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upon entering this song
please bear in mind these simple guidelines
for your enjoyment
and involvement in the piece
after commencement has begun
watch your head please everyone
for safe immersion
during this excursion and release

brace yourself, hold steady
whether or not you think you’re ready
sing along
sing along and be welcome in this song

the thing you should remember
is that whosoever sits with you
won’t be interested
nor invested in your life
they came for music to be heard
that jewel your witless whine pollutes
until your arrogance is apparent
in deathly quiet

brace yourself, hold steady
whether or not you think you’re ready
sing along
sing along and be welcome in this song

if your banter is a subtle
as a shattered champagne bottle
there’s accommodation
for vacant narration in t’other room
because your voice is like a shovel
your words melodious and motley
an irritating mating cry to the exhumed

brace yourself, hold steady
whether or not you think you’re ready
sing along
sing along and be welcome in this song

we all fail to see the relevance
that you’re looking forward to enjoying
another episodic dopey soap opera repeat tonight
your earnest self-importance
is becoming really quite annoying
so if i can paraphrase a chum
shut up

shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
but if you want to get up and dance
that’s fine

brace yourself, hold steady
whether or not you think you’re ready
sing along
sing along and be welcome in this song

© tim o’connor 2014

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from Returning to the Sea, released November 19, 2014

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

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cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018-
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