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Launch 1203

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:57:43 +0000

SONG LYRICS:

BOHO IN SOHO

She's an artist y'know

at a strip joint in Soho

When she's not on the go

paints pictures this boho

And the pictures that she paints

are not of angels or saints

but of herself in the nude

She's a narcistic kind of dude

Rarely seen with a man

on her walls do they hang

Exotic lady from Japan

erotic as any white woman

And etc

Some say that's she's cheap

Big money's paid to take a peek

She's etc

And etc

GONE UP IN SMOKE

Your friends talk about you

as if you are still there

They don't want to admit

you've gone into thin air

They talk about the good times

though the good times were rare

It is no joke

You went up in smoke

It is no joke

You went up in smoke

Looking up into the sun

turns vampires into dust

You died with rings round your eyes

You were a gothic-must

Your lips red as the poppies

and poppies were your lust

It is no etc

You looked into the sun

while already too far gone

You were bound to fall apart

after that stake through your heart

Your friends etc

It is no etc

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Launch 1202

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:59:45 +0000

SONG LYRIC:

LOVEROOT

Bewitched by your beauty

give my nose a tweak

You'll awake me from my dreaming

but also hear me shriek

You make hearts beat strong

and you make knees go weak

I am no vegetable

and I am no fruit

I'm a human being

who's like a mandrake root

You've gotten your hands dirty

You drew me out a hole

You're a stunner to the eyes

and a tonic to the soul

This is May Day lady

There's dancing round the pole

I am etc

Bewitched etc

I am etc (twice)

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Launch 1201

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:29:06 +0000

SONG LYRICS:

RUSTY RIVER

Rusty river

River red

Poisonous serpent

blue sea for a head

Rusty river

birds have fled

Poisonous serpent

the fish are dead

Rusty river etc

Repeat all

DOCKSIDE DAISY

Don't step on the concrete-cracks

when down at the dirty docks

while waiting for pretty-girl Daisy

who has for a hand a hook

No don't step on the concrete-cracks

You just never know your luck

Lie with Dockside Daisy

and all the flowers push up

The poor girl is also dumb

She speaks with four fingers and a thumb

Yes the pretty-girl cannot talk

but she has a most- telling walk

No etc

Repeat 1st verse

No etc (twice)

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Launch 1200

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:17:39 +0000

SONG LYRICS:

GREEN FAIRY

Ever since we first began

special beverages has brewed man

Here's a toast to the Bohemian

I've got a green fairy in my hand

Green fairy with my head you play

Green fairy you fly me away

You're the drink they tried ban

in the days of the Victorian

Loved by Oscar and his band

Ah yes you're really Wildean

Green fairy etc (twice)

Ever since etc

Green fairy etc (twice)

CRYPTIC CLUE

There are good times

and there are bad times

That's the way it's got to be

Not everything runs smooth

when you're in loving company

I'm puzzled by you

Cross words get through

I guess that love's a cryptic clue

There are bad times

and there are good times

That's just the way things are

Not everything runs smooth

beneath love's morning and evening star

I'm etc (twice)

Repeat 1st verse

I'm etc (twice)

TWISTS AND TURNS

Men just take her for a ride

or take her for a would-be suicide

Nobody takes her for a bride

She comes in turns

She comes in twists

She bares her soul

and cuts her wrists

Ah yes you come to grieve

when you wear your heart upon your sleeve

"Nobody wants me" she will cry

"Nobody loves me, I want to die"

One day we all shall, say I

She comes etc

Men just etc

She comes etc

GREY JANE

Jane Gray

she came round today

Under a cloud she came

Poor grey Jane

She married too young

She married too fast

Too fast to think

Too young to last

She'll kill herself

or so she says

She'll end her marriage

and all her days

Jane etc

He is living only

for the late-nights

His girl on his arm

'neath the city lights

At home in the morn

he just sits dumb

She married too fast

She married too young

Jane etc (twice)

Repeat 1st verse

Jane etc (twice)

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Launch 1199

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:31:13 +0000

SONG LYRICS:

WHISKEY PRIESTS

Newcastle Keith

and the Hexam beasts

Rolling drunk

are the whiskey priests

Keith is a poet

His pals are musicians

He writes for them

he's not in the band

But that's not a pen

It's Irish whiskey in his hand

Newcastle Keith etc

Yes he writes for them

he's not in the band

He is their poet

you will understand

But that's not a pen

It's Irish whiskey in his hand

Newcastle Keith etc (twice)

(No word - instrumental break)

Newcastle Keith etc (twice)

DIRTY BUCKET SONG

He tripped and fell

when he struck it

He tripped and fell

when he kicked the bucket

But she keeps him young

Yeah she keeps him young

This is the dirty bucket song

The dirty old sod

was caught on the hop

with a girl who is

known for her slop

But she etc (twice)

He fell for her

He tripped etc

But she etc (twice)

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Launch 1198

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:19:34 +0000

SONG LYRICS:

DIRTY BIRD

I am like a songbird

here in your bush

Joyous in my song

as is the thrush

Oh my love your leaves

are so very lush

Call me a dirty bird

singing my song off key

Call me a dirty word

though the tune's in harmony

I'm like a songbird

and you sing with me

We are as two thrushes

singing merrily

Or maybe I'm a wagtail

I ask you jokingly

Call me etc

Repeat 1st verse

Call me etc (twice)

PINK FOREVER

Let us unite

both you and me

From these four walls

set ourselves free

Try to transcend

our mere mortality

Let us bond together

in a pink forever

Let us bond together

in a pink forever

Let us unite

both me and you

From these four walls

try to break on through

doing as we do

what lovers do

Let us bond etc

In the pink

Pink pink forever

In the pink

Pink pink forever

Repeat 1st verse

Let us bond etc

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Launch 1197

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:14:54 +0000

SONG LYRICS:

SUPERSONIC

Off to another country

the band is bound

New gigs to play

guitars and drums to pound

Break all the barriers

and the barrier of sound

Supersonic, supersonic

Music is the real tonic

The state of the earth is chronic

Just why are we upon it?

Off to another world

inside their own heads

the kids will be calling

for a music that threads

the rock joint together

with the loose young fans' legs

Supersonic etc

Repeat 1st verse

Supersonic etc

STONE THE CROWS

Stone the crows

is she not slick

They queue with roses

like outside the Old Vic

She's a treat

and she's the trick

She's no Lilly Langtrey

but oscars are due

Oh what a performer

just go ask the queue

Stone the crows

is she not sweet

Put an oscar in her hand

cast roses at her feet

She's up on a pedestal

no more walks the street

She's no etc

Stone the crows

Give her an oscar

Cast your single-rose

Repeat 1st verse

She's no etc

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Launch 1196

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:02:26 +0000

SONG LYRICS:

KESTREL BOY

He didn't like school

oh no not he

Wanted to be a kestrel

flying free

Wanted to be a kestrel

flying free

Looking out the window

I wanted to enjoy

the world of nature

like the kestrel boy

To roll on a hillside

To climb a tree

School was a prison

for Kes and me

He didn't etc

Staring from the window

not at my maths books

the teacher giving

cold calculated looks

Billy Blake's schoolboy

must have been I

seeking green grass

and the blue sky

He didn't etc

Looking out etc

He didn't etc

YARDBIRD

Saw a train passing by

ran after it the hobo guy

and ran after the train hard

the hobo guy out the engine yard

An eagle hovers in the sun

It's a golden crucifix

He's not looking for martyrdom

just a ride to pheonix

Run along the lengthy rail

Catch the wagon at the tail

Along the lengthy rail go run

You're a tail-end too you bum

An eagle etc

Let smoke from the engine roll

Pheonix or Memphis your soul

is like an Egyptian on a camel trail

that never ends with the holy grail

An eagle etc

Saw a train etc

An eagle etc

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Launch 1195

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:46:38 +0000

SONG LYRIC:

FLEURS DU MAL (FLOWERS OF EVIL #2)

Don't wanna cut up rough

but your wind-pipes full of puff

Careful what you say you'll choke it

Go put that in your pipe and smoke it

Fleurs du mal

Flowers of evil

Fleurs du mal

Flowers of evil

Don't wanna come down tough

but you're talking weedy stuff

It's a bad habit, I'll provoke it

Go put that in your pipe and smoke it

Fleurs etc

Repeat 1st verse

Fleurs etc

DAVY JONES'S SISTER

I took a dive

into the deep

Swim or drown

Laugh or weep

Love is pricey

and life is cheap

Diseased oysters

make the pearls

No pearl of wisdom

was that girl

I took a chance

I should-a known

that the girl

was no precious stone

She was the sister

of Davy Jones

Diseased etc

Repeat 1st verse

Diseased etc (twice)

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Launch 1194

nobody@vox.com(The Good Ship Albion) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:46:10 +0000

SONG LYRIC:

TRUST YOU TO BE DISLOYAL

I was never really your king

You were never really my queen

We were pretenders to the throne

A fantasy more than a dream

Trust you to be disloyal

yet act as if you're royal

when you are much less

in that too transparent dress

What you had worn for me

you wear less of for him

You're no more my fake queen

I'm no more your fake king

Trust etc

I was etc

Trust etc

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