Hi All, I've been struggling to decipher the lyrics of the Peel Acres songs & here is the usual half-assed comedy mis-hearing riddled effort. Massive props to Em for giving me an enormouse start. Corrections, improvements always welcome, especially from the authors :) Belle And Sebastian - Peel Acres, 25.07.02 You Don't Send Me Since you went away Everything is looking great I'm a little bored When I see you out maybe walking in the street You always cross the road Listen honey there is nothing you can say to offend me Listen honey there is nothing you can say to offend me anymore You don't send me anymore Our little scene is getting smaller by the day It's a human zoo But the key is change getting over all your problems, you’re not a fool Listen honey there is nothing you can say to surprise me Listen honey there is nothing you can say to offend me Cause you don't send me Every sound is tame every group would be the same It would drive you mad What ever happened to the sounds that left you on the floor Laughing, crying, jumping and singing Listen honey there is nothing you can say to astound me Listen honey there is nothing you can say to offend me anymore You don't send me anymore You don't send me anymore You don't send me anymore Roy Walker I wandered all night I wondered all night about you I've been here for years just wandering around the neighbourhood Like a fresh manifestation of an old phenomenon A breeze whips through the tree The rustling leaves and branches bend together the cutest way Forever by the forces of the Lord's choreography I wandered all night I wondered all night about you I've been here for years just wandering around the neighbourhood Just for a second the combination of sights and surroundings Sends him hurtling back to the myriads? of? teenager thoughts and fears He passes big houses and family cars They saddled the horses in cobblestone yards Catches the moon looking down from the stars Like it's done for years and years Wonder, I wonder I wondered all night about you I wonder, I wonder I wondered all night, all night about you Perpetual? feeling? In the grown-up worlds that surround him That there are secrets that can be revealed with knowledge and philosophy And oh to be dumb Oh to be smart He might be nursing a broken heart But feeling this way is just playing a part that's been around for centuries I wandered all night I wondered all night about you I've been here for years just wandering around the neighbourhood I wandered all night I wondered all night about you Love On The March Animals come banging their drums Street fears in summer Kids run around Having their fun Men are already drunk Ba ba da-da-da, etc. A religious holiday’s begun Maybe its because we have no sun Marching begins, animals sing Words that are twisted Meanings of hate Look at the face Bitter and ready to fight A religious holiday’s begun Maybe its because we have no sun Lost in the crowd Shouting out loud Drinking my fill of a Bottle of gin I’ll do anything To help me forget about you Woeful affair You hopelessly flirt With that girl who works in the Pub for a night When at closing time You will be at my door Tell me what it is I have to do I sacrificed everything for you I was feeling so good and the sun was shining All I wanted was to get across the street I made my biggest mistake when I left her with the hurling? match? and the broken kettle? You’re sick, ever since I was a little kid I always have to bail you out when you take off with your drinking mates and their idiot games If you sing those songs you have to slip They beat me up because I crossed their march They said I need to learn a bit of respect But I am on their side & I follow the team When I get out of here somebody’s gonna get it Ba ba da-da-da, etc. Sleep On A Sunbeam When the half light makes for a clearer view Sleep a little more if you want to But restlessness has seized me now its true I could watch the dreams flicker in your eyes Lying here asleep on a sunbeam I wonder if you realize you fascinate me so Think I’ve found a new destination If you think you need inspiration Roll out the map and mark it with a pen I will follow every direction Just lace up your shoes, go and fetch ‘em A sleeping bag, a tent I know the summer's passing by All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet A walk on sand, a fire I can warm my hands My joy will be complete How about a new destination Never short of new inspiration Roll out your map and mark it with a the gin? We've got plans to conquer the country I'm waiting for you to get out of your situation with your job and quit your life/wife? All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet A walk on sand, a fire I can warm my hands My joy will be complete Desperation Made A Fool Of Me I’m sick I’ve felt this way for some time now Fed up with the daily grind I’m trying to find relief If you feel this way then clap your hands Never thought this was a private line? What is making people mean about? sin? Now that I have got my motives straight And I am thinking clearly I’ll sneak up to your window with my senses open? wide I’m tired On my shoulders weighing heavily With the full responsibility For your troubles and your charms You betray the cause?? that run with you Like the sword in some old tragedy Either stick it in my back Or pull out Now that I have got my motives straight And I am thinking clearly I’ll sneak up to your window with my senses open wide Never really thought it would be like this I know its kinda? happening I’m glad that it is I’m glad Now that I have got my motives straight And I am thinking clearly I’ll sneak up to your window with my senses open wide I never knew that ?? would be/feel? like this I know its kinda?? happened I’m glad that it is I’m glad I love (most of) these songs. Its rumoured that Mick wrote You Don't Send Me - true or not it has a brilliant trumpet part so Mr Cooke still gives good horn. And Stuart sounds a lot like Donovan. Great vibes on Roy Walker too: especially since Beans was on or in the bog whilst playing. Shades of Duane Allman in the Muscle Shoals toilet tearing out that fantastic long solo on Boz Scaggs' Loan Me A Dime (what's that? You've brought that up before, David? OK, I'll shut up about it then.) Good toilet humour between songs from the aptly named Wee Chris btw. The P F said the harmonies were reminiscent of 70's YOUNG. It didn't strike me at the time, but I have to admit that when I went back to look for it, it was there. I guess Love On The March has made the least impression on me so far - all a bit too D UHF CD22 for my taste. Sleep On A Sunbeam is beautiful: Sarah makes it all sound so real & personal, whether it is from her imagination or not. Like Em, I hope its not really a wife she wants the geezer to quit! Spoil my nice romantic slushy image! Pretty lead guitar from Stevie(?) too, *and* he plays most of the way through the song, just to please the P F. The intro to Desperation Made A Fool Of Me sounds sadly like Seymour Stein, except for the piano, but it gets great shortly thereafter. The glorious OTT piano and the soaring keyboards remind me a lot of something, most probably mid-60's Dylan but that could also be the reversal in position within the lyric, all the way from "I'm sick" to "I'm glad". I like this song a lot. A recording with the vocal mixed higher would be fantastic, please. Ha ha. I can hear the echo in the almost completely empty room now, but I'll plod on. Some thanks are due. To Princess Oon for her lovely post: I feel privileged to have been involved in a small way in her fortnight in the UK & I am glad she enjoyed herself & saw so many friends old & new. And ate all of London's roast duck & chillies. Did anyone notice a recurrent theme of missing appointments due to breakfast lasting well into lunch time? How does she stay so slim & small!! Also I get to go to work wearing either one of my two Thai elephant ties or the amazing silk elephant boxer shorts. The Pissing Girl keyring has yet to make an appearance there however, & as I am way too fat for the beautiful boy tee shirt it was donated to Ally. Talking of whom, in a recent fortnight he and Lucy have been round to stay (albeit way too briefly), I have watched The Clientele's show with Tim and ended up playing pool with Alasdair, Marianna & Mark in Mark's basement (on his beautifully fashioned home-made table! how clever), and then on Sunday Pam & I went to a barbecue at Tim/Stevie/Sez' with some more lovely people. I wouldn't have been lucky enough to have done any of that except for Sinister so the biggest thanks of all are due to Princess Honey. Long may she reign! 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