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Sending the boys round

from Mr Boxall by Oddlyvalid

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'They laugh and joke with everybody ...'

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the lord of the manor likes to keep a tidy patch
he gets his knickers in twist
if things don't come up to scratch
and so he has a pair of tearaways to put a bit of stick about

Psycho Billy did his time for blackmail and extortion
Knuckles does the sandwiches it's really quite important
that you never look them in the eye
unless you want to wave goodbye
to your family and friends

riding round the Elephant in swanky car
they're always giving it the chin music blah blah blah
putting out the feelers
to eradicate the squealers
and it's too bad if they know where you are
they're sending the boys round

Harry liked to rabbit on and no-one gave a toss
until it looked as if his bunny might incriminate the boss
a monkey says it's curtains
now he's gone and made the big man cross

they take him to a building site, it's off the beaten track
they call it Savile Row but there's no flannel on the rack
although a concrete made-to-measure suit
is sure to stiffen Harry's back

riding round the Elephant in swanky car
they laugh and joke with everybody ha, ha, ha
another tasty cockney geezer
found dismembered in a freezer
everybody knows where they are
they're sending the boys round

'Anyone seen Harry lately?'
'I heard they turned him into a pillar of the community'

striding round the Elephant - mind the camel coat
these irritating blabbermouths
really get my goat
eating pie and mash and liquor
see they're done up like a kipper
shove the bones deep down their throats

keep it buttoned son
who'dya think you're looking at?
we're sending the boys round

© David Lloyd 2010

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from Mr Boxall, released October 26, 2014
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Dave Potter - vocal
David Lloyd - vocal, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming
Andy Coombe - alto saxophone

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Born in south London one lunchtime, two became five, then four, then two, sometimes three.

Now we are four again, one in each corner. As odd and as valid as we ever were.

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