Sara and Baby's Wedding

150803

Sara and Baby are now married. Here’s a bunch of songs Baby wrote about them falling in love – they’re all on a CD that was given out at the wedding. Credits are at the bottom of the page.


* tobacco flower *


‘it’ll be the perfect marriage
you and me can live in the garage
I don’t have too much you see’
‘that’s alright, it’ll do for me’

tobacco flower
you’re beautiful
can I meet you after school?
we’ll death defy like kites around the sun
tobacco flower
you’re fabulous
would you let me kiss you on the bus?
for the first time in my life I think I’ve won


got drunk and lost my shoe
fell over a heart that’s true

it’s the century’s greatest romance
you and me should bunk over the fence
live off berries, bananas on toast
slow dancing from coast to coast

tobacco flower…

rainbows aren’t tricks of light when you hold my face
dreams aren’t pictures in the night when you’re close enough to taste
what’s the weather like with your head in the clouds?
what’s the weather like with your head in the clouds?





* cinder toffee *

yeah pumpkin, you're dishier than the dishes
you break over my head
everytime that you give me cinder toffee
and I forget what you just said
my fingers fell onto a secret chord
so you'd just know
and I know you always listen to the words
so here you go...

par-ce-que vous balancez mon monde avec le beau tonnerre
le sept octobre sourire fond le garçon de verre

yeah poppet, you're sweeter than the sweet shop
where we run to after school
cinder toffee explosion in your garden
if you'll love this whirling fool...
I found this song buried in your curls
as you went floating over me
and I know you always listen to the words
so these are yours for free...

par-ce-que vous balancez mon monde avec le beau tonnerre
le sept octobre sourire fond le garçon de verre

I'm your pooka
your dreaming boy
rockets in my pocket
ready to deploy
I'm your pooka
your firefly
you can keep me in a jam jar
I'll make the corners bright

and I thought about you all day long
I'm not surprised you're tired
please let me swim for one more hour
in your cinder toffee eyes
do you think this song sounds familiar?
well, I sing it while you sleep
because I know you always listen to the words
so these are yours to keep...

par-ce-que vous balancez mon monde avec le beau tonnerre
le sept octobre sourire fond le garçon de verre





* sleeping by a fire *

(instrumental)


* bed *

I felt a pull on my fillings
your locket must be a magnet
there’s no use you trying to get away
I’m made from elastic

cigarettes and Earl Grey Tea
are having this odd effect on me

if we stay here all day long
a million baby kisses
if we stay here all day long
I don’t think anybody’d miss us

look out of the window
what are we getting up for?
there’s an onion bhajee lost in the bed
it’s all yours

it’s all yours….

I felt something moving in my chest
you said it was allergic reaction
and if I didn’t let you brush your teeth
I was going to end up in traction

cigarettes and Earl Grey Tea…

if we stay here all day long…

look out of the window…

it’s all yours….

cigarettes and Earl Grey Tea
are having this odd effect on me

if we stay here all day long
I don’t think anyone’d miss us
if you fall asleep I’ll write you stupid songs
you might still like me at Christmas

look out of the window
what are we getting up for?
there’s an onion bhajee lost in the bed
it’s all yours

I’m all yours





* sparkle *

my leaky boots
and lucky suit
I’m a mess
next to you

we took the train
you felt the same
I didn’t know
so bluffed again

and your eyes
the Northern lights
sparkle
you floor me
the print of your smile
on a starlit mile
left me...
dizzy

band start to play
I’m out in space
through a wall of sound
your sweet face

your fingertips
and fish and chips
the smack of our
first clumsy kiss

and your eyes
bright searchlights
touch me
woke the town
into the night
flew butterflies
left me...
spellbound





* great day for Up *

little webbed toes and elephant nose
she looks like a queen in hand me down clothes
dig a dream in the garden, let it grow
‘I’m in love,’ she said ‘with Mr Hammerhead
but he keeps leaving six inch nails in my bed’
put a fear on a fence, fill it full of lead
‘maybe next week I’ll be his bride
lovely service by Father Three Eyes’
put a thought in your hat, turn it to Peachy Pie

oh Darling it’s a great day for Up
oh dearest it’s a great day for love

Happy the Snoo made her bed in a shoe
built her a heart from paper, string and glue
put a wish in your mouth, suck it til it’s true
she said ‘if I can I’ll kiss the Rubberman'
‘I’ll never get bored with his stretchy glands’
stab a horror with your thumb, flush it down the pan
they bought a ring and a bottle of gin
Rubber said ‘let’s fly’ and off they pinged
put a smile in your belly, let it swing

oh Darling…

you’re my type
the kind I like
you feeling brave?
we’ll go outside
I’m not fussed
you got no trust
you’re alright
you’re One of Us

Magico the Wee was as tall as a tree
went mad for the honey of Queenie Bee
splash water on your face, imagine it’s the sea
he said ‘I feel at home in her honeycomb
if she’d just make it clear, I’d be her drone’
put a kiss on her mouth, get you really stoned

oh Darling…





* 150803 *

(instrumental)


* sparkleland *

we're winning on the swings
we're winning on the slides
'pretty please, what is up?' I said
and you pointed to the sky

above the clouds that dim the day
and dead end streets, the shop displays
the rattle of the morning train
you sparkle and I shape your name

and when you kiss me sweetly
I lift off the map completely
between the grey and the blue
this drunken clock
belongs to you...

we're winning on the swings
we're winning on the wheels
and I will be the acrobat
hanging on your heels

packed tangerines for the trip
the crumbs of stars upon your lips
steeples climbed and woke the crows
you sparkle just to let me know

take my hand
I'm your man
something good can last forever
catch a kiss
catch a kiss
something good can last forever

and looking up I found a space
locked me in a state of grace
the rattle of the morning train
it will always feel the same

and I will kiss you sweetly
we'll fall off the map completely
gravity just a memory now
I'll sparkle
will you show me how...?





* bright star, dirty sky *

let’s make a brand new language
so no-one knows where we’ve been
communicate with a pack of cards
trumps are diamonds, you’re my queen

‘maybe’ you said ‘I’m better off dead
than to face this God forsaken gloom
would you break my legs so I can stay in bed?’
oh, anything for you…

bright star in a dirty sky
reach out for you
you’re so high
I wonder why…

antelopes and horoscopes
say it’s time that we jumped off the pier
give me a rope, life’s a joke
think I knew you before you came in here
I said let’s get together
walk hand in hand into the sea
feel I’ve known you forever
maybe you’re a bit like me…

bright star…

I wonder why (days without you are nothing at all)
I wonder why (the world keeps spinning we stay the same)
I wonder why (town crashes round and looks so small)
I wonder why (when I fall down drunk I call your name….)

let’s make a brand new language
so no-one knows where we’ve been
communicate with a pack of cards
trumps are diamonds, you’re my queen
you and I know there’s nothing above
never thought it could be like this
put me in the ground with penny love
heads up, do I win a kiss?

bright star in a dirty sky
reach out for you
you’re so high
bright star in a dirty sky
oh, you’re the girl for whom I’d gladly die….

let’s run away tonight….





* Buckingham Road *

(instrumental)




150803

written, sung and played for sweet face by chris

1. tobacco flower
2. cinder toffee
3. sleeping by a fire
4. bed
5. sparkle
6. great day for Up
7. 150803
8. sparkleland
9. bright star, dirty sky (live)
10.buckingham road

chris: singing, guitars, keyboards, bass, programming

guests:
John Fiddle: violin on 'sleeping'
Jim Best: keyboards on '150803'
Dave Drum: percussion on 'bed', drum n bass on 'great'
Sara: voice on 'bed' and sparkling
Fin B Drum: bouncing baby on 'great'
Dave Drum, Dave 3 and Munnsy on 'bright'

recorded and mixed by Chris, mastered by Julian





thank you: Lou (Cilla), Kev, Dave, Caroline, Fin, Baxter, Jim, Vicky,
John G, Barb, Scott (for the drum machine), Friendly, Libby, Adam, Julian at
Church Road Studios, Buddy, Mums and Dads and Sisters, Buckingham Road,
Lansdowne Place


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