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It’s a cheap café with cheap plastic chairs
Seen better days but oh nobody cares
A hipster came and ripped out all the plaster
Declared it an ironical disaster
But he failed to read the writing on the wall
And so began his hilarious downfall
The bijou bistro comrades say
The promenade is the place to play
And poster paint the brightly coloured walls
So walk amongst us proud and free
Delighting in our company
And so begins your delirious downfall
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Fairground Abstraction
02:12
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See you on the fairground
Empty but for spectres
Maybe you’ll direct us
To play another tune
Sing your way to freedom
Hanging from the bunting
Hunting down the hangman
Swinging from a cord
Carry me across the blue
And land me in that broken zoo
Carry me to paradise
You don’t have to ask me twice
See you at the station
Stealing all the faces
Waving at the goodbye
Lovers on the wall
Run along the platform
Empty but for warnings
The world is a conundrum
Bitterly you cry
Carry me across the blue
And land me in that broken zoo
Carry me to paradise
You don’t have to ask me twice
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I went down to the river
And much to my surprise
The Baptist and his Brother
Had both been hypnotised
And broken by the Butterfly
And smothered by disguise
Plastic smiles for a thousand miles
Such a weary appetite
He likes his ego rubbed up a little every day
That’s how the old man likes to play
It’s immaterial what you say
He’ll give it a thumbs up anyway
And break down like the battered buoy
That marks the deepest lies
A thousand leagues that he believes
Survive his deadly bite
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Old Ham
02:12
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I see Old Ham is on the Gram
He’s indignant and esurient
He’s a clever fella with an escape plan
Got his eyes on the prize and a bottle in his hand
North wind blew his mind inshore
Like god-kings in the days of yore
Now you can buy him in the store
Worthless now and evermore
I see Old Ham is on the Gram
He’s indignant and esurient
He’s a clever fella with an escape plan
Got his eyes on the prize and a bottle in his hand
Wisdom taught him those who pray
To something different every day
Are the first to run away
Back to the mother with the feet of clay
I see Old Ham is on the Gram
He’s indignant and esurient
He’s a clever fella with an escape plan
Got his eyes on the prize and a bottle in his hand
Empires come and empires go
In the blink of an eye or deadly slow
He has seen them ebb and flow
Caught in the light of a sunset glow
I see Old Ham is on the Gram
He’s indignant and esurient
He’s a clever fella with an escape plan
Got his eyes on the prize and a bottle in his hand
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Summer Sky Blues
01:34
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Out of summer skies he fell
A wretched loser straight from hell
All his crimes were listed in his eye
As he stopped to say hello
Folks were dying down below
And all the world was bleeding with despair
And no-one knew his name
Or from whence he came
And he is not to blame
But they’ll kill him just the same
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Civilians
02:03
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There’s nothing civil in this civil society
Goodbye mercy, love, justice and piety
There’s nothing civil in this civil society
Now tell me we’ve been here before
How did you find me?
By accident mostly
How did you find me?
Well maybe some guesswork
How did you find me?
By accident mostly
Now tell me we’ve been here before
Perfect dereliction
Metaphorically dead
Your wristband turns from green to red
Perfect dereliction
And emphatically dead
Now tell me we’ve been here before
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Raven
02:17
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He looked out of the darkness and perceived that there was light
Hidden from this midnight Eden, locked within a Russian doll
And nothing but pure trickery would serve to set it free
So he resolved to find it, went drifting slowly down to earth
Behind a simple temple wall, where children run and fathers call
Our hero-villain spiralled in, the oldest of the boss’s kin
And though he had a hawkish eye, still his father loved him well
And gave to him a silver key that would unlock the brightest hell
Imagine this, I ask you dear-listener to contemplate
The way the fate of simple men is governed by sheer accident
As such our hero found his prize and, much bedazzled, threw it skyward
Demons are discomfited, the rest of us ‘O Happy Day!’
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Daybreak
02:16
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You’ll be awake when the morning comes around
You’ll be awake when the morning comes around
You’ll be awake when the morning comes around
So don’t
Fall
Down
You’ll be awake when the morning comes around
You’ll be awake when the morning comes around
You’ll be awake when the morning comes around
So don’t
Fall
Down
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Dan Tindall Belfast, UK
Dan Tindall is an acoustic folk guitarist and songwriter from the North of Ireland who has gigged and recorded both as a solo artist and with various bands, most notably the anti-folk combo 'Lo-Fi Fun Factory'. His music has been played on both local and national radio in the UK and Ireland. He is the founder of the netlabel ‘Prosity Records’. ... more
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