My Old School - Martin Newell



     
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I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes
When you put me on the Wolverine up to Annandale
It was still September when your daddy was quite surprised
To find you with the working girls in the county jail
I was smoking with the boys upstairs
When I heard about the whole affair
I said, "Oh no
William and Mary won't do now"
Well I did not think the girl
Could be so cruel
And I'm never going back
To my old school
Oleanders growing outside her door
Soon they're gonna be in bloom up in Annandale
I can't stand her doing what she did before
Living like a Gypsy queen in a fairy tale
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico

She said, "Oh no
Guadalajara won't do"
Well I did not think the girl
Could be so cruel
And I'm never going back
To my old school
California tumbles into the sea
That'll be the day I go back to Annandale
Tried to warn you about Chino and Daddy Gee
But I can't seem to get to you through the U.S. Mail
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said, "Oh no
Guadalajara won't do now"
Well I did not think the girl
Could be so cruel
And I'm never going back
To my old school

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Martin Newell is England's most-published contemporary poet, as well as being the brains behind garage-pop combos Cleaners from Venus and The Brotherhood of Lizards. He's also a pretty mean gardener.

His album The Greatest Living Englishman was produced by Andy Partridge of XTC fame and recorded in Andy's "shed" home recording studio.

Martin has a web-presence at http://www.martinnewell.co.uk/ which contains details of upcoming shows and Martin's own weblog. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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