sungby a guy but with one line spoken sung by a female. There are saxaphones in it and it's a bit funky. The lyrics go something like this:

I, I like my job
Don't worry - you'll get lucky too
We, we've got the green one
So why did you buy the blue?
I, I'd like a beer
But only if you have one too
I, I have leukemia, and I wish
Doctor doctor, tell me please
What you take
(6 of those, 6 of these..........)
We, we are married
Now c'mon, when will you
I, I had a kitchen
But what else, what else can you do?
We, we all know what we want
Now how about, how 'bout you?
I, I have leukemia
And I wish, you had it too

Please help if you can. It kills me not to know! Thanks very much.

[motcher76]

I'm thinking The Chocolate Grinders 1981 new-wave/synth 7'' single "People With Leukemia" released on the Innocent Label - David Chesworth (Essendon Airport) and Philip Brophy (Tsk Tsk Tsk). But I'm damned if I can find a music sample to verify that. The lyrics sound familiar, but until we can dig up a sound-byte it's just a suggestion

Cheers

**EDIT** ... I just managed to listen to this track on a U.S. streaming radio site and this is indeed the song you're looking for. I'll have to work out how to capture the audio from that stream :D

[motcher76]

I've put a low bit-rate sample up on zShare for you to check out. It's captured audio from the radio stream, so it's not perfect.

          http://www.zshare.net/audio/764862476b6af5af/

Cheers