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From: 'Pop Happenings Vol 4'

Vultures

The kid I teach the mouth organ's
An evil little swine
And his Father's made it his business
To interfere with mine

And all I get for Christmas
Is a letter from the bank
Saying from now on young Smithy Lad
You're dealing strictly in cash

Pressure from the outside
Pressure from the in
The vultures keep circling


For the debit on the credit
My card's cut before my eyes
And the shopgirl with the scissors
Could only shrug and sympathise

And the interest on the interest
On the shortfall starts to rise
And the cashflow isn't flowing
Unlike the tears within my eyes

Pressure from the outside
Pressure from the in
The vultures keep circling


If I had a penny for all the times
I found money to buy things I couldn't afford
I'd still only spend it at the bar
Ordering drinks with bon accord for friends I hardly know
I seem to think that’s the way to make your money grow
Such is the price that life demands
I don't know what it is about money
But it always slips through my hands


You enter this world penniless
And for all the joy it brings
If you do not die indebted
Then you haven't gained a thing

But cynicism's boring
And the bars are burning bright
The deeper I tumble into debt
The brighter are the lights

Pressure from the outside
Pressure from the in
The vultures keep circling




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

The scheme for this site
was taken from Michael Mann's
design for my CD cover

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