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Here comes Mr Weird
A purple ribbon in his beard
In his hand a bucket full of bones
He’s walking down the street
Laughing gamely at his feet
And talking to a lightbulb on the phone
Trailing memories behind
He’s got dinner on his mind
Here comes Lady Strange
In her Sunday paper plane
A golden turbot painted on each wing
She’s whistling a tune
As she waves her silver spoon
She always has enjoyed this sort of thing
As she spins around the sky
No-one can see her passing by
CHORUS
Send for the nice young man who brings the cheese
Let his name be Morris or maybe Rhys
If he’s a priest
Here comes Uncle Lard
You can see he’s working hard
By the trail of dead squirrels everywhere
As he comes round the bend
His arms and legs start to extend
With a mighty leap he springs into the air
It’s been four and twenty years
Since we last saw him round here
CHORUS
And meanwhile back in the waking world
Your powers grow weak old man
Dreams decay and wither away
While the nightmares hog all the sunbeds
Getting tanned
CHORUS
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Once Round Grandma
02:43
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Baby! I need a sign,
So I know what’s yours
And what used to be mine
We used to have cake
All the cake you could bake
But now I’m awake
It all seems to take so much time
So move along down the line
And all the backroom boffins
In their nice white shirts
Shout Once round Grandma
Twice round the gasworks
Honey! I need some relief
If I’m going to get to the side
At least that’s my belief
Because yet again
A thing most profane
Has been in my brain
And it’s left a big stain on the sheets
I think it called itself Keith
And all the backroom boffins
In their nice white shirts
Shout Once round Grandma
Twice round the gasworks
A host of fat lizards in jackets and slacks
Carrying baskets of eggs on their backs
Just stopped by
Drooling and diving and speaking in tongues
They tell me they simply just had to come
And say Hi!
Sugar! Throw me a bone
I’d rather not spend another
Ten years on the phone
I don’t wanna get tough
But I’m calling your bluff
Cos I can’t get enough
Of this green sticky stuff on my own
Unless it’s homegrown
And all the backroom boffins
In their nice white shirts
Shout Once round Grandma
Once round Grandma
Once round Grandma
Twice round the gasworks
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Fat Crab Ritual
04:14
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Darkside Derek and the Bakelite Kid
Oozed into town on a bombazine squid
Searching for someone or some kind of thing
To bring them the head of the spiral bound king
Of the West
That was their quest
But when they found him eating a pie
With a gold stripe dwarf and a delivery guy
The king of the West
Wasn’t looking his best
Next stop was the Land of of the spoons
Where they dance in squares by the light of the moon
Derek said to the Kid “This is the scene:
We find the bones of the homecoming Queen
Of the South
And then we get out”
But when they found her hanging around
Down on the prom with Capability Brown
She was on the Merry-go-round
Saying “that’s just the way that the deal goes down
The Queen of the South
Was messing about
Darkside Derek and the Bakelite Kid
Went to the house where Lard People live
Hoping to somehow persuade or convince
His most royal highness the ten by eight Prince
Of the East
To come to the feast
But when they found him out on the swing
Doing that weird little doubling thing
He said one day i’m gonna be king
And here’s the song we’re all gonna sing
La La La etc
The Prince of the East
Is covered in yeast
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timlane Norwich, UK
Welcome to the musical world of Tim Lane. I'm a musician and composer who lives in Norwich in the UK.
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