Grafting Haddock In The George Cifras

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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When I was young    and the blood pulsed swiftly through my veins
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Before age trampling upon youth, powdered my head with the snows of fifty winters
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I never thought about the future or what I would become; didn’t care, still don’t
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For as far as I’m aware they don’t stitch pockets into shrouds.
 
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Oh, those Forestry Commission roads, what a tale they could tell.
 
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[Break]
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 I am the godfather of nothing whatsoever.
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Our Martin on the other hand thought he was the town cheese
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Purported to deal in short term solutions for long-legged men
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He also liked the sound of his own voice.
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He was at Knowsley Safari Park one day where he saw a monkey with a banana in one hand
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And a tin opener in the other, and he shouted over “Hey, you don’t need the tin opener for that”
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To which the monkey replied “It’s for the custard, dickhead!”
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 It was loft ladders what killed our Martin.
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 Larry on the other hand cleans out the drains at the Methodist Centre and wears a permanent smile
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He reckons a contented mind is a continual feast,
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When darkness falls I’m as happy as Larry.
 
[Coda]
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 Sometimes I set out for Ludlow, sometimes I end up in Chepstow.
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 I am a happy man – I drive the happy van
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 I scaled the Matalan – made it ma: top of the world!
 
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[Outro]
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 Grafting haddock in the back room of the George
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 Grafting haddock in the back room of the George
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 Grafting haddock in the back room of the George.
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