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2 ‘A Vision’ [Wilkes] – Taken from the album OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME remixed by David Marsden - an everyday hallucinatory episode on the streets of Selly Oak, Birmingham, UK

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I had my hair shaved at the back like Terry Hall in 1984
I was waiting at the bus stop heading off to work at the mental hospital
Harrington Jacket, smoking B&H I spent forever in the record shop
It was just another routine summer’s day back in Selly Oak

But the sun it seemed a little too bright for the sky
Little figurines started to dance in my minds eye
I had a vision
I had a vision

I was transfixed and all I could see was a psychedelic wash of light
The cars left pretty trails behind and the road started melting
Like a Salvador Dali painting

A sense of inner harmony and peace took over me
Like I knew what I was here for like I knew what to believe
I had a vision –
I had a vision –

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The bus drove by I was on another plain but the plane came down soon after that
I felt like a twat, just sat there… A woman said are you OK?
People were staring someone said ‘are you OK’ I said I never felt this good before in all my life, never felt this good in all my life…


So took the day off sick and went to bed in the middle of the afternoon…

I had a vision
I had a vision
I had a vision
I had a vision

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from The Root Mull Affect, released March 17, 2015
Written by Alan Wilkes

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Vinny Peculiar variously described as – ‘An under sung national treasure’ [UNCUT Magazine]– a warm hearted Morrissey [Q Magazine] and ‘The missing link between Jarvis Cocker and poet Roger McGough and some of the wittiest lyrics this side of Wreckless Eric’ IRISH TIMES ... more

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