Richard Thompson - Let it blow
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Let It Blow
CHe was a species on the verge of C/Bextinction
She was an C/A#Air New Zealand hAmostess
They were Dmmystically joined, like Emmaj7Rawicz and Landauer
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Like Pinky and Perky, like Porgy and Bess
O he Cloved the pursuit and the C/Bromance
But the detC/A#ails were more of a Amchore
When the Dmbride’s veil lifted, hisEmmaj7 mind soon drifted
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At least that’s what happened before
Chorus:
Let it Cblow, let it C/Bsnow,
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Let the mercury bubble and dive
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Life’s little traumas and courtroom dramas
ReFmind me I’m glad I??F?m alive
O she loved the clinking of glasses
When the toast was to nobles and princes
In the conjugal nest she was seen at her best,
With her keen eye for curtains and chintzes
She had all of the furniture ordered
By the time they were naming the date
And her mother came speeding from distant Dunedin
To help with the flowers and cake
Chorus
At the Chapel of Partial Remembrance
The ushers went into a seizure
Mr. Bacchus, they said, Should we stand on our heads
Would sackcloth and ashes displease you?
And they honeymooned down in Ibiza
Where the sun and the nightlife were hot
As she lay on the sand, he said, isn’t it grand?
I bring all of my wives to this spot.
Chorus
A life of volcanic activity
Left him nothing to spout but hot air
A long interruption since his last eruption
Was disguised by sheer devil-may-care
But some charm and some skill and maneouvre
Had him rising to meet the occasion
And for once, they found bliss, but news of their tryst
Got to Fleet Street, and caused a sensation
Chorus
The Press was baying for blood now
They gave them a week at the most
We were all glad to see it reach weeks two and three
But the fourth week, the whole thing was toast
And she dragged her tail back to New Zealand
With threats of High Court and revenge
Meanwhile his eye did stray to the ample bustier
Of a novelty dancer from Penge
by: José Duarte
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