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The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973

by Hamish Hawk

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Hamish Hawk - vocals
Andrew Pearson - guitars
Alex Duthie - bass
John Cashman - keyboards
Stefan Maurice - keyboards, drums

Written by Hamish Hawk and Andrew Pearson.
Produced by Rod Jones at Post Electric Studio, Edinburgh.
Mastered by Mo Volans at MoProAudio.

Management:

Rod Jones // rod@postelectricmanagement.com
James Bruce // james@postelectricmanagement.com

Publicity:

Chris Latham (PR) at Swell Publicity // chris@swellpublicity.com

Kevin McCabe (Radio) at Kevin McCabe Promotions // kevin@kevinmccabepromotions.com

Live:

Caitlin-Finn Ballard // caitlin@atc-live.com

Graham Clews // graham@atc-live.com

lyrics

To write a cathedral, I'll need a ball-point pen
It'll sound like 'Common People' sung by Christopher Wren
On an upright piano with nice, narrow keys
in a Glaswegian chapel or a Parisian library

And as I sing I watch you diving
into a swimming pool that shines like a screen

And I call out, 'isn't this living?'
And I call out, 'isn't this living?'
And you call back, 'Jim, dear, it's living'
And you call back, 'Jim, dear, it's living the dream'

I see my family in an ugly cemetery
Two of them have been crying, two have shovels at the ready
And I'd been lying if I said I'd foreseen this
I'd prefer to burn my body in Varanasi

And as I sing I watch you driving
into a swimming pool that shines like a screen

And I call out, 'isn't this living?'
And I call out, 'isn't this living?'
And you call back, 'Jim, dear, it's living'
And you call back, 'Jim, dear, it's living the dream'

I wanted, I wanted kids getting into good schools
Following, breaking all the new rules
Scoring goals, leading roles
Plimsolls, no holes
in a car with nice curves
A wife with a perfect serve

Just like the Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973
Then Christopher Wren would smile down on me

credits

released July 28, 2021
Music by Andrew Pearson.
Words by Hamish Hawk.

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