Letra “Simon Armitage – 'Strike two. My mind works'” Official Lyrics * Strike two. My mind worksquickly and well these days,and I like the look of myself of late: a little more meataround the face, a little more biteat the back of the lungs,a little more point to the tip …
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Simon Armitage – 'I rate myself as a happy, contented person'
Letra “Simon Armitage – 'I rate myself as a happy, contented person'” Official Lyrics * I rate myself as a happy, contented person,in spite of troubles here and there.Selfish, some have said, but in the mainI take a centre lineand let my fringe flop where the wind blows,northside or south. …
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Letra “Simon Armitage – 'My party piece'” Official Lyrics My party piece:I strike, then from the moment when the matchstickconjures up its light, to when the brightness moves beyond its means, and dies, I say the storyof my life – dates and places, torches I carried,a cast of names and …
Read More »Simon Armitage – 'People talk nonsense and I put them straight'
Letra “Simon Armitage – 'People talk nonsense and I put them straight'” Official Lyrics * People talk nonsense and I put them straight.Call me brassneck, call me hard-facedbut in this town the people prefer to be steered,railwayed, run out for the dayto the beach with a bat and ball, then back again. …
Read More »Simon Armitage – 'People never push me into doing things'
Letra “Simon Armitage – 'People never push me into doing things'” Official Lyrics * People never push me into doing thingsI don’t want to do. So I go like a railway guard:snug in the last of a line of carriages,left to myself and my own devices. Sometimes, something might draw my attention:a …
Read More »Simon Armitage – 'I like vivid, true-to-life love scenes'
Letra “Simon Armitage – 'I like vivid, true-to-life love scenes'” Official Lyrics * I like vivid, true-to-life love scenesin a movie. No, that’s a lie,that’s when I like love least;it’s the turn of a head or a pale blue eyethat moves me. Keep love in the mindand out of the blood, bedsare for sleep, for …
Read More »Simon Armitage – 'Thunder and lightning hardly ever upset me'
Letra “Simon Armitage – 'Thunder and lightning hardly ever upset me'” Official Lyrics * Thunder and lightning hardly ever upset me;not now, not then, like from school when I tookthe longer, lonelier way back through the woods in those startling, bottle green afternoons. And once, at the house of the parish spinsters,I …
Read More »Simon Armitage – 'I am able to keep my mind steadily'
Letra “Simon Armitage – 'I am able to keep my mind steadily'” Official Lyrics * I am able to keep my mind steadilyon one job or plan as long as necessary.Take, as an example, skimming.Choose the right stone: not so much circularbut one that sits in that natural spannerbetween thumb …
Read More »Simon Armitage – Pros and cons of photo wallpaper
Pros and cons of photo wallpaper Lyrics ody Nowadays there are a lot of stores offering goods for renovation. But the toughest thing in the renovation process is the choice of wallpaper. The selection is great today. And the main thing is to know how to distinguish high-quality product from …
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