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Box of Tricks

from Henry Marsh - Paris Guns by Paris Guns

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Box of Tricks

sorry if i made you jealous
and you went and had a puke
‘cause my name isn’t matthew
or mark or a luke

and we both came quite close to
the razor’s nick
then i put it back into
my box with my tricks

my box of tricks
is red on the outside
it’s blue on the inside for you

my box with my tricks
is purple all over
like us two

should i be sorry that i showed you
the sum of all my fears
dunno where you got the gum from
but it’s stuck behind my ear

and i’m trying not to sound like
a pompous prick
but should i stick it back into
my box with my tricks?

my box of tricks
is red on the outside
it’s blue on the inside for you

my box with my tricks
is purple all over
like us two

and look i’m burning up
why don’t you run away?
perhaps i’m not all here
why don’t you stay?
out there where the brush is long
i’m ready to hear

well loki came and saw me
i was at my brother’s house
i had a tame rat in one hand
and a harvest mouse

and he looked just like an angel
and ugly as sin
said softly: ‘when you’re ready’
we began to begin

and i’m sorry that i listened
from the bottom of my heart
when in the missionary position
went tearing apart

and i’m turning on my camera
as his neck clack-clicked
now i’m putting it back into
my box with my tricks

my box of tricks
is red on the outside
it’s blue on the inside for you

my box with my tricks
is purple all over
like us two – to whit: to who?

and look i’m burning up
why don’t you run away?
perhaps i’m not all here
why don’t you stay?
out there where the brush is long
i’m ready to hear

i don’t want to hold your hand
don’t want you to understand
never did and never do

i would like to walk the land
with a bag of kiln-dried sand
and a revolver in a roux

my box of tricks
is a purple and turquoise check
blank as you

my box with my tricks
is shaken and stirred all over
like us two – to whit: to who?

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from Henry Marsh - Paris Guns, released July 18, 2013
Written and recorded by Henry Marsh, 2012

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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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