Crack a Smile

from Sparklemusik by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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28/3/21 & 7/4/21

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I can't believe the things you tell me are so true that you could tell me
and no smile would even crack upon your face
Because you left the car there burning when you took the third wrong turning
and you set fire to the Chevy post the chase

And the bank was just exploding from the dynamite you're holding
And the bags of cash were falling from the car
But you left me standing waiting at the spot where I'd been waiting
And you never even tried to reach the bar

And when we finally hit the hideout and the horses came to ride out
And the sky above was filling up with stars
And the sirens they were calling and our hopes they were a-falling
And the chances were as good as life on Mars

I just tried to do the talking whereas you just kept on walking
There was nothing left to say between us then
So I took my faithful cheque book and I started with a left hook
But you dodged the punch and snapped my favourite pen

And the pets ran out to greet us just like Jesse James the foetus
And you shot me in the back with my own gun
But I lived to tell the tale and they let you out on bail
And we both had a rocket full of fun

And the ladies they were lovely and the songs were all by Whitney
As they draped themselves around us as we ate
We were covered in the money and we dined on milk and honey
But I realised that none of this was great

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from Sparklemusik, released May 7, 2021
David Reilly - Vocals, Guitars, Drums, SFX
Stuart Cobley - Aggressive Guitar

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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