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The Bright, Bright Pier's Alight

from Junk Funk Hospitle (Experimental Avant Garde Pop) by Pete Murphy

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Contains samples from 'You Had Me At Freemasonry' and 'Song To The Moon' by Dominic Robertson / Ergo Phizmiz, and the voice at the start that says "the naughty boys at the back that are standing up' is Alessi Laurent-Marke from Alessi's Ark, recorded at a gig she did at ORT Cafe in Moseley, Birmingham earlier this year.

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1.
Burn down the old arcade
That once played carnival melodies
And siren songs
Cave in the hall of mirrors
And the struts where we felt we belonged

Ch.
Like a beacon in the night
The bright bright pier's alight

2.
Smoke out the fire brigade
It's too late to save the tragic comedians
With their insincere vagaries
Charred out the hollow jokes
Like black and blue and red chameleons.

Ch.
Like a beacon in the night
The bright bright pier's alight

Make souvenirs from the remains, and rebuild and start again.

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from Junk Funk Hospitle (Experimental Avant Garde Pop), released November 5, 2017

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Pete Murphy Birmingham, UK

Pete Murphy, UK songwriter. I make unpopular music in numerous styles... everything recorded, performed, mixed, and mastered by me in a tiny corner of the lounge in my house. Avant pop, experimental, electronic, techno, solo jazzy piano, techno jazz, rock, musicals, sound art, comedy, and more... ... more

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