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Living In The Aftermath

from Memoir Noir by Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six

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about

A man stands outside his own front door knowing that his wife is inside with her lover. He ponders whether to burst in and confront the pair or whether to walk round the block a few times and feign ignorance.

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The light has gone out in your window.
We are perched on the brink of a dawn.
But I am outside in the shadows
And I am alone.

I am no stranger to this door,
It was built with the sweat from my brow.
I lingered awhile on its threshold
Before turning round.

For what I lack won't be found in the looking,
What I want is to be there with you
But some houses are better as ruins,
Some people too.

So darling
Turn my picture to the wall
And do what you must do,
You say there's shame
In the lies we tell
But there is more shame in the truths.

You have scorned all my cloistered virtues
And the vices they may have produced,
You know youth isn't the time for seduction
It's a time to be seduced

But when the watering holes have all run dry
Then I shall drink from the mirage
And when you meet me there I will not ask why,
I will laugh

Turn my picture to the wall
And do what you must do,
You say there's shame
In the lies we tell
But there is more shame in the truths.

credits

from Memoir Noir, released March 12, 2012
Louis Barabbas - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Matthew Cleghorn - Lead Guitars
Tom Cleghorn - Drums, Vocals
Fran Lydiatt - Piano, Organ, Vocals
Phyllida Maude-Roxby - Viola, Violin
Biff Roxby - Vocals

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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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