A jam that me and Josh had a few years ago!
On the day we recorded this, we got up early and went for a vegetarian fry-up beforehand, at Fuel Cafe in Withington. I don't know why we did that.

Josh & Nic's Acoustic Jam!

This is a song about badgers, but also so much more.
 It was written by Jack Foster, Josh Hughes and I in about 2007 (that long ago!). We first recorded it in Jack's parents' conservatory, on the crappy samsung phone that I had at the time. Me and Jack re-recorded this last year (sans-Joshua, unfortunately).

Lyrics:

There's a badger living inside me, 
Birds are rabbits going on holiday, 
Slugs are bees and worms have the cure for cancer.

We don't exist, we're a badger suit,
 Just a human brain. (Brain) 
Badgers control everything we do, 
But we don't complain. (Plain) 
Badgers hide the truth from us 
When we operate. (Rate) 
They hide themselves behind the lungs 
And the rib cage.

[Chorus:] 

We got it all so wrong, (so wrong) 
We got it all so wrong, (so wrong) 
We got it all so wrong... 
We got it all so wrong, (so wrong) 
We got it all so wrong, (so wrong) 
We got it all so wrong, 
...The animals are wearing suits.

Pheasants are the peasants of rabbits, 
Badgers have smoking habits, 
Worms have hospitals under the grass 
But you can't dig them up. 
Bats are slugs Hell's Angels, 
We're badgers from our cradles, 
The field mice live inside the chickens heads 
To feed their families.

[Chorus]

You climb out me when I'm sleeping,
 You control everything I do, 
You make all of my decisions
 And we share the same poo. 
(I got it all so wrong…)

[Chorus]

...The animals are wearing suuuuuuits.

Badgers

Her perfect hair's her only care and her make-up takes up most of her time.
Her love is built of the clothes she wears and there's no longer any space left for mine.
So if the only way i can get to her is by lying down then for now i guess that's fine,
But i just can't see this working out if i can't compete with the latest fashion lines. (Although I try!)

Don't make me be a thief so we can steal away,
Don't turn me to priest who'd have me feel that way,
Coz if all you'll ever be is in love with me,
Then we should say it's over.

I'm running out of reasons to tell my self i'm not quite over you,
Coz i've just sat and watched through Casablanca and i think that you should see it too.
It's full of helpful hints of things we shouldn't ever really do.
(But we'd like to!)

Don't make me be a thief so we can steal away,
Don't turn me to priest who'd have me feel that way,
Coz if all you'll ever be is in love with me,
Then we should say it's over.

Don't make me be a thief so we can steal away,
Don't turn me to priest who'd have me feel that way,
Coz if all you'll ever be is in love with me,
Coz if all you'll ever be is in love with me,
Then we should say it's over.
(Say it's over...)

Chords:
riff:
D D D D
verse:
D D D D
chorus:
A G D D
A G D D
A A G G D D D D
Bridge:
Bm A G G

...She Walks Into Mine

Me and Nic got pretty smashed and made this up.

...She Walks Into Mine

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