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The Man With The Smoking Shoes

from innuendo by THE SPECTRAL PRiDE+1

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...adventures in the undieworld...

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Do you remember the time we travelled the world
Dressed like tinkers, selling snake oil
We begged, borrowed and stole our way
Never staying anywhere more than a day
Lived like that for about a year
Till the sharpsuits came and trashed our gear
Spy innuendo all of the time
Looking in mirrors and probing minds
They stripped us naked, stole our clothes
All they left were our smoking shoes
Stripped us naked, stole our clothes


They said we were spies
Insurgents
They were the Force
We were disturbance
We were just guys
They were uncivil servants
Pointy-faced spies

Vacuous crap, we told ourselves
Kill em all dead and run for the hills
Take everything but the shoes on their feet
Payback time for the man on the street
A tailor we met on the way to town
Liked our suits and where were they from?
We said ‘Rome,’ he said ‘Ah...
The roses are beige this time of year
I’ll buy you a drink, you’re travel-stained
It’s been 23 days since it last rained.’
Next thing we knew we were back in his flat
One more drink and flat on our backs
He stripped us naked, stole our clothes
All he left were our smoking shoes
Stripped us naked, stole our clothes

He said we were spies
Insurgents
He was the Force
We were disturbance
We were just guys
Uncivil servants
Pointy-faced spies

Cover your eyes
Insurgents
We are the Force
Call us disturbance
We’re the bad guys
Uncivil servants
Pointy-faced spies


Last we met you were all in white
Pointy-faced soldier high as a kite
Me I was black but exactly the same
We shared your mirror and swapped false names
Italian suits, all the right moves
Smoking down to our smoking shoes
Italian suits, all the right moves

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from innuendo, released June 1, 2012
Written by Jonny Deadpan and THE SPECTRAL PRiDE
Arranged and played by THE SPECTRAL PRiDE, with special guest Jonny Deadpan
Recorded, mixed and mastered by The Knobster at The Bunker
Produced by Mr Reindeer

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A recording venture launched in the spring of 2004 to enable four friends to meet and indulge in a common favourite pastime: the laying down of sounds while making one another laugh.

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