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In the factory, when i was seven
cause my family, didn't have no money
we was poor and cheap
only bones no meat, no meat
and the mustache man
with silver slippers and a golden band
around his finger
on his very clean hands
his goose was never bland, not bland
don't you want to go walking through the meadow
don't you dream of going walking through the meadow
but at the factory, there's no windows
you can never see
the little swallows that are flying free
so free
and the mustache man,
who's got his ferguson in his hands
and got it pointed up into the sky
he's got the swallow in his sights
the factory, i'm gonna leave this place of misery
to live my life under the bluest skies
sleep in the meadow every night
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Fun
03:36
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no time
to play
wake up and hear them say
go to work
for yet another day
its not fun
get home
clean the rugs
dustballs
potato bugs
body aches but you get no rubs
its not fun
pay day
what a joke
can't even buy
me a smoke
no birds for a down and out bloke
its not fun
music in the club
can't go in
see the trailer
don't see the film
no fish its just chips again
its not fun
i want fun, but it seems like ill never have none
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The Lid
02:38
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was walking through the meadow the other day
when i saw something shining coulda swore that it was grey
then my curiosity got me yes it did
i had to find exactly what was underneath the lid
what was underneath the lid? I don't know
what was underneath the lid? i can't tell you
what was underneath the lid? I don't know I just did, carry on
Life's full of its ups you know sure full of its downs
and every now and then you might find a lid on the ground (and if you do you might say)
what was underneath the lid? I don't know
what was underneath the lid? i can't tell you
what was underneath the lid? I don't know I just did, carry on
oh no, whats that i see
1,3,5 maggots
oh no, oh no it can't be
1,3,5 maggots
needless to say i walked from the lid......carried on
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The Mustache Man
04:01
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Im the mustache man, i am
i do what i want when i want and i own the land
i eat the meat, from the bone
sometimes i don't even finish it, i leave it alone
you see i throw it, on the floor
what do i mind, i got plenty more
and when the flies come in at night
what do i care, I'm all tucked in my beddy by
I'm the mustache man i am
don't care about you, pass me the ham
I'm the mustache man i am
now let me tell you a little more about myself
i like things that are fine, i prefer, top shelf
ill step over you as quickly as i can
and when you ask do i feel bad, i say, not at all man
I'm the mustache man i am
don't care about you, pass me the ham
I'm the mustache man i am
i care about me, don't care about you
i pay you crumbs, you make the shoe
i sell it for more and more quid, that i can't use carry on all you like, you LOSE
I'm the mustache man, YEAH!
now pass me my brandy, and repeat what i say
eat the meat, from the bone
don't finish, leave it alone
throw the meat, on the floor
don't finish, got plenty more
eat the meat, from the bone
don't finish, leave it alone lone lone lone YEAH!
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Into Town
01:27
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on holiday it's sound
to go travel into town
take a mate or take a date i'd say
you can tarry by the ferry
its not haunting its not scary take a seat to beat the heat ok
when you see the ticket man
put a quid into his hand
he'll say thank you very much he'll say
get to town and see the zoo
meet the people eat the food
tell uncle john that your mums ok
don't think of a black mustache thats not him thats counting cash
its just an old snout fair and thats ok
there's no bleeders bints or bobbins there's no blaggards, berks, or bell-ends it's extraordinary in every way
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Your Own Shoe
02:53
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look through the window, at the shop
but you know that, you can't stop
like a doggy, that ran away
you hope you hear that poochie bark again someday
but you can't buy your own shoe if you don't have a quid
and you won't find the maggot
if you don't lift the lid
its the corner, that you run to when you're feeling, awful blue like a crustacean, stuck in a moat a jolly anchor sunk without a boat
over the bridge, over the bridge where you run
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Frizzy Boo
02:56
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Sucks, Blows, Horrible
01:47
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This sucks, this blows, this is horrible
I got shit on my...
hand
fingers
face
kneecaps
lips
tongue
hair
you want some?
i know I'm never gonna beat the mustache
i know I'm only gonna make the shoe
i know I'm never gonna walk with frizzy
i know I'm never gonna do what i want to do
this sucks, this blows, this is horrible
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The Loneliest Lonely
02:31
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all the bills you file will all end up in a pile
all the bread you make will be mold and dust someday
no jam left to spread, empty cupboards empty beds
id feel below depressed if i had any feelings left
if youre lonely, you worry about somebody
if you got somebody, you worry about your money
if youve got some money, you worry about your body
you worry about your body
to the loneliest
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The Mustache Man Part II
01:49
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maggots
ticks
fleas
possums
rats
please
vermin of all types
everyday
everynight
i got the money
everything's alright
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Things Are Gonna Change
01:41
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TUTLEY PT 1
when i was young i was just like you
eating bones and making shoes
til one day i came across a lid
and he told me showed me what he did
come and have a seat with tom tutley
take a little tea with me youll see
so when i approached the curious lid
it said something yes it did
i wiped eyes thought that i was insane
but the lid knew the refrain
TUTLEY PT 2
you say you wanna know about the lid
but once you do you'll wish you never did
the maggots they have spread
they are now inside your head
is there a frizzy boo?
do i really make the shoe?
who is the mustache man?
oh no the fuckin lid again
is it all in my head?
they are all crawling on me
I'm the meat now can't you see
id crawl under the lid
to undo all the things that i did
is it all in my head?
the lid is everyone.
FAIRYTALE
so i walked away from the lid i did
what a load of bollocks tom tutley had said
turned my back on the top, shan't return again
close up shop, the meadow's dead
then all of the sudden i heard note being sung
i thought it was a D but i only heard it once
I screamed "who is it that sang that note that i heard"
but nobody approached, nobody conversed
i said enough of this meadow and enough of this note
enough of this dreaming, ill forever clean the moat
i can't beat the mustache man, no matter what i do
ill never be with frizzy i am married to the shoe
meters from the meadow wall when i heard the note again
i said ok ok you win ok now let me go to bed
then all the sudden a ray of light shot from the ground it did
i turned around, wiped my eyes, THE BEAM WAS COMING FROM THE LID
the color was one i'd never seen before
more beautiful than all the lights in all the shops and stores
then the LID started raising off the ground as it was spinning
and said, "I'm the one who sang the note" and then started singing…….
when life is treating you very well
arduous and boring
all that you need is a fairytale
and in your heart youll know its true
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theres a blue ridge parkway
over there in the states
on an english sunday
you'll hear the people all say
theres a little hill on a hill
and how it winds for miles
bring a a pickle and you bite it twice
look at the green isn't it nice
you can be the paver man
i can be the road
you will be the lily pad
i will be the toad
Ive got my problems, ya know
they come and the they go
sometimes my nose it will sniffle
sometimes it'll blow
you heard the story of the lid
you know what he did
he carried on
thats what he did, thats what he did
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Pat Finnerty and the Full Band Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pat Finnerty. I think about my student loans a lot.
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