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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elbow
Performer
Craig Potter
Keyboards
Guy Garvey
Vocals
Mark Potter
Guitar
Pete Turner
Bass Guitar
Richard Jupp
Drums
Pete McPhail
Alto Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Craig Potter
Composer
Guy Garvey
Composer
Pete Turner
Composer
Richard Jupp
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Craig Potter
Mixing Engineer
Danny Evans
Engineer
José Tomaz Gomes
Assistant Recording Engineer
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
What can be said of the cigarettes smoked
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 some
With the Woodbines denied like a northern man's thumbs
Perverse as it may sound, I sometimes believe
The tip to my lips just reminds me to breathe
[Verse 5]
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 living, and I'm sure last ditch that I'll ask for more time
But mother, forgive me
I'll still want a bottle of good Irish whiskey
And a bundle of smokes in my grave
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
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
Written by: Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp