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Spring Fever

by Would-Be-Goods

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Charm School 02:35
Charm school Early one morning down the muddy lane Came up to London on the stopping train Your heavy suitcase in your hand Charm school Sweet in your twinset and your mother’s pearls Sitting at breakfast while the other girls Tell stories you don’t understand Nails are polished and your eyes are bright Though you cry yourself to sleep at night There are so many things a girl could do But there’s no choice for you Charm school Brushing your hair a hundred times a day Putting your feelings and your thoughts away In tissue paper in your drawer Charm school Off with your boyfriend in his Jaguar Sometimes you worry that you went too far Soon you won’t care any more Past the window goes the office crowd Clothes are flashy and their voices loud They’re not going anywhere, it’s true But they’re happier than you Charm school You passed with flying colours and they’re sure You’ll find an eligible bachelor You’ll make him the perfect wife Charm school House in the country, he’s at work all day Out of the window watch your children play Hope you’ll have a happy life
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The King of the Moon Was thrown out of the bar He’s lying in the gutter And gazing at the stars His ears are ringing But his heart is singing The King of the Moon Has a crater for a face His clothes have cigarette holes Each hair is out of place He’s always sinning His head is spinning He doesn’t have an ermine robe He doesn’t wear a crown But he knows the kindly moon Is always looking down The King of the Moon With a bottle in his hand By now it’s close to midnight And he can hardly stand It’s started snowing But his heart is glowing The King of the Moon When his world came to an end He looked up to the night sky And found he had a friend His heart is singing Hope always springing
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Just a week Won’t be more I can sleep On the floor It’s a temporary arrangement Just a temporary arrangement Seven thou Make it ten Pay you back Can’t say when It’s a temporary arrangement Just a temporary arrangement Give him an inch and he takes a mile Can’t resist that cheeky smile Something in those big blue eyes Says you’re in for a surprise Fill it up Where’s the key? Have it back Half-past three It’s a temporary arrangement Just a temporary arrangement You believe his solemn pledge It’s the thin end of the wedge Don’t ignore that tiny voice Telling you you have a choice Got your car Got your wife Got your house Got your life It’s a temporary arrangement Just a temporary arrangement
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The kiss of death will come as a surprise Hard as a hammer blow Strike you between the eyes You always thought the rules did not apply You were the chosen one It was the other guy You should have taken better care Everyone told you to beware The kiss of death is colder than a knife Soft as a silenced gun Sweeter to you than life You're tired of all the secrets and the lies Don’t want to end your days Under some foreign sky So though you know he means you harm You welcome him with open arms The kiss of death - you knew he would betray Thank him with gentle words Smile as you’re led away You always knew how it was going to be Branded with burning lips Under a cedar tree So as he speaks your secret name Tell him you know he’s not to blame
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There’s a star on my dressing room door I’m the one all the critics deplore I remember my Richard gave Tynan the hump And he said that my tights had a rather strange lump And my Lear was a dreary old bore But there’s a star on my dressing room door There’s a star on my dressing room door So I leave all my clothes on the floor My faithful old dresser is there every night To clear it all up while I’m in the limelight It’s an honour for him, not a chore There’s a star on my dressing room door When I was the rage, the society pages Of all the best magazines Showed me consorting and sometimes cavorting With Michael and all the old queens There’s a star on my dressing room door And a new leading lady to paw Of course I knew Larry and Noël and John And when I perform I know they’re looking on As are Oscar and George Bernard Shaw There’s a star on my dressing room door My friends and admirers all marvel Amazed that I haven’t gone grey But in The Tempest I have to hold on So the wind doesn’t blow it away There’s a star on my dressing room door Every audience begs me for more Though I’m in my eighties I’m soldiering on The nation will mourn for me when I am gone So you can be perfectly sure There’s a star on my dressing room door

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The second set of songs from my lockdown song-a-day project.

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released March 21, 2021

Written and performed by Jessica Griffin. Photo by Gail O'Hara

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Would-Be-Goods London, UK

Would-be-goods are usually a four-piece band but this is a solo project which I began in October 2020, trying to trick myself into being more productive by treating songwriting as a game or challenge. Peter, my partner, acted as my daily title generator. I then had 24 hours to write and record the song. ... more

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