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COTTAGE BY THE SEA
To be
In a cottage by the sea
Happy
That’s the dream for you and me
Fruit tree
And cricket on the BBC
A glorious boundary
Around our cottage by the sea.
Belts kept tightened
Never daring to eat
Freezing all winter
Shivering under one sheet.
Every penny we earned
We had to hoard it
To buy our dream home
Now we can afford it.
A little white cottage
On the golden coast
Sunday morning aroma
Boiled eggs, tea and toast.
Hand-made nameplate
On the front door
A leisurely stroll or bike ride
To the village store.
To be
In a cottage by the sea;
Happy
That’s the dream for you and me
Fruit tree
And the last remaining bee
Busy busy busy, unlike you and me
In our cottage by the sea.
I’ll build a greenhouse
For me to sit in
To smoke my fags while
You do your knitting.
We write our kids letters
They send us postcards
Saying they can’t visit:
Selfish bastards.
To be
In a cottage by the sea;
Happy
That’s the end for you and me
Agree
Life’s not what it used to be
Thank God
For our cottage by the sea.
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THINK OF A NUMBER
Think of a number
Divide by one per cent
Kick your ball over the wall
Don’t look where it went
Think of a number
Multiply it by a half
Kick your dream into the stream
Walk that narrow path
Think of a number
Think of a number
Think of a number
Between one and ten
Write down a name, the first one you think of
Never think of it again
Think of a number
No-one else can see
Kick your dream into the stream
Watch it float out to sea
Think of a number
Think of a number
Think of a number
Keep it in mind
Kick your dream into the sea
For someone else to find
Think of a number
Don’t stick it on your tongue
Kick your dream into the stream
A song nobody sung
Think of a number
Think of a number
Think of a number
Think of a number
Think of a number
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DMPH - Slow To Recognise
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SLOW TO RECOGNISE
They were holy
They were horny
They were skinny
They were scrawny
When they
Assemble
Lips a-
Tremble
To hear the yawny
Boring story
They were skipping
They were skimming
They were brilliant
And dimming
They were easy on the eyes
But hard to recognise
Oh, to recognise
Slow to recognise
They cannot harmonise
On the even tide
They’re slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
The scored-in
Ill-affording
The recording
They were hoarding
They were zooming
To the glooming
They were panning
They were scanning
They were strutting
To the cutting
They were panting
They were rutting
They were all of these
Big cheese
Easy-to-swallow guys
But hard to recognise
Oh, to recognise
Slow to recognise
They cannot harmonise
On the even tide
Easy on the eyes
But slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
Easy-to-swallow guys
Hard to recognise
Slow to recognise
They cannot harmonise
On the even tide
’Cos they recognise
They do not recognise
They’re slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
Slow to recognise
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MARWAR JUNCTION
We met on the level
Passed on the square
We’re together but not together
We’re here but not all there
And there’s an invite
Tonight
To a fungus function
But both of us
Will miss the bus
We’ve got to meet a man at Marwar Junction
Blind drunk behind the shades
Cancel the morning after
’Cos if we stop we’ll disappear
And you can’t frame laughter.
Freedom’s an open-air dungeon
Marwar Junction.
Freedom’s an open-air dungeon
Marwar Junction.
What at first
Sounded prosaic
Became the worst
Obvious and formulaic.
Are we cursed
To wander this mosaic
For infinity?
We’re not together now we’re together
We’re all there but not there
We’re spiralling in different circles
And both of them are square.
And the kids are dreaming
Screaming
Hair-pulling and air-punching
And I’m beside myself
At Marwar Junction
I’m beside myself
At Marwar Junction
I’m beside myself…
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