Henry Bowers-Broadbent: Drums
Steve Wilcock: Tenor Sax
Mike Shorthouse: Vocals, Bass, Piano, Hammond B3

Words & Music: Mike Shorthouse
Produced by Mike Shorthouse & Will Mount
All Rights Reserved

Lines of Blue

Glad I Have You

Small Boats

Small Boats (feat. Danny Muldoon)

Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line

Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line (Live)

Stone The Crows

My mum was a child minder. Growing up, there were plenty of other kids at home. One was called Stevie. When confronted with something unusual, he'd say "That's a funny habitat!" To my shame, sometimes my brother and I used to tease him. This song is dedicated to him.

Habitat

Stevie crawls right up the hill and then we push him down again
Stevie climbs the metal slide and then we hurl him down again
Up and down  - down & up 
Then we shove him down again
up & down - down and up
Then we shove him down again

What’s he say?
"That’s a funny habitat - That’s a funny habitat"
He’ll complain 

Steve looked looked like Frankie Howerd ‘cause he had a biggish head
“Stevie looked liked Frankie Howerd” - I’m sorry that is what I said
egg banjo runny nose
And who could really blame him so?
And when he saw the climbing frame?….
“That’s a funny habitat!” 

Brain’s inflamed 
"That’s a funny habitat that’s a funny habitat"
Who’s to blame? 

Jack and Jill runs up the hill it’s such a thrill 
to push them down and 
The sun it heats the metal slide feels nice to hide and throw him down and 
What fun we had, never sad, a plastic bag a finger wag Stevie cries “Come here you scallywags- 
That’s a funny habitat!"

Stevie runs and Stevie plays - it’s been sunny now for days
Stevie huffs and Stevie puffs - you’re a scallywag he says 
I’m so sorry that I showed you the scary waxworks photographs
The pictures of the severed heads and the infamous murderers 
Something strange? 
“That’s a funny habitat!”
Who’s to blame?
It’s a shame

Jack and Jill runs up the hill it’s such a thrill 
to push them down and 
The sun it heats the metal slide feels nice to hide and throw him down and 
what fun we had never sad a plastic bag a finger wag Stevie cries “Come here you scallywags- 
That’s a funny habitat!"

The cat she shat right on a mat near the rat who was fat and the bat who ate the gnat who was a twat cried ‘oh drat!’ In the crumbling flat’s a vat over a slat built by Pat Stevie cries “Come here you scallywags- 
That’s a funny habitat!"

“What’s my name? Stevie K!”

Habitat

All my life I have been deeply disgusted with flies - bordering on a phobia. I guess this repetitive track stems from this. 


Violins & other instruments/programming all by me. 

Lyrics:
Flies
Diptera
Insecta

Cheers

Vince

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