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The Oliver Twist Manifesto
Luke Haines
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Workhouse?
Yeah?
What do you want?
Information
Who the fuck do you think you are?
You never fucking stop
Always wanting something for nothing
Okay, I'll give you what you want
I'll give you information
All these songs about Christ, spooks and personal vendettas
Organ donation as a mini operetta
People gonna say that you've gone off your rocker
Well I'm the brightest thing on the roster
And I sleep well when I turn out the light
I'm like an off-duty comedian at the end of a bad night
Easy to admire, difficult to love
You gotta believe me when I say I never wanted to be liked
And I defy the curfew
A sense of humour is the most overrated virtue
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Get off your knees you grovelling bastards
This is Oliver Twist pissing over Britannia
200 Years of Tin Pan Alley
A learned cur from a candid mentor
Newgate, Broad Street, Langdale's Distillery
Papist threats and no potpourri
It's a beautiful night again
So paint the wall white again
Brutality for the kids
Oliver Twist
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There was this gang who I used to run with
Ragamuffins, urchins, scums, spivs
Looking good comes in handy
When you're dipping in the pockets of a dandy
And there's treason in the air, it's just a leap of faith
There's murder in the air, the railing's in place
Christie lives in Soho
This is the Oliver Twist manifesto
Brutality for the kids
Oliver Twist
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I operated now under four different names
I can use any one of them any time again
I've never been one to hold a grudge
Twist has turned vicious
What if all of the malevolent cripples
Are the raspberry ripples?
I just heard any of them
And they're the brightest of all of the people
Oliver Twist, vaudeville spook mentalist
Disappear into a pea-souper
Swooping down on your back
Coming out of a cone, snap
Into a pea-souper
A casserole stand
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It was meant to be great
But it's gone wrong again
It's a beautiful night
So paint the wall white again
Get off your knees
'Cause Christie lives
It's a beautiful night for treason
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
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