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Scrounger
01:50
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I thought I was living so ironically
but my feelings caught up with me
We're in familiar territory
but there's a lot more to me
than you'll ever see
Scrounger, Scrounger
If you never start you'll never have to quit
Like a cuckoo or a changeling
No-one gives a shit
Scrounger, Scrounger
Scrounger just like you
Running out of air
But I keep looking for pearls
Fumble in the dark
While the scenery whirls
Took a bite of a rotten apple
Had a bad dream on a bed of tobacco
Scrounger, Scrounger
Scrounger, Scrounger
Scrounger, Scrounger
Scrounger just like you
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Nobody Knows But Me
02:41
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I had my eye on you
I found a thread to pull me through
then I did something wrong
I only think about it all of the time
something on your mind
but the words are so hard to find
crushed beneath the weight of things I'll never need
drowning in a flood of words I'll never read
how could I be bored
when's there's so much great TV
Nobody knows but me
they're gonna make you choose
and they want you to lose
put you to the test
if you have something to express
even a broken clock is right twice a day
even a broken clock is right twice a day
something in the way
but the words are so hard to say
crushed beneath the weight of things I'll never need
drowning in a flood of words I'll never read
what went down between you and me and the sea
nobody knows
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A Couple of Quid
02:54
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I made the best
of what passed for success
got a foot in the door
that you couldn't ignore
swung from the pole
as I played the role
and concealed my distate
as I pleaded my case
it seemed to go well
i had something to sell
but the things that i did
for a couple of quid
climbed into my head
and made it their bed
the place that I rented
playing organ in the trenches
made the most
of a bewildering mess
with an arrogant boast
that was given in jest
to the people I met
to the east and the west
possessed and oppressed
and all of the rest
I made a mess
of what passed for success
and kept it all hid
for a couple of quid
for water and bread
and a ravenous bed
I bled from my head
for a couple of quid
but I made the best
of the things that were left
by an unwelcome guest
for a couple of quid
the things that i did
and the things that I said
as an innocent kid
for a couple of quid
easily led
and in need of a bed
I asked instead
for a couple of quid
followed the thread
to the tools in the shed
and painted them red
for a couple of quid
na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
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Chekhov's Gun
03:42
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jack with a spade and master of none
keeping an eye on chekhov's gun
I curse the yellow bastard sun
now my work has finally begun
and you talk
talk about the air pollution
ah, ah
and I
I broke all my new year's resolutions
resolutions, ah
now my work is finally done
I've got you on the tip of my tongue
now my cells have all been replaced
swallowed up in a vast empty space
and you, all you do is talk
talk about the revolution
ah, ah,
and I
I broke all my new year's resolutions
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Tom Emlyn Swansea, UK
"peripatetic musical genius" - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
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