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As Mr Johnny Sex Pistol might have noted, this is not a love song. It is, however, the newest on the record - so green and leafy, in fact, that I really don't know whether it's actually any good at all. The F/G 'not-verse' bit was lifted more-or-less directly from a bit of the Spanish Amanda's 'Lost London' - there are a couple more minutes of it, with some lovely Jo Darling melodica over them, as a separate reprise on the CD version... if you're inclined in that direction.

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Narcissistic, psychopathic, antisocial, borderline
Narcissistic, psychopathic, antisocial, borderline
Narcissistic, psychopathic
Narcissistic… narcissistic

What are you hiding from me, Nora?
Is that a personality disorder?
Because though nothing’s diagnosed
Check out the hair; just dig the clothes
And yours must be the shrillest voice
I think I’ve ever heard
Audible beyond the grave
Or halfway round the world

Good morning, Sydney. Good morning, Bondi Beach.

Good morning, Bondi Beach.

Passive… aggressive…

Narcissistic, psychopathic, antisocial, borderline
Histrionic, schizotypal, unstable, doing fine…
Narcissistic, psychopathic
Narcissistic... doin’ fine.

Is that a film you’re shooting, Nora?
Don’t point that Arriflex at me, I do implore you
In your house, you’re actor and director
But it would be our house as well if we just let you
And we know how your movie ends
Although you’ve just begun
It’s a desolate dystopia of
Needles, pills and tommy guns

Bang, bang, bang, bang… you’re dead.

Bang, bang – you’re dead.

Narcissistic, psychopathic, antisocial, borderline
Histrionic, schizotypal, unstable, doing fine…
Narcissistic, psychopathic
Antisocial, borderline

Is that another baby, Nora?
I guess you hope that this one will adore you
A miniature facsimile of you
A scared, bewildered Nora Mk 2
And while it’s sad they take away
The babies that go wrong
I guess there’ll be another
On the way before too long

Congratulations, Nora! It’s a girl. Another girl.

Narcissistic, psychopathic, antisocial, borderline
Histrionic, schizotypal, unstable, doing fine…
Narcissistic, psychopathic, antisocial, borderline
Histrionic, schizotypal, unstable, doing fine…

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from Bitter Lemon, released October 2, 2020
Written by Huw Darling.

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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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