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From: "How To Build An Empire"

This Haunted Man

It was just a slender doubt
That once, he'd been that way before
It couldn't be right
But the thought all night
Kept nagging like a knock at the door.

And a call on the telephone
a meeting place to meet at night
A voice from a mouth
Like a bite from a mouth
Like a shock from an outgoing wire


Oh no, he can't understand
This kiss while dancing or a life in the stands
Blood and his bones and his life in his hands
The Haunted Man


Then an endless corridor
A street he knew but he couldn't place
A street of the mind
And a voice in his mind
And a smile that he matched with the face

Then he saw through a crowded light
Eyes that died so long ago
Flicking a switch
To show screaming pictures
That haunted him out to the snow


And he'll come on his own
And he'll wait on his own
He's got time on his own
Cos he lives on his own
And he'll laugh on his own
And he'll die on his own
And he'll give of his own
For a life all alone

And he'll be on his own
For a dream on his own
Or to stand there alone
Or to fall on his own
Take the prize on his own
Or the drop on his own
Or he'll fly on his own
Or be sleeping in the gutter

And he'll breathe and he'll die
And he'll try
And he'll get no reply
And he'll wait for a lie
And he'll get no reply
so he'll dream up a lie
Yes, he'll dream up a lie


Oh no, he can't understand
This kiss while dancing or a life in the stands
Blood and his bones and his life in his hands
The Haunted Man




Tracks available for download
From Pop Happenings Vol 4
1. Lying on the Phone
2. Wupping
3. Mirrorball
4. A Good Year
5. A Matter of Time
6. Vultures
7. My Darling
8. Hurt Another Day
9. Separate Beds
10. Left Me To Die
11. Porch
Bits and Pieces
How To Build An Empire
Lonely Business
Nuts and Sluts

Crawfish's first album
Pop Happenings Vol 4

is available by emailing
crawfishwebmaster
@btopenworld.com


A Quick Word with
a Rock and Roll Late Starter

was published by The Rue Bella in February 2003
Buy on Amazon


Super-8

was published by
Kennedy and Boyd
in March 2005
Buy on Amazon

This week, I have been listening to:

Smithylad
is Crawfish
is Craig Smith

Smithylad's other sites
Simon Armitage Web Site
Hyde Park Irregulars

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was taken from Michael Mann's
design for my CD cover

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