And I can see what a fool I've been
My hands are stained with thistle milk
Look at the state it's got me in
Trying to be Mansfield's very own
Like to be Mansfield's very own
Steve Malkmus [x4]
The fire that burned inside of me
That sank rapidly into vacancy and chill
And now my hours of happiness
Are darkened by the thought they are passing towards nothing
Yeah that was me down at Camber Sands
Signing in to my chalet as
J Buckley [x3]
Unlikely
I should have just got a job on the bins
The pay's better and I know some hard blokes
And I wouldn't have to pretend
That I know what rethorical means
I could have been like Lou Barlow
But I'm more like Ken Barlow
And now the notes taken from www.hmhb.co.uk
The Lark Ascending is "a romance for violin and small orchestra" by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). It can be heard to excellent effect under the opening titles to John Duigan's film 'The Year My Voice Broke' (1987). It's also a personal favourite of 'TV funnyman' Vic Reeves. More info here (ta Andrew Petrie).
"My hands are stained with thistle-milk" is also from Hardy's "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles", Phase the Third: The Rally, Chapter 4:
"She went stealthily as a cat through this profusion of growth, gathering cuckoo spittle on her skirt, cracking snails that were underfoot, staining her hands with thistle-milk and slug-slime, and rubbing off upon her naked arms sticky blights which, though snow white on the apple tree trunks, made madder stains on her skin." (thanks to Stuart Fairbrother).
Steve Malkmus Main Pavement man, now solo.
Camber Sands is a Pontins complex in
J. Buckley i.e. Jeff, son of Tim, drowned in a tragic accident in 1997.
Lou Barlow One-third of Dinosaur Jr, more of Sebadoh, now with Folk Implosion. Comparisons with Nick Drake stand up, in my eyes.
Ken Barlow The most happening boring man this side of
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