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Bottlenose
04:13
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Helen of Troy sits comfortably in the passenger seat
With the British numberplate
It reads: W Z V - 1 6 2
Did I step up the plate, step up to the plate for you?
Oh Helen what do you know of this world?
(I know nothing)
My brief stint in the wilderness wasn't dull
I found a sword and I followed the torch light to trouble
Yes Yes
Bates’ Paradise
Lethargic lips tip the glasses
With Robert Fripp style guitar lines
Ladies Of The Road
Really ugly references
Something feels finished, something feels done
It’s not the kettle, it’s not the scum
Oh Helen, what do you know of this world?
(I know nothing)
You changed form in the room with the second floor
"Earth customs" in early computing display
I found your double upstairs
She was carrying THREE PINTS AT ONCE
She was living in the suit of a dead woman
She was swimming in the vase at the table
Alright, really loopy loopy loo
Lucy Lucy Lucy on the emergency mush
I pulled up a seat and it turned into a dolphin
Dolphins are rubbish
Dolphins are rubbish,
Get their noses stuck in the bottle
Helen’s nose is trapped in the bottle
Look!
Lucy’s nose is trapped in the bottle
Like a dolphin
If you’re a mammal then get on land!
Like a dolphin
Helen’s nose is trapped in the bottle
Lucy’s nose is trapped in the bottle
I put my nose - - - I trapped it in a bottle
Bottlenose
Bottlenose
Bottle knows what I’m talking about
Bottlenose , bottlenose
Bottle knows what I’m talking about
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Malt Shop In The Sky
03:56
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Feelings so old
I’ve seen Tony Robinson handle them
They can be summoned like a dove from above
But I don’t know if you know I know the call and the gesture
You’re the heartache mastermind
You could be my specialist subject for one
And I’d probably do alright
Alright on the night
Obsession looks acceptable under studio lighting
Could I occupy the “S”
In your conquests alphabet?
I was knocked out long ago
In the reshuffle of your cabinet
Time fossilised
Museum lines, going round the block
And down the boulevards of a bygone Valentine's
Malt shop, I’ve been living in a malt shop in the sky
A Malt shop life where the shakes are high
And the jukebox never lies
What were you saying, anyway?
The raffle raised a six figure pot?
The noughts on the date stamps have perished
And the ink has run out at the terrace reception
“That can’t be him, he died in the summer
He fell to his doom from the roof of his mother”
The bobble that led to the rumours of rule breaking
Has been cast in titanium and shot for the cover
I could have sworn that it was you,
Rebounding the sun at the community pool
Thought we had spoken in the lift
But it turns out I’d been talking to Doug Yule
Time fossilised
Museum lines
Snaking through the flowers, they’ll queue for hours
To see a love life mummified
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Laurie Shaw Kenmare, Ireland
Laurie Shaw is a Wirral-born songwriter and producer. He now dwells in Ireland where he records from his mountain retreat. He often gigs in Cork, Dublin and the Merseyside area. He has released around 100 albums to date (all of which are available on request). ... more
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