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He's Not Coming Back

from Poets' Day by The Chickpea Darlings

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"Anyone considering a life of religious devotion should pay a visit to the Bénédictine factory in Fécamp, Normandy. The merch table is excellent." - Huw.

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A thief awoke me in the dead hours of the night
I struggled blindly and I killed him in my fright
I phoned a friend of mine who deals with murdered thieves
But back in the bedroom, my eyes could not believe
The body had just disappeared
The hands, the feet, the halo and the beard

Mardi Gras in San Sebastian
He’s not coming back
All across this green and pleasant land
He’s not coming back
I climbed a tree and reached out for the stars
He’s not coming back
And if they ever do find life on Mars
He’s not coming back

I rushed to the balcony and peered into the dark
I searched the street outside, the school yard and the park
Called all the hospitals, the airport and police
Spoke to the BBC and wrote a press release
They said ‘Once round the block is all you get
Don’t fill your life with vain regret.’

From Medina to the Bataclan
He’s not coming back
In the caverns of the Vatican
He’s not coming back
He cut off his hair and got a job
He’s not coming back
Selling Belgian lager to the mob
He’s not coming back

There were no footprints in the sand
No perforations in his hands

No one there to roll away the stone
He’s not coming back
Selling relics of the dusty bones
He’s not coming back
Take another Hallmark holiday
He’s not coming back
Canterbury, then off to the Crusades
He’s not coming back

And if he showed his face round here
We’d cut his throat from ear to ear

There won’t be a prize for everyone
He’s not coming back
Jam tomorrow, then Jerusalem
He’s not coming back
We’re just ripples in the cosmic pond
He’s not coming back
Skimming stones into the great beyond
He’s not coming back

Hey, he’s come back
But he don’t look the way he should
Hey, he’s come back
But he don’t sound the way he should
Hey, he’s come back
But he don’t act the way he should... etc., etc., etc...

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from Poets' Day, released June 6, 2017
Written by Huw and Jo Darling.

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The Chickpea Darlings Letchworth Garden City, UK

'Riot' has OFFICIALLY left the building. Thanks, Darrin.

The Darlings: Middle-aged bedroom miserablists with C86-ish tendencies, The Chickpea Darlings have seen the future and don't care for the cut of its jib. Their dry-as-a-biscuit pop vignettes provide the perfect soundtrack for speculating on the madness to come. Viva Donald Trump, global warming & the death of democracy. Viva the Darlings. ... more

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