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There's little to say of the fire
Bartholomew and the kids in the mire
Heat the brimstone and stoke the flame
The drugs work and burn away the pain
The past not present the mind with shame

Down beneath a pendulum fairy-light tree
Drunk on old monk rum in a makeshift bar with Sree
East of Eden there is no sense of time
Can you hear the bass line?

Lost my shoes in a post-diluvian flood
Set out for a voyage, hit upon the earth
Broke a guitar in a crazy dream
Singing songs only sparrow should sing
To a majestic queen and mustache king

Asleep beneath a pendulum fairly-light tree
Lost my shades, spent all my money
East of Eden there is no sense of time
Can you hear the bass line?

God said to man 'I am who I am'
From queen of England to king of Siam
The words on a Bangkok balcony
Foggy ruins of a drunken history
If you see her blow a farewell kiss for me

And sing a song under a pendulum fairy-light tree
Keep her warm with a glass of Northern whisky
East of Eden there is no sense of time
Can you hear the bass line?

Down at the circus everyone's on their trip
The peddlers, mad dogs, the straight, the hip
It's a busy road when your far from home
Hard to know which way youre coming from
Hell fire or effulgent morning sun

Or down, beneath a pendulum fairy-light tree
In a hammock, slung between the breeze
East of Eden there is no sense of time
Can you hear the bass line?

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from On the Bangkok Balcony, released May 10, 2020

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Tatchell and the Tambourine England, UK

We don't listen to music anymore, we listen to song.
Don't go anymore,
Except where we belong.
But I know a Gym
Called Whisky and Gin
A full deck only
The Big man 'll
Let you in
There is no end
Or place to begin
Or even win
Only a whole glass
Half full of Slim
And a friendly soul
Who no doubt you'll
Know not at all
But let's call him Jim
For he wears a grin.
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