Thirsty Morning/Flatmates

from Health and Safety by Man's Ruin

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Thirsty Morning
This song was inspired by the elaborate goings-on behind the walls of 175 West Princes Street back in Calum's student days. There are a lot of stories involving that flat…the lyrics are less metaphorical than one might think.

Flatmates
This was written for Calum's flatmates at the time (Innes and Robbie) but also for my life-long friend and everlasting enemy the Great Highland Bagpipe. Ironically this tune has even more flats than the pipes can manage. Whammy!

lyrics

We dealt the cards in the living room
Our hopes were high but our minds were full
Checked my hand, made a pair of nines
Then tried to bluff but you read my mind
The walls were choking the growing fire
The cracks were smoking, I think the seal was broken
Made a toast to the pickle jar
Forgot the end, middle and the start

Thirsty Morning, drinking the summertime,
Ice-cold warming
Drink keeps pouring, make me forget the time,
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Our feet were dancing in double time
The lights were buzzing, our fizzy minds a-fuzzing
On the street we could hear a siren
The lawman came, but he found no crii-iime

Thirsty Morning, drinking the summertime,
Ice-cold warming
Drink keeps pouring, make me forget the time,
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credits

from Health and Safety, released October 1, 2011
Written by: Calum Maccrimmon
Arranged: Man's Ruin

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Man's Ruin Glasgow, UK

Man’s Ruin comprise five of Scotland’s leading exponents of experimental folk music. These cross-genre folk rebels have earned international recognition for their soul-twisting interpretations of modern folk and roots music on the contemporary stage. Whether it be folk, funk, rock or electronica they seamlessly blend styles through careful and considered musical craft work. ... more