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No one really knows for sure what goes on behind the Ashram Curtains...but heres one hypothesis

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Behind the eastern drapes a silent yogi meditates
And women listen to their breathing
Reflect on this experience a book of calm omnipotence
Classes end and students leaving
The body temple and the perfect health
Get in touch with your inner self well-being is believing

Is it you behind the ashram
You, behind the ashram
You, behind the ashram

She booked the flights to India on a tour bus out of Deli
Checked the time at home and what was on the telly
Next morning bright n breezy on the patio stretching for the sky
That’s when she first caught his eye
Then came the late-night invitations she left the door ajar
He bought the nuts and the caviar

Is it true behind the ashram?
You behind the ashram
You behind the ashram curtains

You can tell me what happened and I promise not to judge
I know you’ve been unhappy I know because because
I can feel it in the distance a sadness beyond despair
But I forgive you everything whatever’s broken we can repair…yeah

She came home later in the year at first I didn’t recognise her
Then she told me all her plans
She gathered up a few things photos of the kids her favourite earrings
So many changes to her feelings…

Behind the ashram
You, behind the ashram
You, behind the ashram
You, behind the ashram curtains

And should you change your mind
I’ll be waiting right here

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from How I Learned to Love the Freaks, released September 15, 2023
Alan Wilkes - writer, vocals, guitars, drum prog, production
Dave Draper - drum prog, production, extra guitar in chorus

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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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