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You Want to Know Something? (40 Years Series)

by Bonbon Experiment

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Some were American And the stars and stripes won’t save them now And though the road was long The ocean wave has overcome And the lovers were as tragic as The docile men who fell at last Part initiation rite And partly what their money bought Some had the hollow lives And many more were eating sand Some were like marionettes And were far less spec-tac-u-lar Oh won’t you tell me again What the reasons were that you always gave Won’t you tell me again What the reasons were that you always gave
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Autumn 1914 04:17
Autumn 1914 A family is at risk A conflagration of the nations It will all be over by Christmas Autumn 1914 What is there to come A picture tells a story Of what life could become William and Martha were farming the land Four boys and four girls giving them a hand William and Martha were farming the land Four boys and four girls giving them a hand Little Bertie sits upon Martha’s knee He was born in May Of 1914 The oldest boys are worried They could be off to war A fireman and a railwayman They escape that call William and Martha were farming the land Four boys and four girls giving them a hand William and Martha were farming the land Four boys and four girls giving them a hand Autumn 1914 It looks another age Kitted out in Sunday best Like something from the stage The children all around, The parents took the seats, Sitting for a portrait, They’d never repeat William and Martha were farming the land Four boys and four girls giving them a hand William and Martha were farming the land Four boys and four girls giving them a hand Autumn 1914 My great grandfather’s clan, The reason I’m alive And I am who I am My granddad he was twelve that year And would soon go to work, The truest farmer of them all, Risen from the dirt
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Look all you want But you won’t find me Look all you want But you won’t find me Call me what you like But you won’t define me Call me what you like But you won’t define me * I am I am Abel Tribal – father of all I survey – And while I look into your eyes There’s certain things I can’t disguise Through lying – And while I look into your eyes There’s certain things I can’t disguise I’m trying. Spinning out west of here, The streets of madness smell of fear Model Armies in the clear The surging forces getting near I’m trying I’m dying * CHORUS * Eastern Mayhem – Artists runs and artists hide Preserve sharks in formaldehyde Delighting Children, these books are unsuitable for readers of all ages And last night The eve of St. Agnes Keats was curling in his grave We swept aside the barricade Ran naked through the palisades Keats was curling in his grave Keats was curling in his grave
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You thought I was wild and wanted me to follow my art You wanted a lover who would always follow his heart You thought I was a leader of men who should risk it all You wanted someone sensitive who wasn’t fraid to fall. You wanted a man who could do more than just survive You wanted a man who was safe and would provide You wanted a lover who always took the lead You wanted a lover who always knew what he needs You wanted an unconventional magical way of life You wondered why I never asked you to be my wife You told me you had seen so many lives being wrecked You didn’t want children if it meant an end to sex You wanted me to say looked good in grey - You wanted to choose & you wanted me to pay You wanted a family in a big country home You wanted weeks in Paris with the two of us alone
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40 Years Collection - reissue with new collage cover

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released January 1, 2010

All words and music by Adrian Slatcher. Recorded in Didsbury, Manchester Jan-Jul 2009.

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Bonbon Experiment Manchester, UK

Bonbon Experiment is the main musical project of Adrian Slatcher. He records for the online label BDM Recordings. 2022 is 40th anniversary of his music making - his 40 albums are being reissued with new artwork - and his 41st album, Acrobat Above the Sky is now available ... more

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