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Lights Out Birmingham (single)

by Falling and Laughing

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1.
Well I know that we'd have got on fine in primary school Because I've seen you laugh to yourself on the bus too And based upon this image of a little you and me When we'd play we'd play in the trees But what would we see from the tops of those trees? Because wouldn't it be nice if just for one single night We could look up and see Stars in the skies above us Wouldn't it be nice if just for one single night We could look up and see Stars above the tower blocks in this town You see the city skies above us are no place to look You can make out Orion's Belt but only with luck And it seems such a shame that after the light's travelled all this way That in the last millisecond Birmingham gets in the way And living here is like twenty four hour day Because wouldn't it be nice if just for one single night We could look up and see Stars in the skies above us Wouldn't it be nice if just for one single night We could look up and see Stars above the tower blocks in this town So lights out Birmingham!
2.
The streets of Brum were not designed for one so sensitive and in the last year I knew him he had become recluse And the times that we would swap compilation tapes were just plain annoying as he would slag off all the bands I love At around that time we stopped going to Snobs for "it's the indie Broad Street", "it's gone downhill", at least we both agreed on that And nights in The Jug would consist of deciding where the band that we weren't in would stand on stage One day we discovered Suburban Kids With Biblical Names I thought they were good, not great, but that was the day that his life would change The Stockholm music scene was lovingly purchased piece by piece Shipped over here, and then rebuilt inside his bedroom Because he'd decided that Sweden was where pop comes from And he decided that Sweden was where he belonged It didn't take long for him to decide he's leaving "Dunc, I've had enough, I don't see where this band is going I'm going to go and take these compilation tapes to Sweden And give them out to all the bands who changed me" How could I not let him, I would have jumped myself at half the chance But I could have not predicted how long this Swedish trip would last He cut off all his ties in Brum and sold his records for a decent price The only time he showed remorse was when he left to get his flight I wish I could tell you what happened to him next The only thing that I heard was a postcard soon after he left But I hope he's happy now or at least somewhere down that path Because I've missed our tape swaps and I wish I'd kept his address Because I've decided that Sweden is where pop comes from And I've decided that Sweden is where I belong

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released May 9, 2010

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Falling and Laughing Birmingham, UK

Falling and Laughing are a Birmingham-ish based two piece. Over the last 15 years their still recognisable jangly indiepop heritage has increasingly leaned heavily on postrock ideas and alternative tunings.

Email on duncan_vernon@hotmail.com
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