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more from the origins of Mr Howie Reeve. See guinea pig possessed for full story, or at least partial fiction. a bit heavy on the wordplay, I now find, but it had a few fans in its day. Well, some of the maybe half dozen people I played it to. A pocket of skinny Glaswegian dogs and wastrels. Possibly a few folk in whirling pig dervish too, who can tell?

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you strolled over the horizon
lamb dressed as mutton
your beauty was surprisin’
the teeth of Lauren Hutton
the nose of Quentin Crisp
and the eyes of Laura Mars
you walked with a lisp
as you fixed up old cars

Me and my Talbot Horizon
with one brain betwixt
and lo, we came unto you
to get our thingummybob fixed
as the waitress poured coffee
and adjusted her bra
I pored over the menu
and you adjusted my car

And do you remember that time you said to me:
“I’ve never understood you, but now I’ve stood under you.”
we had stalled upon a bridge
in an old and greedy rover
you were listening in the river to the engine ticking over
you talked of going straight, it nearly drove me round the bend
you spoke of endless love, and yet we found a loveless end
I said: “Don’t press yourself too closely,
although I’d love to dance
my wife put paid to that when she sewed thermite in my pants.”

we’er ghosts and we don’t care
we got sisters/brothers everywhere
you can’t kill what’s already dead
shoot me in the head

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released August 8, 1998
original music by Howie Reeve
song and arrangement by Andy Matthews

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Ah! Records is officially the least successful record label of all time. Plagued for 30 years by bad luck, criminality, drug- induced recklessness and vandalism, only founders Bill Easton & Andy Matthews' belief in the merits of these releases have ensured Ah!'s continuity. Currently a toilet on a houseboat in Portugal, the office of Ah! introduces these gems to a new generation via bandcamp. x ... more

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