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Jerome
04:54
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i’m fixing this window for a second time
no recipe, no rolling pin
charging out a dollar an hour
wiping clean the scene of the crime
there are no strings, no place to stay
scratching round like some piece of good news
all my prayers wearing thin
it’s a homeless, stringless kind of day
y’know democracy is upside down
inside out & wrong way round
that billboard i voted in
is now running people like me out of town
so we go to sleep at the astrodome
drape ourselves in a cardboard blanket
if by some mistake we make it through
i’m changing my name to jerome
calm & angry all at once
my friend the prez finally shows up
gonna hug him bad & kiss his ears
if he pulls another one of these stunts
& he’s not at work cos he got the flu
he’s getting old, turning grey
you’re ill & old & late i suppose
don’t complain, eat your food
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2. |
Big Guy
04:14
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i ain’t the big guy
living at the top
be moving to a penthouse
before the penny’s gonna drop
you been borned
you been warned
your eyes are crying
from seeing too much
musta bitten into something
you were told not to touch
you been borned
you been warned
everything is simple
not thinking too hard
looks like the sun going down
from the chair in this yard
there’s no explaining
butter wouldn’t melt
in a far distant future
you can explain it for yourself
you we’re borned
you been warned
crazy as a pencil
madder than an axe
you drawn the corner
now hack your way out of that
you been borned
you been warned
stars twinkling so hard
don’t understand it at all
maybe they just came on that way
before the fall
thing’s are gonna work out
there’s nothing we can do
‘cept maybe check your ears are on
in case you got a warning too
i ain’t the big guy
living at the top
be moving to a penthouse
before the penny’s gonna drop
you been borned
you been warned
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3. |
Near You
03:03
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i heard somebody went to live in your town
so i could be near you
pine got so old it fell right down
so i could be near you
sun came up over the hill
so i could be near you
heard of some place, he’s going there still
so i could be near you
fish took the hook & he ran with that line
so i could be near you
telephone’s dead, the fire’s alive
so i could be near you
a schoolboy whistled to a passing cloud
so i could be near you
y’couldn’t hear nothing, it rained so loud
so i could be near you
well i took a wrong turn & i got waylaid
so i could be near you
whole of my life, it’s been that way
so i could be near you
now i’m lying down, don’t ask me why
so i could be near you
stars come out, i close my eyes
so i can be near you
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4. |
Wedding Hat
03:12
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think i’ll fix myself a plate of peas
say a grace down on my knees
pick myself up off the floor
take a fork from the drawer
find a chair to sit upon
then i’ll put my wedding hat on
say, this weather’s turning black
a crazy wind, shutters flap
cats & dogs be creeping indoors
thunder & lightning, reverse applause
but all these clouds will soon be gone
when i put my wedding hat on
& maybe you is somebody else
jumped the tracks just to escape from yourself
well maybe you aint & maybe you is
like some hundred dollar question in a tv quiz
you say your name is jan, can i call you yvonne
when i put my wedding hat on?
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Not The Merkins New Zealand
Not The Merkins are Rewi McLay (slide, el. guitar, vocals), Dorland Bray (el. guitar, banjo, vocals), Joss Colling (bass,
vocals),Tim Heraud (vocals, ac. guitar), & Kerry Fraser (drums, vocals).
The Merkins, on the other hand, are as much not Not The Merkins as Not The Merkins are not The Merkins, except for an FX box, a couple of leads & (well ok) maybe a singer they share in common.
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