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Share Croppers
03:12
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Killer Wasps
02:42
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i hear them scratching in the middle of the night
i hear the voices in the walls
there’s a bird trapped in the chimney
i hear him when the lights turn low
i run the water and it splutters in the bowl
irises and yellow flag and crimson daisies grow
beyond the wall there lies a dusty bed of stones
i see them when the lights turn low
i am the sole recipient of autumn’s vivid dream
i see things where there are not things
i see things you’ve never seen
i see rats around the edges
of the crevices and holes
i am the final great believer
in the twisting of the human soul
i taste the water but i do not swallow down
angels and promises have run me out of town
there’s a bird trapped in the chimney
i hear him when the lights turn low
i am the sole beneficiary of winter’s broken scheme
there are stones around my ankles
they are tied to me with string
sixteen hives of killer wasps
and seventeen of bees
i hear them when the lights turn low
© 2007 kirsty mcgee / big oak songs
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Dust Devils
03:51
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i’ve got you over my skin
can’t tell you what a state we’re in
i chase you here chase you there
in the corners and under the stairs
i’ve got you under my nails
everything i do seems to fail
like the god of falling apart
everything tastes of you
i’ve got you inside my shoes
as thick as blue suede
i’ve got a coat made from you
you are my lampshade
i’ve seen you outside in the sun
your hair is grey like the moon
you leave your hair in my room
everything sounds of you
dust devil in pale blue
shaking hands with the tiles
and it’s one of your smiles
that i see in my mirror ball
dust devil and moonshine
neither your fault nor mine
but it’s the curve of your spinning smile
that returns in the dead of night
dust devil in pale blue
the fur of yesteryear
everything smells of you
you’re spent like a magazine
i’ve got you over my skin
god’s arms, what a state we’re in
i chase you here chase you there
in the corners and under the stairs
© 2007 kirsty mcgee / big oak songs
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Betray My Trust
01:48
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5. |
No Way To Treat A Friend
05:15
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poor, poor angela, what’s become of you?
he’s standing by the screen door, saying that you’re through,
and all this heartbreak - will it ever end?
that’s no way to treat a friend
oh adriana, full of tears and woe
your gold turned into silver and your silver into stones:
they left when there was nothing more to spend
that’s no way to treat a friend
there’s ice out in the parlour three feet deep
the snow just keeps on falling, but the company you keep
will it get you thorugh the winter in the end?
that’s no way to treat a friend
peter, poor peter, where will you go now?
stuck out in a small town where the road runs out
and did he drop you with your bags out on the bend?
that’s no way to treat a friend
you build up all your trusting three miles high
you build it up so solid you no longer see the sky
so when it falls, there is so much more to mend
that’s no way to treat a friend
mary, mary, mary, don’t it make you blue
and as empty as the promises in the letters that he sends you,
it’s a shame how he will borrow
every little thing you lend
that’s no way to treat a friend
there’s ice out in the parlour three feet deep
the snow just keeps on falling, but the company you keep
will it get you through the winter in the end?
that’s no way to treat a friend
© 2007 kirsty mcgee / big oak songs
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The Profit Song
02:51
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first was rain
then there was snow
there was a wind
see how it blows
if you can see
then you will see:
there’s profit where my finger is
sun, deep in the sky
burning the ground
steady and high
here is the sun
burning the sky:
there’s profit where my finger lies
i’ll make this world a better place
here is a war
they fight about me
they fight about bombs
they’re crossing the sea
the sea is a toy
the land is all gone:
there’s profit where my finger is
see, if you can see
where the world shakes
it’s shaking for me
you do it yourselves
and nearly as well
to make this world a better place
and if you doubt
reason it out
famine and flames
hunger and drought
if you can see
then you will see:
there’s profit where my finger is
lord, if you could allow
one month or two for now
without your fatal blow
we’ll make this world a better place
oil under the sea
coal in the pits, profits for free
over the rise, up in the skies:
we’ll fly from where your profit is
there’s profit where your finger is
© 2007 kirsty mcgee / big oak songs
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Kirsty McGee Manchester
A wandering maverick and spellbinding live performer with a voice that has been described as having the texture of smoke & velvet, McGee defies categorisation, to make 'hobopop' –“music of no fixed genre”. Her continuously evolving musical personality is proof that a freedom from artistic restraints can sometimes produce a unique, enthralling and original voice with a rare honesty. ... more
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