elbow - Leaders Of The Free World

Picky Bugger - Preaching what I most need to learn. A cautionary tale about excessive partying. The working title stuck.

Forget Myself - Friday nights, inner-city. Everybody looking for love even if they would batter you for suggesting it. Sub-titled 'Buddha With Mace', it features a description of a bouncer I used to work with.

"He's so mercifully free of the pressures of grace. He's St Peter in satin. He's Buddha with mace".

The Stops - "I pull out the stops and you pull the plug."

Leaders of the Free World - I saw footage of Bush senior and junior when the latter was voted in for his 2nd term. George W. was all but shrugging his dad off and hogging the attention and I could suddenly see him as an 8 year old. A spoilt, nasty, selfish little shit for brains. He's officially the most powerful man in history.

An Imagined Affair - This is about an affair I imagined

A Mexican Standoff - Is a 3 way deadlock. The first to move is most likely to die. I was jealous about my girl's ex:

"He'd look ideal 'neath the wheels of a car. Mexican Standoff. I wish I was hard"

The track features 3 year old Dylan Jupp's debut appearance, laughing hysterically.

The Everthere - Same sentiment as "When I'm 64" but not as jolly.

"Slide into another book. Now and then laugh out loud. Throw that very dirty look which says "OK stop staring at me now"'

My Very Best

"Give that girl my very best though it never made the grade"

Great Expectations - I got married once on the 135 bus to Bury. It was such a low-key affair that even the bride didn't know.

"Stockport supporters club kindly supplied us a choir"

Puncture Repair - We recorded this in Craigs house. I have the best mates in the World.

Thanks for listening

Love

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