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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elbow
Elbow
Performer
Craig Potter
Craig Potter
Keyboards
Guy Garvey
Guy Garvey
Vocals
Mark Potter
Mark Potter
Guitar
Pete Turner
Pete Turner
Bass Guitar
Richard Jupp
Richard Jupp
Drums
Pete McPhail
Pete McPhail
Baritone Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Craig Potter
Craig Potter
Composer
Guy Garvey
Guy Garvey
Composer
Mark Potter
Mark Potter
Composer
Pete Turner
Pete Turner
Composer
Richard Jupp
Richard Jupp
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Craig Potter
Craig Potter
Mixing Engineer
Danny Evans
Danny Evans
Engineer
José Tomaz Gomes
José Tomaz Gomes
Assistant Recording Engineer
Tim Young
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

It's a lethal ballet Air traffic congestion I'm having a baby Second thoughts, scotch, dinner And someone's dancing on the box A former MP And no one was watching My oldest friends are a serious habit Fly boy blue, so bring your faces home, To my sweet trampoline And acres of crash site love Someone's dancing on the box A former MP And no one was watching My oldest friends are a serious habit Fly boy blue, so bring your faces home To my sweet trampoline And acres of crash site love Presidential delays Suppose I'm just lucky I'm having a shindig Me, Red Bob and the ivory host And someone's shouting on the box A chinless prefect gone Godzilla My newest friends have forgotten my name But so have I, so far so good and home You and me trampoline and oceans of crash site love What can be said of the cigarette smokes A prop for a joke or a mark on the clock If I stopped would the bus ever come Would the dawn ever kiss me, forgiven me, knowing what's done Would the drivel make scribble make sense and then song Would the woodbines denied black another man's lungs Perverse as it may sound I sometimes believe The tip to my lips just reminds me to breathe What can be said of the whiskey and wine Random abandon or ballast for joy That was scuppered with trust, little more than a boy And besides I'm in excellent company I'm reaching the age when decisions are made On life and liver and I'm sure last ditch That'll I'll ask for more time But mother forgive me I still want a bottle of good Irish whiskey And a bundle of smokes in my grave But there isn't words yet for the comfort I get From the gentle lunette at the top of the nape of the neck that I wake to And where are the words for the leap in my chest When mischief appears either side of the scar on your nose Made by a rose thorn, so you claim By a rose thorn
Writer(s): Richard Barry Jupp, Guy Edward John Garvey, Craig Lee Potter, Peter James Turner, Mark Potter Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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