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Missile Boy

from Tell Tale Tusk by Tell Tale Tusk

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A fascination with the every day
Made little Johnny lie awake
He tried and tried to contemplate until his head it really ached

He stared up at the sun so high
Until the moon it passed right by
In his room he made a plan
He wanted to learn how to fly....

(Chorus)
The numbers danced poetically
He calculated perfectly
The only thing he didn't see
Were the little bits of deberis

In his room he stayed up late
Fixing wings with bits of tape
Late one night a stranger came
To ask some questions
VERY STRANGE
Johnny never wondered why
He had a gun up on his thigh
In the strangers squinting eyes
A steaming hint of danger lied

The man was from the government
A stranger who was like cement
Hardened to the joys of life
And wounded with a secret knife
He wanted to take Johnny's plan
Make him rich and give him land
Life would be so very grand if only he would sell his plan...

(Chorus)

A fascination with the every day
Made little Johnny lie awake
He tried and tried to contemplate until his head it really ached
He stared up at the sun so high
Until the moon it passed right by
In his room he made a plan
He wanted to learn how to fly

(Chorus)

The numbers danced
The numbers danced
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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from Tell Tale Tusk, released June 21, 2016

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Tell Tale Tusk London, UK

Tell Tale Tusk weave spellbinding and award-winning vocal harmonies around melodious instrumentals to reimagine folktales old and give light to folktales new.

Tell Tale Tusk’s take on folk is boundlessly creative: as well as being inventive interpreters of music from around the British Isles, the ensemble are prolific writers, adding their distinctive and astute voices to modern day folksong.
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