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Asylum Life

from Henry Marsh - Paris Guns by Paris Guns

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Asylum Life

I like to play dominos
In the little white room
Where all my friends go
Oh, they know
How I got in here
And life adds up to more than years

I like to eat my breakfast in bed
Bacon, ketchup and bread, oh

But they wanna watch me with that fork
Yeah, they better watch me with that fork...

Or they'll get another episode of...
Asylum life

I like to keep my books in a line
Stop me wasting my time
Trying to find them

And its good when I can call up my mum
A boy's only real chum
Is his mater, oh

But a-when she tells me that I'm bad
Things tend to get a little out of hand
Yeah, a-when she tells me that I'm bad
They wanna watch me...

Who wants another episode of...
Asylum life?

Slow bliss, oh, as I ride on my pills
Like I've been pickled with dill
And then eaten
And they stop it from occurring to me I've been cheating

And slow bliss, oh, as i lay in my bed
Hearing the hum in my head
Like an engine
With all the gears worn smooth from overzealous tending

God, I wish they's help me when i scream
Oh, instead of being so bloody mean
Yeah, I wish they'd help me when I scream
And not squeeze me!

Then they wonder why I'm stuck inside, oh...
Asylum life

"No, no, no listen! We're all children,and we're in the garden,and we've got to look after the germs... yeah, germs!"

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from Henry Marsh - Paris Guns, track released December 4, 2003
Written and recorded by Henry Marsh, 2003.

Produced by Lee Knott and Henry Marsh.

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Paris Guns London, UK

Henry Marsh (b. 1982) was a self-taught musician and songwriter, based in London. He wrote and recorded over 40 songs before his suicide in July 2012. Sober and clean from the end of 2011, he launched himself into his last solo musical project: Paris Guns, named after the biggest gun ever made that was fired only once in WWII. Henry is no longer here – Paris Guns is his legacy. ... more

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