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Festival Man

from The Shoestring EP by XMenBTeam

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lyrics

Paradise fields of green are not quite what they seem
The weather won’t hold out for me
But that won’t change my plan I know everybody understands,
In a muddy world of our own, the festival man…

Wake up at 6 in the morning so that we can get started
7 in the morning and the train departed
Could take the car but the rainclouds gathering
Looming up ahead soon it’s gonna be hammering
Cos who wants to wake up in the morning on Monday
After heavy downpour from the skies on Sunday?
Dragging out your mate’s car, don’t even know where you are
Queuing for the exit with your lungs full of tar
Cos yes it’s back, it’s the festival season
As if the British public needed any more reason
Going on your jollies in your own back yard when you paid for your tickets with your dad’s credit card.
Girls look buff in bikinis and wellies
After days they’re still fine, if a little smelly
We pray for sun, as the journey’s begun,
Five hours on the train to the destination and…

Off the bus! Come on everybody let’s get
Off the bus! Swarming to the gates there are
Loads of us! Ready to get in with a
Massive rush! Of festival goers with their
Tents, booze, beer, fags, weed, drugs, sleeping bags
Jonnies if you get a shag, double if you bed a slag,
Baby wipes, toilet roll, ponchos, charcoal,
Funny costumes rave paint, out a sinner in a saint
Trekking through the campsite knackered from the train ride
Five days left till we all can go inside
Mates wait with a crate, same place, same date,
Bags down, tents up, let’s all get fucked up!

Mud fights, late nights, drunk and lose your eyesight
But it doesn’t matter cos we’re all having a good time
Memories that keep you going.
When everyday life gets too much to take
Just go to a field for a weekend away
I don’t want to go home…

credits

from The Shoestring EP, released January 6, 2013
Sam Parry – Vocals/Guitars/Additional Keys
Steve Pycroft – Drums, Shakes, Whistles and bells
Pete Robinson – Keys
Alex Timewell – Bass
Alex Dee – Saxophone
Adam Seed - Trumpet

Written/Arranged/Produced/Engineered by S. Parry
Mastered by Ben @ Condate Audio

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XMenBTeam is a 6-piece dub rock monstrosity brought to you from the musical melting pot of Manchester. Channelling influences from The Specials to Rage Against the Machine, via Jurassic 5, this band always leaves a lasting impression with their high-octane live show... ... more

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