No Tinsel On The Town Hall

from Nice To Have A History 2000-2020 by Last Night's TV

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You were a disco-dancer off to the Babylon or Ritz
So many invitations but no one to dance with
You wore a paper hat with mistletoe sellotaped above your brow
Always wanted to be wanted and there's no time quite like now

I spy no tinsel on the town hall roof
No Christmas carols in the square
No tree laden with the sad old truth
Next year's bonfire will be bare, bare

You were a late-shift worker, last-minute shopping right on cue
Captivated by the mannequins all dressed better than you
You said I looked familiar, I bet you use that all the year!
But it seems we shared a cab last Christmas after you had found me here

Now with friends we're in a circle, hands linked like New Year's Eve
But nobody is singing - it's like the party's over, no reprieve
The sun above the motorway is a ten pence piece on fire
And the road out to the airport is getting shorter by the mile

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from Nice To Have A History 2000-2020, released September 4, 2020
Written by Spencer Bayles
Produced & mixed by Will Richards @ Diamond Studio

Spencer Bayles: vocals, guitar, bass
Natalie Long: vocals
Sarah Jones: vocals, violin, glockenspiel

Choir: Susan Anderson, Mark Ashman, Judith Cain, Beth Daley,
Esther Dyer, Kathryn Firth, David Gordon, Kathryn Greenwood,
Tim Hann, Laura Heskins, Julie Hobson, Annie Johnstone, Neil
Jones, David Keighley, Frank Lee, Clare Marston, Danielle Mohr,
Ric Neale, Chris Oddy, Emma Parker, Fiona Skilling, Kirstie
Smith, Paul Taylor, Kerri Walker

From ‘No Tinsel On The Town Hall’ single, 2010

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