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Turn A Deaf Ear
Lindisfarne
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The stage director stood up and he called the actors down
He asked them all to say three words, "Up, down and around"
So up, down and around they cried with one common voice
And up, down and around they went for it was their only choice
I can only turn again to the front again
Only to turn again to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen but I can't hear
Ah, my friend's girl, she has a wireless
Stereo sticking out of her head
And a pile of true romances lying underneath her bed
And a giant poster of Jerry G. just beside the door
But I know she'll get along fine without
Him if he doesn't see her anymore
I can only turn again to the front again
Only to turn again to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen but I can't hear
The strings were cut from a guitar puppet singer on the stage
And his music became furious and he stamped his foot in rage
The girls, they screamed in agony, the boys, they groped in fear
And the song was called, "Have Mercy Be, Have Mercy On Me"
I can only turn again to the front again
Only to turn again to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen but I can't hear
I remember what the old man said, "I simply wouldn't stand"
As he spoke very quietly with a waving of his hand
"Every pig into its own hole" was what he seemed to say
And no one should go looking for a better place to stay
I can only turn again to the front again
Only to turn again to the rear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen but I can't hear
Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn again
I can listen but I can't hear
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Guesting on tonight's show, I'm
Delighted to say, we've got Linda Svarn
You've just been listening to them, uh, folk rock band I suppose
You would call them, percussive folk coming from the North East
More from Linda Svarn later
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