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Gas and Air

from Births, Deaths and Marriages by Heist

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lyrics

I was the scarecrow, Prince of the Hedgerow
with frost on my frock-coat and rain in my ears.
You were the May Queen, attended by butterflies
and ours was a harvest that lasted all year.

Well soon there were spinning-tops and skipping-ropes
the building blocks of a strange new world order
so we feathered the nest, and from the school
to the factory to the green fields there was deference
that one generation passed on to the next

And they gave us pleasure parks, dogs that bark,
a pub that never closes, carriageway and marriage vows
and photo-album poses: It’s gas and air,
forget your cares for life’s no bed of roses or so
they say. Well, it’s enough to get you through the day

There’s no need to doff your cap or break your back
your feudal lords are history, pull up a seat
and warm your feet and tell me that you’ve missed me.
It’s gas and air, forget your cares, but where we’re
going’s a mystery; well anyway, it’s getting closer
every day.

Cold ashes in the firebox on a branch-line grown-over
where the flower of youth lined the platform full-blown.
And the seargent-at-arms had straw for a bayonet
It was the flight from the land,
destination now known.

And he wore a tin hat midst the tank traps and
the tumbleweed, it was she sowed the stripes on
his corporal’s vest. But with the wars of the
roses their chapter now closes and one generation
makes way for the next

And they gave us starter-homes, stepping-stones,
the art of conversation...‘ Just called to say
I’m on my way, I’ll see you at the station.
I’ve got no doubts at all but I just can’t recall
what was my destination. Well anyway, it’s getting
closer every day.
There’s no need to doff your cap or break your back
your feudal lords are history, pull up a seat
and warm your feet and tell me that you’ve missed me.
It’s gas and air, forget your cares, but where we’re
going’s a mystery; well anyway, it’s getting closer
every day.

Oh my love, there’s a caterpillar on the motorway
he knows where he’s going, but progress is slow
and you’re still the May Queen as you fly past
in the 4 x 4, heading here or heading there
Or wherever you go.

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from Births, Deaths and Marriages, released October 29, 2022

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