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    Side A

    This Bird
    Cowboy On A Bicycle
    Michael Afternoon
    Ladybird
    Jangleheart
    Blackcurrant Sky

    Side B

    Citrus Wood
    Listen
    Blank Wine
    I'll Sleep In April
    Turtle Rock
    Yes

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lyrics

Up a rock lands a little
Ladybird on the page of my book
I draw a circle around it
Now they are everywhere that I look
They’ve multiplied
choreograph pattern pilots in flight
Glide in the dark past the moon as it hums
Land on a cactus in lunar regions
Hide under the sun
Here comes the coral and jet drifting past overhead
Where you goin’, ladybird?
Wishing you luck as they wing over everything
Fly away home, ladybird
Dozing inside a sunflower
Like lazy cherries with nowhere to be
But when the weather turns sour
They set their propellers for somewhere sunny
Together they rise
swooping acrobatics all through the night
Safe in their raincoats, they don’t weigh ‘em down
Synchronized swimming but they never drown
They’re buggin’ around

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from How Are You Coping With This Century?, released October 15, 2021
Written by Tom McConnell
Produced by Tom McConnell

Musician:
Tom McConnell: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar (6 string), electric guitar (6 string), bass guitar, mellotron, percussion

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Novelty Island is the surreal-pop project of Liverpool-based songwriter and producer, Tom McConnell. His albums 'How Are You Coping With This Century?' and 'Wallsend Weekend Television' have been supported by BBC Radio 6, BBC Introducing, Absolute Radio, Shindig! and Mojo. Novelty Island have performed at Glastonbury and supported Sea Power, The Dream Machine and The Pale White around the UK. ... more

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