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To read Louis Barabbas' song commentary visit bedlamyouth.com/lyrics-commentary/tonight/

lyrics

You had me packed like an artefact
In the cotton of your ambition
But there was something in my condition
That made me long for a little more.
You had me squeezed for at least
The last two years of marriage
But some mistaken adage
Made you blind to what was in store.

I’ll be waiting up
When you get home tonight

I made a cat-flap for my jealousy
So it could roam where it wanted.
It had a sorry tail that it flaunted
But every night it still came home
(Unlike you) but I made do
With those slivers of deceit,
Those little tributes left at my feet
For which your conscience will atone.

I’ll be waiting up
When you get home tonight

Now I’m so fraught and overwrought
Like a bird among the rafters,
But it ain’t laughter that I’m after,
Just a grim and knowing sneer.
As for you, when I’m through
You’ll be sore down to your ligaments.
There ain’t no love without disfigurement,
I’ve known no fondness without fear.

I’ll be waiting up
When you get home tonight

credits

from Youth, released March 3, 2014
Louis Barabbas (writer) - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Matthew Cleghorn - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Tom Cleghorn - Drums, Backing Vocals
Fran Lydiatt - Piano, Backing Vocals
Biff Roxby - Trombones (bass and tenor), Backing Vocals
Dan Watkins (engineer) - Bass Guitar

Also featuring
Paddy Maude-Roxby - Percussion
Joe Moffitt - Clarinet
Sam Moffitt - Trumpet

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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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