Doin' That Scrapyard Thing (Words and music
by Pete Brown and Jack Bruce)
Unichappell Music (BMI)
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When I was young they gave me a mongrel piano
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Spent all my time inventing the cup of tea
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Writing your name in the sea
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Banging my fav'rite head
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Missing the last bed, waving a cheery herring
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Balancing brass bands on the tip of my toe
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Phoning your home from my tree
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Drinking my fav'rite loch
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When I was old they gave me a model factory
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I met three salads out on the motorway
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Leaving your name at the door
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Breaking my fav'rite egg
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Missing the walrus, sharing my last banana
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Balancing zeppelins on the end of my nose
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Calling your name in the zoo
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Blowing my fav'rite mind