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lyrics

You come at me with your bright hello,
And that cold old day of doom in tow,
But I don't hear you coming in,
And I will not hear you leaving.
How can I be truly sure
That you were ever here at all?

Is that a five part harmony I hear?
Oh say, is that a five part harmony I hear?
Well, I could get up on that five part thing,
If I teach these boys right here to sing,
But I don't hear them coming in,
And I will not hear them leaving.

You dive dive dive little fag ash crow,
Come pick your worm from the quagmire flow,
You spit your sugar, turn to go,
But you're caught in ecstacy's sad throws,
You come at me with your bright hello,
And then you dive dive dive when the foul wind blows.

Here comes Johnny with a running gag:
He can't tell the moment from the photograph.
Here's ten old hags on the cutting line,
A ring of roses soaked in brine.
Here comes my girl Eleanor -
I'll tie her to me come summer.

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from Pyrrhic Victories (album), released November 18, 2013
Words by R Illingworth, music by Buzzard Lope

Roger Illingworth: vocals, piano
Adam Jarvis: double bass
Raphael Saib: drums
with
Jason Williams: guitar
Pete Thompson: guitar

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Alternative trio ploughing the raucous and melancholic furrows of Tom Waits and Elliott Smith.

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