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beside the english seaside

from last dance by bushytunes

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A few different views about the seaside: nostalgia, resentment, xenophobia, all mixed up in a Beatles/XTC/Kinks/Ian Dury/Madness style stew.

lyrics

Be beside the English seaside
Be beside the sea
Be beside the English seaside
Be beside the sea

Give me the beach
And a bucket and a spade
Let me loose
Look at the sandcastles I made
Can I have ice cream?
Can I have one with a flake?
And some waffles too
Strawberries with cream?
Well that’s my favourite

Be beside the English seaside
Be beside the sea
To be beside the English seaside
Bestest thing to see

Things are different now
All the young folk are moving away
The ones who remain
Watch Jeremy Kyle and take drugs all day

I can’t believe how it is now
Being by the seaside really ain’t no breeze
East Europeans coming in and taking over
Everything that was worth having

To be beside the English seaside
Be beside the sea
To be beside the English seaside
What a place to be

I’d like to get away
To somewhere slightly more exotic
Caribbean island with cocktails
and umbrellas in but
I haven’t got a passport
I’ll stay beside the sea
With my fish and chips
And my old dad’s hat
That said: ‘KISS ME QUICK’
I don’t think anybody
Ever kissed him quick
Or slow, come to that

To be beside the English seaside
Be beside the sea
It may not be Nirvana
But it’s good enough for me

I hope it doesn’t disappear
I really miss the pier

To be beside the English seaside
Be beside the sea
Be beside the English seaside
Be beside the sea

There’s nothing better
Or at least there wasn’t
Once upon a time
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from last dance, released April 1, 2014

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Once upon a time there was a crazy idea: to create, record and upload a musical track every day for a year. And the idea floated round and round the planet, looking for a place to call home. After a long time of searching and wishing and watching, the idea chose to make a nest in the brain of a bushy fellow, coming to his aid and guiding him out of the doldrums, back to a magical pathway... ... more

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