Strangely Twisted

Eggs Benedict

Glancing out of a mirror before heading towards Mutley Plain in search of a bottle was a reflection dressed entirely in grey. It wondered what a vegetarian would eat at the barbecue. Perhaps there would be some nice desserts. Sweets. Puddings. 

Lyrics: 

I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.
I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.
I’m a shadow on the plateau
I’m a saddo on the gateaux
I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.  

I guess I always bin this way,
Never be stronger.
Sinkin’ feeling of destiny
My sense I belong
Before my life begun.
I’d never want to be The One
To stand between the setting sun
And the shadow.

I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.
I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.
I’m a shadow on the plateau
I’m a saddo on the gateaux
I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.

Always wanna be this way,
Full length of the street.
Suns transit across the skyways   
Drivin’ darkness in to me. (Yee-ha!).
Fused in the ancient act of love,
This body’s tender; this body’s tough.
It ain’t the substance of the stuff,
It’s shadow.

I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.
I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.
I’m a shadow on the plateau
I’m a saddo on the gateaux
I’m a shadow of the man I used to be.

5 September 2014

Shadow

Lyrics: Your Truck 

Is I worse than second class
After your second born?
Filthy railroad snaking over the border.
But your truck’s gonna move me.
Your truck’s gonna move me.
I see you look at me in scorn
But still climb right on
Cos your truck’s gonna move me. 

Twenty storey high
Lever, light and dial
Smokin sticky tyre
At every corner.
Your truck’s gonna move me.
Your truck’s gonna move me.
Haulin out before the dawn
Huggin the highroad
Your truck’s gonna move me. 

Upgraded your rig 
And you licenced your kid
Relentless past the end of the day
His herited taste 
For maniacal haste
While you sleep in the hold
on your freight.  

I is less than second fastest
After your second born.
Greasy highway racing over the border.
Guess your truck’s gonna move me.
Yes your truck’s gonna move me.
I see you look at me in scorn
But still climb right on
Cos your truck’s gonna move me. 

12 December 2014

Your Truck

Rusty Pickup

Lyrics
I wannabe resurrected one day.
I wannabe resurrected just like Flash's vet did.
I wannabe resurrected one day. Whoo-hoo. 

A vicar on the radio suggested that the beginning of Lent is a good time for something bad to happen, because during Lent we look forward to better times ahead. Just because Howard is an atheist doesn't mean he can't want to be resurrected. Being an atheist or a cat like Flash, or both, would probably make resurrection even better. Imagine the irony. Delicious.

Wannabe

Riding back to Sidcup. Going to see my kin.
Riding back to Sidcup. Long time since I been
In Sidcup. (Mm-hmm)
In Sidcup. 
I must confess. It is the case
That I was born and raised in Sidcup.

Ride along with me.
Cross that once familiar meadow,
By deer and by antelope grazed.
Laughter of a school friend
Is ringing in the distance,
Where first began our days.

Riding back to Sidcup. Going to see my kin.
Riding back to Sidcup. Long time since I been
In Sidcup. (Mm-hmm)
In Sidcup. 
Ain’t no denying that
I keep returning back to Sidcup.

Ride along with me.
Cross that once familiar meadow,
By deer and by antelope grazed.
Laughter of a school friend
Is ringing in the distance,
Where first began our days.

I wish that Sidcup was
Aware of how I miss it.
I wish that Sidcup was 
So pretty I could kiss it.
I wish that Sidcup was 
A nearer place to visit,
Ride in through the sunset
From starlit seashores in the west.

Riding back to Sidcup. Going to see my kin.
Riding back to Sidcup. Long time since I been
In Sidcup. (Mm-hmm)
In Sidcup. 
I wish it was I wish it was
A long long long long time 
Since I been in Sidcup.

Riding Back to Sidcup

Ricketty Blues

Similar to HB3 except different. Slightly. 

HB4 With Simon

Waiting Featuring CJ

Rebound

Sidcup in Kent
Sidcup in Kent
Why did they invent
Sidcup in Kent?
It ain’t what the planners meant.
All that time they spent
They could not prevent
Sidcup in Kent

Friends of mine said they were visiting Sidcup
They told me mid-cup 
Mid-cup of tea.
When I ask “what d’you want to do that for?” 
They were abandoning Catford
For something more Sidcuppy. 

Sidcup in Kent
Sidcup in Kent
Why did they invent
Sidcup in Kent?
It ain’t what the planners meant.
All that time they spent
They could not prevent
Sidcup in Kent

Not so much in Kent
As sprawling on the top
Where the buses stop 
In Sidcup. 
Tra la, la la la
Now that I stop to think
There is one other thing 
About Sidcup.

Sidcup in Kent
Sidcup in Kent
Why did they invent
Sidcup in Kent?
It ain’t what the planners meant.
All that time they spent
They could not prevent
Sidcup in Kent

Sidcup In Kent

Crow crow crow
I'm talking about the crow.
Let him know.
Let him go.
Let him crow.

Crow

Purple Spoon v2

Do you like kebabs?
Yes, I really like kebabs.
Do you like kebabs?
How much do you like kebabs? 
I like kebabs a lot. 
I really want to visit a kebab shop.

I want to sink my crooked teeth
Into that crispy meat.
What part of what animal could taste like that? 
What part do you think?

Do you like kebabs?
Yes, I really like kebabs.
Do you like kebabs?
How much do you like kebabs? 
I like kebabs a lot. 
I really want to visit a kebab shop.

Do You Like Kebabs

Hard Case (Summary)

Post-pandemic stroll towards a favourite ice cream. Absent friends. 

Sunrise on a new day
Post-apocalyptic town,
My dream is a walk by the sea
Sugar cone and key lime ice cream.
Trees glossy and green, blue sky and sunshine
You said stop smell the roses
When you’re missing me sometime.

I had to stop smell the roses.
The sun shines again. Sugar strands.
He used to call you little dudes
Hundreds and thousands.
Sundaes make life less simple
than life has to be.  
Scoop on! Ice cream, blue skies
And a walk by the sea. 

Every day I’ve eaten ice-cream 
and I known many flavours. 
Blue cheese. 
Meet another one you gonna love
Sooner or later.
Skyline meets the sunset
when the day is through 
Dream time 
Like something or someone
you long to melt into. 

Sunrise on a new day
Post-apocalyptic town,
My dream is a walk by the sea
Sugar cone and key lime ice cream.
Trees glossy and green, blue sky and sunshine
You said stop smell the roses
When you’re missing me sometime.

howard.attbeigh

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