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Love struck me down way too young.
I wish I'd known what I know now.
Love struck me down,
The silver lining only served to conceal the cloud.
It lay in wait pretending
To be some kind of happy ending,
Love struck me down.
It hollowed me out and wore me like a crown.
Love struck me down
It got me bewitched,
Now word's going round that I'm cupid's new bitch.
Love struck me down,
It saddled me up and rode me around.

I looked to the sky and saw Cupid fly by
With a bow in his hands and a glint in his eye,
Tattoos on his shoulders where there should have been wings,
He was clinking a chain made of old wedding rings

And towering above on a dark cloud stood love
Cramming her claws into a pair of black gloves.
She told me politely
"I think you'll grow to like me"
Down came Aphrodite and said "You can't fight me"

Love struck me down way too young,
Pinned me to the ground and ripped out my tongue,
Love struck me down
And fed me in chunks to her slavering hounds

Once you've seen what I've got to show
Beneath my halo
You'll never ever want to go
(and nobody need know).
If another tempts you away
I'll make them pay,
So stay with me

Love speaks a tongue that none can translate,
It stands at our rudder with no other shipmates,
I'm sure that my mother told me I should just wait
But I took Love's bait.
Now it's too late.

I've got to get out of here...

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from Live At The Dancehouse Theatre, released August 8, 2011

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Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six Manchester

Between 2006-2016 the Bedlams relentlessly peddled their peculiar brand of Dirt-Swing, capturing the imaginations of every species of listenership, winning support from the likes of Supergrass, The Mighty Boosh, Har Mar Superstar, UB40, Mark Steel, The Hell’s Angels and BBC Radio, inspiring stage invasions, dancing in the aisles and a confused mixture of exhaustion and bonhomie wherever they went ... more

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