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about

Louis tried to write a hit single. You know, something catchy without too many twists and turns. Couldn't quite help but pepper it with all sorts of arcane phrasing though, thus ends all chart ambition...

lyrics

You and I have been here before
But this time I came prepared
You know our love is little more
Than a loneliness that we shared

I've been living in the shadow of a monument
To the kind of man you want me to be
Well you can cry all you like over my indifference
But you sewed the seeds of my ennui

And I am warning you girl
Just like you once warned me

Woe betide you
If you want to hurt me again

You tell me I'm hurting your feelings now
Well I was aiming at your thoughts
Certainly there's something appealing about
The kind of happiness we sought

But what's the use in filling pages if you can't rip them out
I refuse to play the villain in my own life
Yes those pretty little cynicisms we can do without
But I won't let you grind me down and I won't go without a fight

I am warning you girl
Just like you once warned me

Woe betide you
If you want to hurt me again

You know I wasn't hewn from heroic timber
But I'm growing tired of our little tableau
There's a light beyond this gloom, though it's no more than a glimmer
It's enough to guide my way as I walk out on you

Because I am warning you girl
Just like you once warned me

Woe betide you

credits

from Memoir Noir, released March 12, 2012
Louis Barabbas (writer) - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Biff Roxby - Bass Trombone, Cello, Vocals
Fran Lydiatt - Piano, Vocals
Matthew Cleghorn - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Tom Cleghorn - Drums, Vocals
Dan Watkins - Bass Guitar
Phyllida Maude-Roxby - Viola
Gus Fairbairn - Tenor Saxophone, Vocals
Alison Cegielka - Vocals
Harry Doherty - Handclaps

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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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