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Originally released on the album `Imaginary Walls Collapse' on Song, by Toad Records, July 2013.

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Have you walked
his acres?
Would you like to be
buried with his people?
All alone
in your home
on your own?

In the sunburn
of your quiet life
with caskets lined up
neatly on top of
tree trunks
All alone
in your home
on your own?

Will you laugh?
Will you sing?
Will you wheel?
Will you wing?
Will you surface into the
night sky?
Depends on how long
You are planning
to go on, to go on.

Will you shout?
Will you cry?
Will you love till you die?
Will you gather all
the fragments up
in your breast?
Left un-cared for
in the night sky
you were heard exclaiming:

"Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!
Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!
Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!
And I can't explain
I've myself to blame
so hold me down
while they strap me in!"

Have you walked his foothills?
Would you like to be
cheered-on by his people?
on your own
All alone
in your home?
In the living room
of your burned-out,
plastic terracotta cardboard seafront
All alone, all alone,
on your own.

Will you laugh?
Will you sing?
Will you wheel?
Will you wing?
Will you surface into the
night sky?
Depends on how long
You are planning
to go on, to go on.

Will you shout?
Will you cry?
Will you love till you die?
Will you gather all
the fragments up
in your breast?
Left un-cared for
in the night sky
you were heard exclaiming:

"Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!
I said:
Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!
I said:
Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!
And I can't explain
I've myself to blame
so hold me down
while they strap me in!"


"Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!
Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!
Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!
I'm a let-down!
I'm undignified!"

Whooo-ah-whoo-ah-hoo!

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from Pop's Lowly Status: An Introduction To Adam Stafford (Compilation, 2022), released November 22, 2022
Words and Music by Adam Stafford.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Robbie Lesiuk, Anniesland, Glasgow, October 2012. Mastered by Ruben Taylor.

Adam: Beatboxing, Vocals
Robbie Lesiuk: Bass, Percussion
Siobhan Wilson: Vocals

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Adam Stafford Falkirk, UK

Adam Stafford is a musician and short film director from Falkirk, Central Scotland.

Stafford is known for his intense live performances which incorporate soul-pop, post-punk avant-garde and a capela experimentalism to dizzying effect. ... more

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