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(Red EP)

by Bravo Brave Bats

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1.
Tent City 03:35
Let’s hope the ropes stay tight and the poles keep some structure, the canvas can do its job, and hold out some water, the river can keep its banks and the clouds their thunder, the mountain can keep its feet while we’re under cover Here in Tent City, we’ll survive God-awful storms, we’ll get inside our tents and get it on Thank God we brought the thermal vest, we packed the stove, we brought the four-season bags and left the beach clothes all at home, we bought a tape-seamed tent that survives Antarctic winters Thank God, from experience we know it’s barely ever Summer time round here In Tent City, we’ll survive God-awful storms, we’ll get inside our tents and get it on The storm raged for 40 days and nights Good job we pitched up the slope – when the rain comes down it will not drown us Thank God, we wore winter coats – when the ice age comes it will not freeze us Torrential rain and hurricanes All of the ropes went slack and the poles all lost their shape Off went the canvas, oh, it left us to the mercy of the rain And when the river burst its banks all of us got washed away
2.
This battle I will never win This love I cannot bear to lose The vows I tried to adhere to but time and time I broke for you When they found out I knew this day would come and would come too soon So throw your first stone God will judge me for whom I did and did not love Can somebody help me cos I just can’t tell – will we go to Hell for throwing ourselves down the well? If the Pope found out it would not go down too well This shaft has girth enough for both of us Can somebody help me cos I just can’t tell – will we go to Hell for throwing ourselves down the well? Oh, but this is no suicide it’s just a way for you and me, or at least our bodies, to embrace eternally
3.
We planned, in the band, a victimless crime – the beautiful brainchild of criminal minds So we drove a ten tonne truck through the door, put out the windows and pissed all over the floor We packed dynamite in the chimney and lit a fire in the grate and writing a fake note made good our escape There was so little doubt the insurance paid out the very next day We all bought a tour van and took off on holiday And what’s for sure is I’d have ceased to subsist had I know the thrill of the chase was like this They did their best in their quest to detect us and detect us they did On sound advice, we ran and we hid The handwriting expert took one look at the very well-written note and said it was my style and my hand that wrote it – which it was And what’s for sure is I’d have ceased to subsist had I know the thrill of the chase was like this When the jury looked at the note they spotted all my I's had been crossed and my T's, they were dotted I was done for But I’m Steve McQueen, Buster Wilson, Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart rolled into one I busted out of prison A little slice of heaven Oh, what a team we three are, all aeroplanes and fast cars
4.
A multitude of sounds combined to one sweet and sad refrain All at once heart-breaking Summer afternoons recalled and midnight squalls, haunting me again and again It’s the carnage I’ll aim to refrain from Against my better judgement and against my express wish, I went down to the carnival, as if that could fill a void in me But the sun shines brightly and calling to me is St. Pauls Demanding enjoyment and carnival debauchery, St. Pauls But the sun shines brightly and calling to me is St. Pauls Tripping over bodies in the hall All our beer and breath and sweat is dripping down the walls Everything and everyone gets lost in here St. Pauls
5.
Oh, Adele, I’ll walk you home this evening; it can’t be far, or else you’d have said You know, us gentlemen, we’re few and far between now; I am the last of a dying breed Who knows where and when the night will take us? I’ve never seen this part of town before See the stars aligning; I’ll steal a kiss by your front door... I got home late because I was chasing a lady – it might be love but it’s more likely alcohol Oh, Adele, the moonlight shows all your features and I’ve got to say the soft lighting suits your face And yeah I know, you could say it also suits mine but I’m more annoyed you dragged me out so far across our moonlit city: I’m five miles from home and oh, I’m tired... I got home late because I was chasing a lady – it might be love but it’s more likely alcohol
6.
Oh, Rodriguez, our dreamboat has been shipwrecked on this island so far from home. Who needs maps with a nose for adventure like yours? That’s what we’ve got The last thing I thought I ever wanted was to leave you behind but the island was changing my mind, and as it drew me inwards, closer to the centre where the trees grow close together, I swear I heard a whisper: “we want blood, we want blood, we want blood!” And I thought that the last thing I ever wanted was to be far from you, but in fact it was to be a Loup Garou – but that’s what I’ve turned into. As the hair on my fingers grew I howled at the moon: “I love you Jennifer...Jennifer!” But all the love he bore could not outweigh his lust for gore that took him down to the sea shore where into Jennifer he tore Though you may not choose to believe what I say is still true; When Jennifer awoke she too was a Loup Garou. Sometimes on a clear night (if you attune your ears to the sea) you can hear their wolfish love songs howled so sweetly

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released October 8, 2010

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