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Confessions Of A Sperm Donor

from The Root Mull Affect by Vinny Peculiar

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Taken from the 2004 album Growing Up with Vinny Peculiar

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I used to be a feminist I used to be a freak
Sold my sperm for bus fare I got £15 a week
The jobs as good as yours she said your numbers on the pot
Just abstain the night before and bring us every drop

But don’t expect a helping hand cause we’re strictly DIY
T here’s a pile of magazines next door you’re most welcome to try
We freeze it in a cryostat and you sign your name right here
It’s a brave new world out there she said for a genetic engineer
Sperm Donor...

Production and delivery became the weekly norm
I held the pot under my arm to keep the sample warmIn
the art of masturbation I truly excelled
Until I broke the night before rule once again and got expelled

And sometimes in my darker moments I imagine successes
Kids grown up and questioning paternal second guesses
Campaigning on the TV for the records and the access
With Kilroy finger pointing stage-managing the masses

Sperm Donor....money for old rope
It’s funny but it’s no joke
Blood test DNA
Get away…..
So if you’ve been affected by the issues in this song
I don’t have any answers there is no right from wrong
But should you track me down here then I’m certain come what may
I could never be your father nor could I ever turn you away

No matter where you got your genes or the colours in your hair
There’s a place for you in this world we can never share
And if I’m the one who gave you life by some proximity
I just hope to god you haven’t turned out anything like me…
Sperm Donor
Money for old rope
It’s funny but it’s no joke
Blood test DNA
Get away….

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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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