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A Bedsit Fire In Muswell Hill

from One Of A Million Butterflies by Retro Temple

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Written once more in a 1967 Beatles style, this is the only song that I know of written about the great Vivian Stanshall of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Google the references in the lyrics and it will all make sense. Or not.

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A Bedsit Fire in Muswell Hill
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The Moon’s gone all uncouth
In matching boots and ties
Apollo C Vermouth
In urban hit surprise
Get stripped down
For the death cab
Get hip and on
The mystery tour
There’s so much you have done
But so much promise gone
Too reckless on the Thekla
Drugs etcetera,
Hope you had your fun.

The Lockheed’s ground control
Does MC for the bells
Sir Henry’s on a roll
But nothing really sells
The ballet
Of the vulgar
A comic opera
And more
There’s so much you have done
But so much promise gone
Too reckless on the Thekla
Drugs etcetera,
Hope you had your fun.

You shine when you take to the stage
Sublime for the queer and the strange
Your words can take you anywhere you will
Your songs are still holding the page
But you’re gone and the light, it must fade
Taken via a bedsit fire in Muswell Hill

Up Sunday, Start The Week
And step upon the screen
Awake from vintage sleep and
Name her from your dream
Anxiety will grip you
Until the valium is king
There’s so much you have done
But so much promise gone
Too reckless on the Thekla
Drugs etcetera,
Hope you had your fun.

You shine when you take to the stage
Sublime for the queer and the strange
Your words can take you anywhere you will
Your songs are still holding the page
But you’re gone and the light, it must fade
Taken via a bedsit fire in Muswell Hill

credits

from One Of A Million Butterflies, released December 3, 2023
Written, performed, mixed, and produced by Michael Amos.
All vocals: Annie Kingsbury.

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The KIVA Band are a British recording indie/folk band based in Oxfordshire.

They write original material that draws on traditions as diverse as folk, pop, indie-rock, and classical music. Their songs twist and turn in unexpected directions yet always keep melody at their heart. Their words explore life and love, by turns funny, sad, lost, and found. ... more

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