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The Killers at the Counter

from Splinterheart by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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THE KILLERS AT THE COUNTER (27/4/10)
The door opens and two men walk in, they sit at the counter
“What will you have?” the busboy asks, “What will you have this evening?”
Outside it’s getting dark, the streetlight lights up
The killers at the counter read the menu
And the clock strikes eight and it’s getting late and the day has flown
“Give me the gun; every time you drink you want to kill someone”
He’s down on his knees, he’s begging them please
“Every time we get drunk we want to kill someone, give me the gun”
He’s down on his knees, he’s begging them please
And the clock strikes eight and it’s getting late and the day has flown

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from Splinterheart, released August 31, 2010
The Killers at the Counter (Reilly) (5:45)
David Reilly - Vocals; Acoustic Bass; Samples; Treatments; SFX

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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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