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Ladybird Book of Philosophy

from Happiness is Egg Shaped by The Burning Glass

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You can probably tell from the way that I speak I was born in the home counties
Somewhere near the bottom of the top of the heap but I've always felt more green belt than street
I drop my 't's but I can talk nicely one dropped an 'e' at an all night party
I like the Landscape around here and the trees and my ladybird book of philosophy says

I believe that it's alright to like your good luck buttered
Providing you're prepared to spend a little time in the gutter
It's evident fate doesn't make home visits strange as it may seem
Normal's not something to aim for is just a setting on your washing machine

Living in a van in a field suits me meet my lack of equity with equanimity
I voted Green in a blue safe seat just a drop in the ocean of all the small 'c's
They say we've got to leave the European Union but we've just got to get a lot more Epicurean
You can sum up a whole civilization with those little tiny cups of milk you get in service stations
There are more ways you can look at your life than there are cats eyes on the M25
Time and motion the unexamined life is a slow self murder it's a kind of suicide
While you're cutting your grass and paying your taxes the moon wanes and the moon waxes
Cutting your grass and paying your taxes the moon wanes and waxes
The fact is it takes practice knowing when to get distracted
Here's to the pursuit of happiness in your trainers and tracksuit

I wrote this song in the home counties
Sitting in my van making toasted cheese
Which I burnt to a cinder trying to tie up loose ends
Eating cold baked beans from the can thinking
What am I doing trying to put this all into words
But I'm far from certain if they mean anything
Talk is cheep cheep cheep chirp the birds when they sing
words are light like feathers but put together right feathers made wings

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from Happiness is Egg Shaped, released August 18, 2017
Written by Edwin Brooks Arranged by The Burning Glass Edwin Brooks Vocals Ukulele, Nina Harries Vocals Bass, Kizzy Brooks Vocals Drums, Joseph Trudgeon Guitar Vocals

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The Burning Glass London, UK

Edwin Brooks writes songs that tell stories and make people laugh, jiggle about and even occasionally cry. The band use tuned percussion, ukulele, fiddle, drums and lots of singing to bring these songs to life in their own distinctive style of acoustic pop. They will be performing their debut recording ‘Things that Happened and Other Stories’ on the festival circuit in 2014. ... more

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