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Graduation Night

by Laurie Shaw

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1.
Life In Locked Horns 04:08
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THE SUNLIGHT DIES ON MANGERTON MOUNTAIN THE DRAUGHT ALE FROTH IS JUST STARTING TO FOUNTAIN THE NIGHT IS ICE AND ALL CONSUMING THE PUBS ARE PACKED AND TOO TIGHT TO MOVE IN BUT SAFFI CAN MANOEUVRE IT, SHE CAN DO ANYTHING SHE CAN TAKE THE SILENCE AND MAKE IT SING IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT AND THIS LITTLE TOWN IS ON THE BRINK ROADS OF ICE, BRAKE LIGHTS ON A RINK IN THE BLAZING CHAMBERS OF THE VULTURE MEN WHO HALF WANT TO DESPISE YOU AND HALF WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND IN THE FAIRY-LIT BELLY OF SOME OAK FINISHED BAR WE WATCH TOURIST TRAP VICTIMS GET MUGGED IN THE SPAR THERE’S NO GETTING OUT OF HERE, WITHOUT IT WEIGHING ON YOUR HEART ‘CAUSE WHEN YOU STICK AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE ICE SHEETS PART YOU GET . . . LOCKED HORNS IN THE NIGHT AND IN THE DAY HEARTBREAK PARK IS THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY LOCKED HORNS BETTER GET OUT OF THE WAY ’CAUSE A TOMBSTONE GONNA ROLL ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WALKING BACK YOUR WAY SAFFI AND KATIE DO AN IMPROVISED PLAY PETER AND EDITH IN EACH OTHERS’ ARMS AS WE PASS THE HOUSE WITH THE MOSQUITO ALARM AND DOWN TO THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE, WHITE WAVES BELOW SPLITTING THE ROCKS HOLDING ON TO OUR PHONES THE HOWLING WIND TURNS SAFFI’S LIPS TO ICE SHE’S IN EDITH’S THICK COAT (BUT I’D PREFER HER IN MINE) IN LOCKED HORNS HEAR THEM CRACK AGAINST THE COAST THIS TOWN TAKES POSSESSION AND WE ARE PLAYING HOST TO ITS LOCKED HORNS SHE WILL BREAK OUT ANY DAY SHE CAN DO BETTER AND SHE NEEDS TO ROLL ON YOUR MOTHER’S WAITING FOR YOU AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR DRIVE SAYING SHE WAS WORRIED WHAT WITH ALL OF THE BLACK ICE THE SOFT CUDDLE YOU GAVE ME AS YOU SAID GOOD NIGHT WILL KEEP ME IN FANTASY FUEL ALL NIGHT ALRIGHT THIS TOWN WILL HOLD YOU TIL GRADUATION NIGHT BEFORE A LONG DARK SUMMER OF BITTER GOODBYES AND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR YOU’LL BE RIGHT IN YOUR PRIME AND I’LL BE NOTHING BUT A FRAGMENT OF A YOUTH YOU DIDN’T MIND IN LOCKED HORNS . . . LOCKED HORNS OH SAFFI, I’M ROOTING FOR YOU
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Tidy Homes 02:28
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SAFFI’S ON HER WAY ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER IMPROMPTU PARTY KATIE TAKES THE PHOTOGRAPHS THEN TOM LAMINATES THE FAKE I.D.’S STILL IS THE EVE IS THAT THE PORT YOU SWIPED FROM YOUR MOTHER’S CABINET? SHE TAKES IT NEAT SHE’LL DEFO NOTICE THAT IT’S GONE AND WHAT A TIDY HOME! THERE’S A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY (OH YEAH RIGHT) OF A BLACK OUT TONIGHT THERE’S A STORM FORECAST (YEAH WHO SAYS?) WELL WE’LL JUST HAVE TO GET DRUNK IN THE DARK (SOUNDS LIKE A PARTY) HUDDLED ON THE SMALL SETTEE (YOU GO THERE AND I GO HERE) STILL IS THE EVE SAFFI’S HERE AND NOW MY HEART IS BEATING FAST WITH TWO LEFT FEET SHE KICKS HER SHOES IN THE VESTIBULE AND SHE’S DANCING IN THE HALL WITH THE PAPER BUNTING BLOWING THE BACK DOOR’S OPEN TOMMY’S GONE FOR A SMOKE SOMEONE GET THIS GIRL A JAMESON AND COKE AND KATIE IS SAYING THAT YOU GOT WITH ADRIAN OR WAS IT JUST PRETEND TO SWERVE GETTING ASKED BY SOMEONE TO DANCE?
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Katie's Room 05:22
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I HAPPY NEW YEAR! TOM IS GETTING SICK IN THE SQUARE AND IT’S SLEETING LET’S STOP AT THE VAN, GET HIM SOMETHING TO EAT AND HE’LL BE GRAND TO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY “THE GANG ARE ALL TOGETHER IN AN INFINITE LOVE” GO HOME, KATIE YOU’RE DRUNK WHEN WE SNEAK IN THE BACK OF THE WANDER INN THERE’S A CROWD IN THE ALLEY BY THE BOXING MACHINE EDITH AND PETER SHARE A KISS BEFORE A FIST JUST MISSES THEM SO WE SCRAMBLE FOR THE DOOR AS A FIGHT BREAKS OUT CUT TO THE FLOOR THERE’S A HEN DO, EXPLODED VIEW “OH HELLO SAFFI, ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD NIGHT? YEAH I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING AT TOM’S TONIGHT BUT I’VE A FEELING IT WON’T WORK OUT LIKE THAT” JUST FROM THE WAY HE’S MAULING THE FACE OFF OF ALICE DOWN IN THE LOOS WITH THE CONDOM MACHINE WHERE THE HELL CAN I STAY TONIGHT? HALF ONE AND ALL ROUTES ARE RIVERS OF ICE AS THE LIGHTS COME ON IN THE WANDER INN AND TOM AND ALICE ARE OFF CANOODLING AND KATIE SAYS I CAN BUNK AT HERS, HER FOLKS HAVE GOT A BLOW UP BED IN THE CUPBOARD II GOODNIGHT, EDITH GOODNIGHT, PETER GOODNIGHT, SAFFI I WISH THAT IT WAS YOU I WAS GOING HOME WITH TONIGHT KATIE, I DIDN’T REALISE YOU LIVED UP SUCH A GINORMOUS HILL ACTUALLY I DID: WHEN WE CAME TO SEE YOU WHEN YOU WERE ILL AND I REMEMBER THINKING “CHRIST! I HOPE I DON’T HAVE TO TRAVERSE THIS ON ICE AND SNOW" AND LO AND BEHOLD HERE WE ARE . . . UNDER THE STREET LIGHTS AND THE STARS TRUDGING PAST THE FUNERAL HOME, WITH IT’S ROOF REFLECTING THE MOON AND IN A SILENT MOMENT YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN MINE AND YOU SAY WE’LL BE HOME SOON . . . III WHEN WE GET TO HER HOUSE HER PARENTS AREN’T BACK THEY’RE AT A NEW YEARS EVE DO BY THE RACE TRACK SHE SAYS DO I WANT ANOTHER DRINK AND GETS A WHISKEY GLASS SHE SAYS “OH COME ON JUST A LITTLE NIGHT CAP” I SAY “OH I DON’T KNOW IS THAT SUCH A GOOD IDEA” HER STREET LIGHT SILHOUETTE IS SO EXCITINGLY NEAR AND HER TOUCH IS LIKE AN ATOM BOMB A BILLION PROM NIGHT MEGATONS GO EXPLODING IN MY HEART AND WE KISS WITH TIED TONGUES AND I’D LOVE TO SAY I COULD NOT GET AWAY . . . BUT IT FELT SO RIGHT AND AFTER A SILENT SWAY SHE TOOK MY FINGERS FOR HER THIGHS TO CONSUME AND KATIE LED ME TO KATIE’S ROOM AND THERE WE WERE LOVERS AND THERE WE WERE DOOMED OUR FATES WERE SEALED IN THE SAME TOMB STREET LIGHT SILHOUETTES IN A BOX ROOM WALLPAPER GLUE AND GIRLS PERFUME
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Montage 04:55
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I BLUE MONDAY, THE DECS REVEAL EMPTY CLASSROOM WALLS THE DAYS ARE DARK AND KATIE DOESN’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL SHE SAYS IT’S OK, HER PERIOD CAME . . . SO THE FEAR IS PARTIALLY DULLED BUT THE DAYS SPASM WITH DISCOMFORT AND THE NIGHTS ARE PITIFUL I WANDER THE FOREST OF TEENAGE DEBRIS AND SAFFI IS SEEING SOMEONE FROM TRALEE I SHOULD HAVE CONFESSED I REMAIN LONGINGLY TO SAFFI II WE GET HIT BY A STORM NAMED CARLOTTA ON VALENTINE’S DAY PETER AND EDITH ARE FIGHTING OUTSIDE THE MANDATORY CEILI BUT I SNUCK AWAY TO THE MUSIC ROOM WITH TOM AND WE FOUND SAFFI SHE SAID “THERE’S A CASTING CALL FOR TEENAGERS FOR A FILM THEY’RE SHOOTING LOCALLY” AND OF COURSE SHE’S GOING TO GET THE ROLE SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO PROFESSIONAL YOU WERE ALWAYS THE ONE WHO’D ESCAPE THESE LOCKED HORNS, SAFFI III EDITH AND PETER HAVE ENDED THINGS AND WHAT A DRAMATIC SCHISM THAT IT BRINGS THE GIRLS HANG AROUND BY THEIR LOCKERS NOW WHILE WE OCCUPY THE CANTEEN, EATING LIKE KINGS BUT BY MARCH THE FIRST, THE DAYS ARE LONGER THAT FILM IS IN TOWN AND THEY’VE TAKEN OVER RAIN MACHINES SIT EXTINCT ON THE STREET GIANT LIGHTS SWEEP A VINTAGE CAR FLEET SAFFI HAS A SPEAKING PART AND SHE GETS TO SKIP DRAMA, MUSIC AND ART I BARELY SEE HER AND IT’S BREAKING MY HEART DEEP LINES ARE DRAWN BUT THERE’S A PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT AT TOM’S EDITH AND PETER ARE ON TALKING TERMS BUT SAFFI’S IN LOVE WITH SOME HURLER WITH ARMS AND THE MOGULS HAVE HER PHOTO AND THEY LOVE ROUND ON THE SET I SAW THEM SHOOT A KISSING SCENE ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS AND THEY TOLD US IN ASSEMBLY THEY’D BE GETTING COVERAGE AROUND SCHOOL AND JUST TO ACT CASUALLY IF WE ENCOUNTERED THEM SHOOTING THE GYM OR THE POOL I’LL SEE YOU AT TOM’S ON FRIDAY NIGHT THINGS ARE LOOKING UP, KATIE WAS RIGHT IT’S HALF SIX AND IT’S STILL LIGHT . . . !
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The Sound Of Music 04:09
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SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE MOON IS FULL EASTER HALF TERM, PARTY AT TOM’S THE TOWN IS ALIVE WITH STYLISTS AND STUNT DOUBLES AND A LOT OF POLICE PRESENCE SO THERE MIGHT BE TROUBLE KATIE IS WEARING A VELVET DRESS SHE HAS HER HAIR UNTIED AND A HICKEY ON HER NECK SAFFI IS BRINGING HER NEW BOYFRIEND ROUND HIS NAME’S SEAN AND PETER SAYS HE’S SOUND HE MET HIM THAT TIME WHEN THEY ALL STAYED WITH HIS SISTER FOR THAT UNIVERSITY OPEN DAY AT ST. ALOYSIUS NOT LONG NOW BEFORE THEY ROCKET OUT OF HERE AND FIND THEY BELONG IN THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE TONIGHT I’M OVER IT, I’M FAVOURING REASON I GOT THE PROGRAMME, IT’S MATING SEASON THAT DARK MAGIC OF THE DISCO LIGHTS, THE STRANGE NECTAR OF ABANDON INVITES AND I WALK ALL THE WAY INTO TOWN TO STOCK UP IT’S ONLY EIGHT O’CLOCK, ME AND PETER FEEL RAUCUS AND WE SEE A SQUAD CAR SPEED UP MUCKSNAW WAY WE SEE HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT RE-WRITERS PISS IN ALLEYWAYS TOWN’S ALIVE WITH BALLACHAUS CHIMES AND . . . THE SOUND OF MUSIC MELODIES FROM A RIVER OF LIGHTS AND . . . THE SOUND OF MUSIC PAST THE HENRY STREET CHEMIST WITH IT’S EASTER WINDOW DRESSING WE DECIDE TO TAKE A DE TOUR PAST THE FRENCH DELICATESSEN WE FLASH TWO I.D.S TO SOME GIANT IN FLUORESCENT HE SAYS “ALRIGHT LADS, GO IN BUT I DON’T WANT ANY MESSING” IN THE LATE BAR IT’S LIKE A RAINFOREST TORRENTS OF SWEAT OOZE OFF GIRLS SWIMMING IN TONIC AND A VIOLENT BEAT PULSATES MONOPHONIC MEN PASS ROUND MIRRORS AND MAKE THEMSELVES MORONIC GET OUT THIS HELL, I NEED SWEET CATHEDRAL BELLS AND . . . THE SOUND OF MUSIC THIS ISN’T IT, WHATEVER IT IS I WANT . . . THE SOUND OF MUSIC PETER AND I GO UP TO COMFY HILL AND WE SIT AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC SPILL BRIGHT EMBERS OF LIGHT, JEWELS IN A MINE WE OUGHT TO PICK THAT BEER UP AND GET BACK TO THE GUYS AND THE GIRLS FROM THE SCHOOL SQUAD WAVE AND SAY HELLO AS WE PASS THEM BY WITH FOUR BOXES OF BEER IN TOW “SORRY WE’VE BEEN DRINKING,” THEY SAY “WE CAN’T GIVE YOU A RIDE” . . . THE THOUGHT OF LEAVING THIS TOWN LEAVES ME TERRIFIED WHAT IF I CAN’T MAKE ANY MONEY IN WRITING? WHAT IF NO ONE FINDS THIS TOWN HALF AS EXCITING AS I DO? WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE MUCH ELSE BESIDES YOU? WHAT IF I DON’T TELL HER THAT I LOVE HER QUITE DEEPLY? AND IT GIVES ME THE CREEPS CONTEMPLATING HER LEAVING IN HIS CHROME WHEELED JEEP TO STARDOM IN A SUNSET
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Stop Bath 03:47
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I LATE MARCH RAIN ON THE LAWN IN THE SQUARE MARKET STALL PERUSERS SHELTER IN THE DOORWAYS AND THE BACKSTAIRS SCHOOL IS OUT, A STAMPEDE OF KIDS SCRAMBLE TO THE CAR PARK . . . DESCEND ON THE TOWN WHERE SAND BAGS LINE THE DOORWAYS OF WOOL MARKETS AND CAFES AND BARS KATIE’S GOT A GREAT UMBRELLA, I’M JUST IN MY TATTY JACKET WE EVADE THE POOLS OF DRAINAGE INCHING UP THE BRICKWORK BY 8 P.M. TONIGHT THERE WILL BE DANGER SIGNS FLOATING ON FOUR FEET OF FLOODWATER “WELL I’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW, KATIE AND I WON’T FORGET THAT TAPE YOU WANTED TO BORROW” NO, I DON’T THINK THERE’LL BE ANY DANCING TONIGHT NO CHESTS TOUCHING IN THE PINK TWILIGHT I’M JUST GONNA GO HOME AND EAT MY TEA ON MY KNEES AND PLEASE NOBODY FALL IN LOVE WHILE I’M FALLING ASLEEP II RADIO KERRY SAYS THE SCHOOL IS SHUT SO FRIDAY ROLLS INTO THE WEEKEND WHERE I’M STUCK WITHOUT A LIFT DOWN THE HILL WITH FLU - LIKE SYMPTOMS ACCUMULATING DAY TIME PRESENTERS DICTATE VER BATUM THEIR AUTO-CUES AS I SNOOZE ON THE SOFA IT’S NOT A FEVER DREAM IT’S JUST GMTV I CRUNCH ON SOOTHERS IN NO MOOD FOR A PARTY BUT PETER CALLS OF COURSE SAYING I SHOULD COME DOWN THEY’RE CAMPING BY THE OLD FOOTBALL GROUND AND OH WHAT A NIGHT THAT COULD BE! IN THE INTOXICATED MOOD AND THE NIGHT BIRD SOUNDS I COULD DRAW THAT SEAN AWAY FROM SAFFI THE LIGHT FADES ON THE MOUNTAIN AND I DREAM ABOUT KATIE’S SHAPE AND HER HAIR IS A PROM NIGHT BEEHIVE AND HER DRESS IS ACETATE AND I TRY AND ASK HER OUT BUT SHE’S SAYING IT’S TOO LATE I SAY I THINK IT’S ONLY LUST SHE SAYS “WELL, YOU SHOULD JUST MASTURBATE” THAT’S GOOD ADVICE THEN I WAKE UP TO A ROOM ON FIRE ICEING UP MY HEAD I NEED TO RECONNECT CROSSED WIRES I’VE WITNESSED HER IN NAKEDNESS, WHAT DID I DO THAT FOR? WE MADE IT REALLY HARD TO KNOW WHAT LOVE HAS GOT IN STORE WELL ALL THE STORES ARE FLOODED SO I GUESS NOBODY KNOWS BE BACK TO NORMAL MONDAY I THINK I JUST NEED TO EAT MORE
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Wolf Whistle 03:16
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I WELL IT WAS A LILAC NIGHT IN KENMARE SQUARE JAZZ FLOATED OVER THE OLD CROWD THERE A COCONUT ESSENCE IN SAFFI’S HAIR SEAN WAS ON APPROACH, I CAN’T BELIEVE HE’D DARE WOLF WHISTLE YEAH HE DID A WOLF WHISTLE NOW I CAN’T BELIEVE MY COMPETITION JUST WHISTLED AT YOU SAFFI THROWS IT OFF LIKE “WHAT’S HE LIKE” WELL, IF HE’S LIKE THAT WELL, I’M NOT GONNA BE NICE MOONLIGHT SONATA ON AN APRIL NIGHT WE MOVE UP HENRY STREET AND WE SWING DOWN RIGHT I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SIT ON THE BEACH BUT SEAN IS IN THE MARKET FOR ILLICIT HASHISH THE NIGHT WAS GETTING DARK AS THE DEAL WAS GOING DOWN EDITH SAID TO ME, “AT LEAST HIS BACK UP IS AROUND” WE WERE LAUGHING ABOUT THAT AS HE EMERGED WITHOUT A SOUND AND HE SMUGLY SAID, “HE DID ME SOME GOOD SHIT, I NEARLY BOUGHT THE POUND” WELL IT WAS STARTING TO SPIT AS WE CRAWLED TO THE PIER THE TIDE WAS IN AND THE WIND WAS SHEER WE WENT DOWN THE ROCKS AND INTO THE TREES AS SEAN’S RECENT PURCHASE GOT CAUGHT ON THE BREEZE AND HE CHASED IT DOWN UNTIL HIS SHOES GOT WET AND SAFFI EMBRACED HIM LIKE A HOUSE PET EDITH LOOKED AT ME MIMING FINGERS DOWN HER THROAT AND I LOOKED AT HER LIPS AND THEN THE SEAFARI BOAT AND I LOOKED AT HER HAIR AS IT FELL ON HER CHEST DON’T GO THERE, YOU’RE FRIENDS . . . AND PETER IS YOUR BEST MY HEART DIDN’T SINK WHEN SAFFI KISSED SEAN BUT IT DID MISS A BEAT WHEN EDITH SAID “EDGING PORN” EDITH HAD TO LEAVE AND I WENT TOO AFTER A BIT LEAVING THEM TO DRY HUMP BETWEEN A ROCK AND A SAND SPIT EDITH REALLY GETS WHAT A SHOW-OFF HE IS OH DON’T GO THERE, DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH HER, IT’S EDITH EVEN THOUGH SHE NEEDS A DEBS DATE AND SHE’S MOST LIKELY FRUSTRATED . . . II FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THIS FINAL CLASS IS FINISHED SOON THERE IS A DAZZLING YELLOW LIGHT SWEEPING THROUGH THE SCIENCE ROOM AND IT CAPTURES THE DUST PARTICLES, IN A TRILLION GOLDEN SHADES AND I FEEL A SUBTLE WARMTH CREEPING UP MY SHOULDER BLADES AND EDITH’S HAIR IS LIT SUBLIMELY, AS SHE PLAYS WITH THE GAS TAPS FINALLY THOSE ELECTRIC CHIMES ALERT AND EDITH’S LIKE A SOLAR SPURT SHE TURNS TO ME AND SAYS D’YA WANNA COME TO MINE TO PRE-DRINK ON THE SUNDAY NIGHT, IT’S MAY BANK HOLIDAY YEAH I’D LIKE THAT, OK!
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Edith's Room 04:38
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EDITH’S ROOM IN EDITH’S ROOM THERE IS A WARDROBE AND A COLLAGE MADE OF MAGAZINES HER CHEST OF DRAWERS OVERFLOWS WITH CLOTHES GLASS PERFUME BOTTLES AND BLUE JEANS AND I’M SAT ON THE CARPET WATCHING THE MIRROR WHILE SHE ROOTS FOR A BELT WHERE COULD KATIE HAVE GOT TO? IN HER GLITTER AND HER PANTHER PELT IN EDITH’S ROOM THERE ARE EYES OF DOOM THE TINGLING WINE AND THE HORNED PERFUME IN EDITH’S ROOM IT’S OPPORTUNE FOR PASSION TO ADVANCE ONE MOVE IN EDITH’S ROOM THE BED IS CURSED WITH NUMBERED NIGHTS THEY DID THEIR WORST I DON’T KNOW THAT HE WAS HER FIRST THERE’S CONTRACEPTION IN HER PURSE IN EDITH’S ROOM THE HEATER’S ON IT’S MAY THE FIRST AND THERE’S A DAZZLING SUN THROUGH THE THIN CURTAINS IT SETS THE WALLS ABLAZE AND ALL THE WHILE THAT STUPID ROCK AND ROLL RECORD PLAYS IN EDITH’S ROOM THERE IS PINK PLASTIC MODELS AND A NOVELTY MAKE UP BOX AND PERFUME BOTTLES FASHION MAGAZINES HIDE PRE-TEEN NOVELS AND I HEAR HER FATHER JAVELIN GARDENING SHOVELS HER MOTHER IS SCREAMING AS CUTLERY EXPLODES EDITH SLAMS THE DOOR AND SAYS SORRY ABOUT MY FOLKS AND SHE TAKES A LONG SIP OFF THE MERLOT IN MY SHAKING FINGERS LINGERS ON THE NECK AND THEN STRAPS ON HER HEELS AND THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL QUICK STEP SHE DOES ON THE LAWN OF DROUMNEYVANE AS THE RAYS OF SUNSET SWEEP ACROSS THE CARS AND CARAVANS AND I WANNA TAKE CARE OF HER, WHISK HER FAR AWAY FROM THE KICKED IN KITCHEN CUPBOARDS AND ROOMS OF AERSOL SPRAY BUT WHAT IF SHE WANTS TO SINK HER CLAWS INTO ANOTHER WHAT IF I’M ALREADY GOING DOWN? HEADLIGHTS BLAZING SPHERES IN ORBIT AND MAYBE IT IS ONLY A PHASE AND I THINK; TELL HER, RING THE DECLARATION BELL OH EDITH, I DON’T WANNA LET YOU GO
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Mighty Saffi 04:26
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MIGHTY SAFFI I MAY RAINFALL, BLAZING LIGHT THIN WALLS OF D-BLOCK CLASSROOMS EDITH’S BEEN STUDYING IN TO THE NIGHT I’VE BEEN WRITING A SCRIPT IT JUST SEEMS MORE IMPORTANT TEACHERS SWOOPING WITH CANINES BARED SPITTING “NONE OF YOU CAN RISK REPEATING, “SAFFI CONNOR DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TWICE STOP DRIFTING OFF DON’T YOU WANNA MAKE SOMETHING OF YOUR LIFE?!” SAFFI, COME ON, DON’T LISTEN TO HER SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SHE’S TALKING ABOUT YOU’RE GOING TO GET IN TO THAT DRAMA SCHOOL YOU’RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS BACKWATER PRISON TOWN WHAT’S SHE GONNA DO? SHE’S ALREADY TURNING TO DUST WE’RE JUST REMINDERS SHE’S DEALING WITH A LIFE WITHOUT MEANING AN EXISTENCE WITHOUT PURPOSE SHE’S LIKE A CREATURE FROM THE DEEP CRAWLED ON TO LAND AND GOT INTO TEACHING LONGING FOR THE DAYS YOU COULD ELECTROCUTE A STUDENT FOR MISBEHAVING II YOU’RE MIGHTY SAFFI (SAFFI MIGHTY) I USED TO BE SO IN LOVE WITH YOU MIGHTY SAFFI (SAFFI MIGHTY) NOW I KNOW I GOTTA LET YOU GO AND DO JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO DO EXPLODE LIKE A MULTIVERSE OF BRILLIANT LIFE, FORGET HER FACE FORGET THIS PLACE’S ENDLESS NIGHTS RUN PAST THE MARKETS OF DEAD LANDSCAPE ARTISTS COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR MOTHERS’ PILATES RUN PAST THE BARS OF DECREPIT EX SPORTS STARS PAST THE MUSEUMS OF SCRAP METAL CARS PAST THE PIER WITH IT’S FIFTY FOOT WAVES THESE PEOPLE WILL DIE WITH ONLY THEIR NAMES GET OUT THE MONTAGE OF TIME’S SLOW PERSISTENCE GET OUT THIS POSTCARD PHOTO OF EXISTENCE MIGHTY SAFFI (SAFFI MIGHTY) I ONCE BELIEVED THESE FEELINGS WOULD STICK MIGHTY SAFFI (SAFFI MIGHTY) NOW I KNOW I’M JUST AN EXTRA IN YOUR BIOPIC AND I’M ALRIGHT WITH THAT CAN’T HAVE EVERYTHING YOU TAKE THE QUIET AND YOU MAKE IT SING THERE’S ALWAYS A REASON TO STAY BUT YOU KNOW NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE YOU CAN MAKE A HOME ANYWHERE DON’T BE PRESSURED BY THE MAGNETIC PULL OF THE ACHINGLY DULL, DOGMATIC AND TAME
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Graduation Night 07:56
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I THE DAY IS FROTHING AT THE MOUTH RIGHT FROM MORNING REGISTRATION THE TARMAC IS ON FIRE OUTSIDE AND THERE’S A MASS VIBRATION WHILE YOUNGER YEARS PEER IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF THE GYM AS WE FLOAT AROUND, WALKING IN AND OUT OF FUNNY CONVERSATIONS “SO SAFFI WHAT’S THE PLAN?” “SO, KATIE’S WHOSE THIS MAN YOU’RE AFTER?” “PETER AND ME ARE GONNA GET CHANGED AT HIS, NO I DON’T KNOW, SHE’S SAT BEHIND ME FOR TWO YEARS AND I STILL DON’T KNOW HER NAME BUT APPARENTLY YOU AND EDITH GOT STONED WITH HER IN THE WOODS ONE DISTANT SATURDAY . . . ?“ THE FORM TEACHER’S UNAFRAID SHE WANTS US IN SOME DAFT PARADE ON GRADUATION DAY WE GO DOWN TO THE LODGE WOOD SEE SOME METAL CAGES FROM THE SHOOT I HELP EDITH ACROSS THE CEMENT PIPE SHE’S IN SUCH UNSUITABLE BOOTS SAFFI’S BEEN INVITED TO THE PREMIERE AND I’M A BIT JEALOUS, NATURALLY BUT ALL I WANT TO DO IS COMPLIMENT HER THE SKY’S ABLAZE, SPORTSMEN WALK LIKE PANTHERS IN THE ALLEYWAYS LIKE PARTY TIME ENFORCERS THE TOWN’S AWAKE TO THE OCCASION IN THE SHAMBLES OF A POST LUNCH REGISTRATION THE GYM DOORS ARE WIDE AS THE SWEET BREEZE SWEEPS INSIDE TEACHERS LET THEIR GUARD DOWN AND UNLIKELY PARTNERS SNEAK OFF TO THE CHANGING ROOM TO REVEAL DEEP NEEDS THEY’VE CARRIED FOR YEARS OR JUST RECENT GEAR SHIFTS AS THEIR WAYWARD LUST \ VEERS INTO A NEON SUN EDITH AND I BOTH KNOW WE’RE DOOMED TO FALL IN LOVE THIS SUMMER BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO RUN EDITH AND I BOTH KNOW WE’RE DOOMED TO FALL IN LOVE THIS SUMMER BUT WE BOTH KNOW WE NEED TO RUN II KATIE HURRY UP, WE WANT TO GO AND HIT THE STREETS OUT THESE HALLS OF PARANOIA IF YOUR HOMEWORK WAS COMPLETE IF THE SIGNATURE LOOKED FORGED IF YOUR SLEEVES WERE A STATE IF YOU WERE SMITTEN WITH SOMEONE WHO ONLY HAD EYES FOR YOUR MATE OK LET’S GO, THE PAVEMENTS PUMP RESIDUAL HEAT SYMPHONIES OF YOUTH RING OUT AND DOOM HAS MET A QUICK DEFEAT EDITH LOOKS AT ME AND I FEEL SOMETHING INCOMPLETE AULD BOYS SAY JEEZ I NEVER SEEN THE LIKE OUT THE BACK OF SOMEWHERE DARK WITH THE CHEAPEST PINT AND YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE ADJACENT TO SCORE FOR GRADUATION NIGHT EDITH’S ECZEMA IS FLARING UP, SHE SAYS SHE’S GETTING TIRED PETER’S SAYING SHE SHOULD GO HOME BUT HE JUST WANTS TO GET OFF WITH TARA MILES HE SAYS HE WANTS TO FEEL UN-POLICED, AT LEAST FOR GRADUATION NIGHT SO I KIND OF DIFFUSE THE SITUATION DAFT THING TO SAY BUT I SAY “HEY GUYS AFTER THIS DO YOU WANNA GO WALKING IN THE WOODS? WALK BAREFOOT ON THE SHORELINE THE BEACH MIGHT STILL BE WARM HAVE A LITTLE DANCE GET A LITTLE DRUNK THIS TOWN WON’T BE OURS FOR MUCH LONGER WE OUGHT TO WEAR IT OUT SO WE DON’T MISS IT AS MUCH” III FIVE DAFT SOULS IN THE WATER HEADLIGHTS SWIMMING ON THE FACE OF THE RIVER YOU STOP ME TRIPPING ON A DARK ROCK I NEARLY DAMAGED A LOT MORE THAN MY LIVER AND WE SING OH GRADUATION NIGHT IT WAS AN ALRIGHT NIGHT NO POINT FREAKING OUT ABOUT WHAT’S AROUND THE CORNER I MEAN, IT’S ONLY LIFE! . . . RIGHT? SAFFI YOU ARE MIGHTY PETER YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND KATIE DON’T FORGET US EDITH YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL COME ON PETER LET’S HELP YOU TO GET WITH THAT TARA WOMAN BETWeEN YOU AND ME, I DON’T THINK EDITH WILL INITIATE A COURT SUMMONS LET’S WALK INTO THE TOWN LIGHTS BABY, IT’S GRADUATION NIGHT

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A ten-song musical about teenage abandon in Kenmare, County Kerry.

"I've wanted to make a record like this for ages. It's a musical but instead of the drama happening between the songs, it all takes place within the lyrics. It tells the story of The Narrator, Saffi, Peter, Enid and Katie as they navigate their final year at school in their home town"

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released July 1, 2022

ALL SONGS WRITTEN, PERFORMED AND PRODUCED BY LAURIE SHAW AT OH AYE YEAH STUDIOS, NOVEMBER + DECEMBER 2021
+ A BIT OF JANUARY 2022.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CEDRIC EARL

SAXOPHONE ON THE ALBUM BY MARIA CANTERBURY + TILDA ELKLEY

MANY THANKS TO SANTI COLUMBO AND ELSA FAULK FOR LENDING THEIR VOCAL TALENTS TO “TIDY HOMES”, “KATIE’S ROOM” AND “GRADUATION NIGHT”

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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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