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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dave Rotheray
Dave Rotheray
Composer
Paul Heaton
Paul Heaton
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jon Kelly
Jon Kelly
Producer
John Brough
John Brough
Mixing Engineer
Lance Phillips
Lance Phillips
Mixing Engineer
Steve Orchard
Steve Orchard
Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

There's a boy with a brace across his teeth
White socks, tattooed underneath
Bus tickets chitched up in his palm
Stood there he's spinning a yarn
There's a girl with a plastic pair of shoes
Two eyes permanently bruised
Can't find the time to be alarmed
Just stood spinning a yarn
Just take your time
It'll work out fine
It'll do no harm
To spin your yarn
You do English
I'll do sums
You break fingers
I'll break thumbs
You play Dads
And I'll play Mums
You play glockenspiel
And I'll play drums
My name is Derek from then den
I deal in shillings and in pence
I'll get you amy deal you like
Ten sweets for a mountain bike you like
My name is Mandy from the yard
I deal in crazy tarot cards
I'll tell you what the future brings
One cat and a dog that sings
You do English
I'll do sums
You break fingers
I'll break thumbs
You play Dads
And I'll play Mums
You play glockenspiel
And I'll play drums
Just take your time
It'll work out fine
It'll do no harm
To spin your yarn
You do English
I'll do sums
You break fingers
I'll break thumbs
You play Dads
And I'll play Mums
You play glockenspiel
And I'll play drums
Written by: Dave Rotheray, Paul Heaton

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