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Upsidedown Blackbird

from Five Songs by Martin Springett

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lyrics

Having heaved myself
from somewhere on high
not nearly high enough
on more than enough rope.....

I am smoking
resigned to smoking
resigned to ariel
tinpanalley music of spoons
tootle of horns
I am poised
I am kneeling
down
down
down
down

mark this: here is a creature
only found in the woods at night
curled round crawling roots
that have found their way
above ground
twisting ruined fingers
round a ruined stone
here is a creature
would break our hearts like twigs

Having heaved myself
from somewhere on high
not nearly high enough
on more than enough rope.....

I am smoking
resigned to smoking
resigned to ariel
tinpanalley music of spoons
tootle of horns
I am poised
I am kneeling
down
down
down
down


wind me up
and i totter
talking about myself
crying for mercy
the best of everything
watched by the wind
wheeling
one eyed
one eyed
one eyed
one eyed

credits

from Five Songs, released February 24, 2015
Music composed by Martin Springett / Geoff Young / David Trevis / John Cheesman / Penner MacKay
Lyric by Cyril McColgan
Martin Springett / Acoustic rhythm guitar / Vocals
Geoff Young / Lead guitar
David Trevis / Bass
John Cheesman / Drums
Penner MacKay / Percussion / whistling

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Martin Springett Toronto, Ontario

Martin Springett is an author/illustrator
/musician living and working in Toronto. Born in the U K Martin emigrated to Canada but returned to London in the early 70's to pursue a music career. He toured and recorded in Europe and England, designed L P covers for CBS (Sony) records, and eventually returned to Canada to follow a career in art and illustration.
He has recorded six C D's.
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