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One-Man Band on the Run
02:58
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Well the story began with a musical man known as Mr. Palomar
He would shuffle along with a big bass drum on his back as he played the guitar
He had plied his trade along the esplanade longer than he cared to recall
From the look on his face of profound distaste it was clear he'd had enough of it all
Well there was more to this caper than they put in the paper for this man of a musical bent
had been plotting and scheming for a less demeaning means of paying his rent
With a gun in his hand this crazed one man band's crazy plan began to take shape
As he ran round the town robbing each bank he found before deftly making his escape
Oh, what has he done? Now he's a one man band on the run
He's robbing banks like it's going out of style
With a shotgun and a big bass drum he's running wild
He's lost control, he's a man possessed,
And still he'll play a jolly tune for you as he resists arrest
They say he's mad, I say he's just having fun
He's a one man band on the run
He's a gentleman thief with a winning smile
He'll keep a steady beat as he runs the minute mile
Well who knows what cracked in the mind of this chap
With a drum on his back and a gun in his hand
From the word of those present he was really quite pleasant as he made his demands
Well he gathered the money in somewhat of a hurry, left the crowd wanting more,
And got a standing ovation as he passed the police station for one last encore
Oh, what has he done? Now he's a one man band on the run
He's robbing banks like it's going out of style
With a shotgun and a big bass drum he's running wild
He's lost control, he's a man possessed,
And still he'll play a jolly tune for you as he resists arrest
They say he's mad, I say he's just having fun
He's a one man band on the run
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Empirically Yours
03:13
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Deirdre, it's happening again,
I know we're only colleagues but I think we could be friends or maybe more,
It's an age old story,
but who knew love could bloom in a laboratory?
Deirdre, this data can't be right,
my pupils have dilated,
I've not seen you in this light.
Oh Deirdre, say you feel it too,
that heady fight or flight response when I look at you.
A signal from my hypothalamus
has left me feeling somewhat amorous,
that sweet tingling of oxytocin means this must be love.
Deirdre, the thought of your embrace
causes the vasodilation of my face.
Is it real or am I mistaking
my limbic system initiating...
Cortisol, adrenaline,
make my heart beat and my ears ring.
Could you be the most receptive female in this room? Oh honey.
Deirdre, we've both been here before,
I'm noticing a pattern that we'd be fools to ignore,
so I've written it in triplicate and sent you my report
to prove that I'm empirically in love.
Your feelings are unrepressible,
your conduct so unprofessional.
Excuse me if I'm unaffected by the
attention that you have directed my way.
I fear your love for me is blinding you dear,
there go all our findings.
Oh David, you surely knew the risks
as the country's leading pheromone research scientist.
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3. |
Je tato polka?
02:19
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Héloïse
03:19
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Héloïse won't you stay with me,
I've got so much love in my heart,
Heloïse won't you listen please,
I couldn't bear for us to part.
But like two rivers flow you and I both know
we must go our different ways,
As each stream greets the ocean
we'll be one again some day.
Héloïse, goodbye my Héloïse
Héloïse, goodbye my Héloïse
Let the seas run dry, let the sun in the sky
crash and burn in a dying blaze,
Kingdom'll come still I won't be done
loving you till the end of days.
When time has had its way with me
from this earth I'll be released,
'least I can say before I slip away
"I loved you Heloïse."
Héloïse, goodbye my Héloïse
Héloïse, goodbye my Héloïse
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My dear mother's sister, Miss Millicent Brown
owns a small boarding house by the sea.
It's replete with the features one's come to expect
with a seaward facade that commands one's respect.
It has plenty of charm but it's lacking in guests
since a demon moved in upstairs.
It was late Sunday evening the demon arrived
in a flash of hellfire and brimstone.
Well my aunt's never been one for making a scene
so politely she showed him to his room.
He offered her riches in return for her soul;
She offered him tea with a cucumber roll.
Despite our concern she's doing quite well
since the demon moved in upstairs.
The next morning at breakfast the demon
declared that he cared not one fig
if they thought him an ungodly heathen
as he turned half the guests in to miniature pigs.
He greets all he meets with a baleful glance
and an unholy stench which withers the plants.
He speaks in a way that one shouldn't to aunts,
he's the demon who lives upstairs.
He gathers cadavers of foxes and badgers
and leaves them as gifts for my aunt.
He's full of diseases,
he does as he pleases,
and when asked to stop says he shan't.
Things came to a head after dinner
when some guests played the demon at Whist.
Dear Mrs Green was the winner,
oh God rest her soul,
she'll be terribly missed.
Though he drives her insane my aunt's let him remain
now she's grown used to his little scares.
He may be a demon,
but now he's her demon,
her demon who lives upstairs.
Yes her demon who lives upstairs.
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The night we met the stars above shone bright for you and I
The night you left me for another tears fell from my eyes
You're happy now with your new love, I'm just a memory
Still I hope and pray the Gods above will bring you back to me
I think of you most every night for I still love you so
I've sought but still I couldn't find a way to let you know
So I asked the angels up above and they all seemed to agree
that I should make a life-size papier-mâché effigy
Of you (of you)
I made a papier-mâché effigy (of you)
a life-size paper-mache effigy (of you)
My papier-mâché effigy of you
I saved up every single tear that I cried for you
and mixed it with wallpaper paste to make a kind of glue
I tore up every last love letter that you sent to me
and with the bits I made a paper-mache effigy
Of you (of you)
I made a papier-mâché effigy (of you)
a life-size paper-mache effigy (of you)
My papier-mâché effigy of you
(SPOKEN)
My darling, there was once a time your love was all I needed
It felt back then like no two lovers could have loved like we did
But of late I've grown accustomed to this strangely painted face
Could it be I have found someone to take the place...
Of you (of you)
My papier-mâché effigy might do
My life-size paper-mache effigy (of you)
My papier-mâché effigy of you
Sometimes my dear at night I hear
a voice so clear and true
from my paper-mache effigy of you
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7. |
The Egregious Starling
03:03
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8. |
The Glass Song
05:21
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Lyrics
"It's much worse than at first I had feared"
said his love quietly in his ear
A strange thing's come to pass
I am turning to glass
and I fear I may soon disappear
So make no sudden movements I plead
Understanding and care's what I need
Please don't push me too hard
I could shatter in shards
and then what would become of me my love
What would become of me?
Please promise me sweetly as I disappear
if I fade completely remember me dear
for you know, though I'll miss you, I'll always be near
This strange change has come at great cost
for I fear soon that all might be lost
This crystalline form is no longer warm
my once soft skin is now fragile glass
my soft skin is now fragile glass
Please promise me sweetly as I disappear
if I fade completely remember me dear
for you know, though I'll miss you, I'll always be near
-Instrumental-
Please promise me sweetly as I disappear
if I fade completely remember me dear
for you know, though I'll miss you, I'll always be near
And hold me so sweetly as I disappear
I care not if you break me as long as you're near
I could shatter in your arms
Just stay close my dear
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The flagrant Mr Lombard
02:12
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Well I've seen you on the street corner,
such a strong silent type.
You've got a bedspread wrapped round your head
and your face is all painted white.
You got a crowd of people at your feet
all standing there looking at you.
You might have caught their eye
but you made a child cry
now he is terrified of you
Hoo hoo hoo it's a living statues (it's a living statue)
Hoo hoo hoo it's a living statues
You used to work in accounting
or so a little bird tells me
You got sick of that grind from 9 to 5
and now you're working 10 till 3
You get your thrills from standing very still
in one spot all day
If you can pay your bills with these stationary skills
then you've got a good thing
You've got a phD in aping masonry
As they walk on by they say...
Hoo hoo hoo it's a living statues (it's a living statue)
Hoo hoo hoo it's a living statues (it's a living statue)
There's a living statue
and he's looking at you
There's a living statue
and he's looking at you (Watch me!)
There's a living statue
and he's looking at you
There's a living statue
and he's looking at you
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The Sette of Odde Volumes Sheffield, UK
The Sette of Odde Volumes are a three piece band specialising in laid back songs from the swing era, popular classics performed in their own inimitable style, and an ever expanding repertoire of curiously odd originals.
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