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Unhappy Painter

from Peculiarities by Vinny Peculiar

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[Wilkes,1992] recorded by Dave Marsden at Pearl Studios, London Road, Liverpool

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Canvass remaining blank thoughts cloud and moments null
The gardener is a waiter
Some distant drummers beat way down a one way street
Leave everything until later

We photograph the trash this car was made to crash
Ten seconds after midnight
The signing of a cross a look of total loss
No matters of fact or insight

I am an unhappy painter and I cant draw to save my life
The images are growing fainter
And the reasons all but disappeared from sight all but disappeared from sight

The tender mercy squad they want you for their god a soul remains on trial
For books you never read things you never said some day they'll be a trial
Seeds of bureaucracy shape the hypocrisy and turn brave heads to stone
The rancid government sets crime and punishment
What good is one man alone

I am an unhappy painter and I cant draw to save my life
The images are growing fainter
And the reasons all but disappeared from sight all but disappeared from sight

If all the world were paper
And all the sea were ink
And all the trees were bread and cheese
What would we have to drink?

So much for golden rules for playing kings and fools
No points are given away
He moves from liquor stores and onto distant shores
In search of where to pray

The queen of hearts she fled
the four and she got wed
She never made a fuss
But its no wonder that the proletariat get so delirious

I am an unhappy painter and I cant draw to save my life
The images are growing fainter
And the reasons all but disappeared from sight all but disappeared from sight

There they go now...

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from Peculiarities, released September 17, 2020
Colin Beckett [drums], Pete Doyle [bass] John Aggrey [guitars] VP [vocal, guitars]

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Vinny Peculiar Worcester, UK

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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