More Life in a Tramps Vest

"More Life in a Tramp's Vest"
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Single by Stereophonics
from the album Word Gets Around
B-side	"Raymond's Shop"
Released	May 19, 1997
Format	7" Vinyl CD single Music download
Recorded	1992 and 1997
Genre	Rock
Length	2:19
Label	V2 Records
Writer(s)	Kelly Jones Stuart Cable
Producer(s)	Bird & Bush
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Local Boy in the Photograph" (1997) "More Life in a Tramp's Vest" (1997) "A Thousand Trees" (1997)

"More Life in a Tramp's Vest" is the second single from the rock band Stereophonics. The song is taken from the band's debut album, Word Gets Around and was released in May 1997. It reached #33 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is about life from the view of a supermarket bag boy. [1] The single's B-side, Raymond's Shop is featured on Stereophonics' greatest hits compilation album Decade in the Sun.

Music video

The video shows various activities (such as shopping, riding a bus, playing football), but everyone has televisions for heads, which show many different things. The only people who don't have televisions for head are the band, who are shown performing on pointing traffic signs.

Track listing

CD1

1. "More Life in a Tramp's Vest"
2. "Raymond's Shop"
3. "Poppy Day"

CD2

1. "More Life in a Tramp's Vest" (Live at Oxford Zodiac)
2. "Looks Like Chaplin" (Live at Oxford Zodiac)
3. "Too Many Sandwiches" (Live at Oxford Zodiac)
4. "Last of the Big Time Drinkers" (Live at Oxford Zodiac)

Other versions of the song

• A live version is included on CD2 of the "Traffic" single, it was recorded at the Belfort Festival.
• The live version of "Raymond's Shop" is on the Live at Cardiff Castle DVD and "The Bartender and the Thief" single.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics