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John Cronin is Unwell
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John Cronin is a man
Who doesn’t take too kindly
To being told by others
What to do or what to say
He’s not a sort of character
About whom songs are written
But I’ll sing you this song
About John Cronin anyway
John Cronin is a man I think
Of this we can be certain
Who feels he's seen a truth
That all the others seem to miss
No corporation tie for John
He'd not be seen dead in one
I fear he feels he's found a way
To prove that he exists
This Cronin is unsound
He doesn’t listen to advice
He seems to think that none of this is
Serious
Habits must he mend
A message must we send
John Cronin is a man
About whom colleagues speak of warmly
But timetables are slipping
And now something has to give
It pains me to inform him
He’s on a final warning
The union has done
The very best it can for him
Now Cronin is unwell
The doctor says he’ll be away for weeks
And who can tell if this is
Serious?
Flowers should we send?
Could this be the end?
John Cronin was a man
Who didn’t take too kindly
To being told by others
What to do or what to say
He’s not a sort of character
About whom songs are written
But I’ll sing you this song
About John Cronin anyway
I’ll sing you this song
About John Cronin anyway now
I’ll sing you this song
About John Cronin anyway
I’ll sing you this song
About John Cronin anyway now
I’ll sing you this song
About John Cronin anyway
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Lofty and Eastman
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Lofty and Eastman are waiting
They’ve heard that soon there could be news
Lofty and Eastman are waiting together
What else is there really to do?
10 o' clock now in the evening
An hour past clocking in time
Lofty and Eastman are working together
In a room at the end of the line
Telling each other their stories
Piece by piece sharing their lives
Lofty and Eastman are talking together
The world hurries onwards outside
And though
Maybe tomorrow
Will come
And bring with it news
Lofty and Eastman could wait here forever
Chewing the fat just one man to another
Or not saying much, just wondering whether
They can hold back the sun from the moon?
Lofty and Eastman are waiting
They’ve heard that soon there could be news
Lofty and Eastman are waiting together
What else is there really to do?
Five o'clock now in the morning,
Grey light creep in through the blinds
Lofty and Eastman could wait here forever
But a new dawn is soon to arrive
Lofty and Eastman could wait here forever
But a new dawn is soon to arrive.
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Those Unfortunates London, UK
Those Unfortunates are a London, UK based four piece.
They sound harder than they sound.
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