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| album: |
Big Express |
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| year: |
1984 |
| written
by: |
Andy Partridge |
| length: |
3 minutes 50 seconds |
Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
It's raining on the beach.
She inches close but out of reach.
The waves look painted on.
Seagulls screaming
The sea is warship grey;
 It
whispers "Fool!" then slides away.
Black coastline slumbers on.
Seagulls screaming kiss her, kiss her
And all the flags that flap on the pier
Spell "why on earth do you want" -
The fog hides much, but one thing is clear:
She's nearer.
Dead deck chairs under shrouds
And life belts gape like minstrel mouths.
Her hair still smells of salt.
Seagulls screaming kiss her, kiss her
Kiss her, kiss her, kiss her, kiss her
He who hesitates is lost.
If you want her, you should tell her;
Take her by the hand.
If you hesitate
(If you wait,)
November wins her -
(November will win her.)
She returns to sand.
So get a hold of the girl.
I say, "I like your coat."
Her thank-you tugs my heart afloat.
I nearly didn't hear for
Seagulls screaming kiss her, kiss her
He who hesitates is lost.
Warship grey
I'm not positive, but I'm guessing that would be somewhere in
the range of #666666 - #333333
or possibly #333366.
Shroud
A shroud is a burial gown or sheet that covers a body from head
to toe. It comes from the Middle English word for garment, scrud.
I guess that since the deck chairs were "dead," it makes
sense that they were covered in shrouds. In less sinister tones,
shroud can also mean simply an item that screens/covers or
a rope attached to a ship's masthead.
Life belts gape like minstrel
mouths
Life Belt is another name for life preserver. A minstrel is
a musician who sings verses of poetry while self accompanied on
a stringed instrument. (The word minstrel is from Middle English,
menestrel.) The phrase is describing the shape of the life
belts - an O. Minstrels are singers and a singing mouth can be described
as being in an O shape.
He who hesitates is lost
This is just some good, solid advice to live by.
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