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3 tin rings

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Three tin rings wound round the other

Fell in a chain tin tings together

Ching ching the bling bill got bigger

And I tink you teefed it like a little tinker’s nigger

You hid it in your pocket

Lifted it with thin fingers

Spindled round a hypo

Swiftly mingled blood and hydro

Till im throwin in your jeans

Minging stink into the laundrette dryer

And chink chink needle's lying on the floor and blinks

A wink you dirty liar.

Three tin rings wound round the other

Tinny ring pulls your guinness breath

Drags me in around the fire

And its ‘I bought you this,

Just for a kiss well get married make 7 babies

And ring a rose we’ll dance around Kerry and sure they’ll all be dead before we get back on the ferry'

7 dead babies

and a healthy spoon of ketamine

'I bought that ring cos I knew youd be the only girl who knew how to put it back together again'

'I love you cos I love Liverpool and she is who you are'

Ricky, ricky, ricky, Ricky O Shea

 I hope you're not dead , I bet you are lar

Cos whenI punched you in the face you were only sad I wouldn’t hit it up wit ya

And when you found a girl that would you shouted up the street to me,

‘We’re the most exciting new couple in the world now would ya look and see!

And I still loved you for all your delusional enthusiasm.

I couldn’t fix the ring but Ricky do you know what?

It’s the only thing I still have that didn’t get lost, robbed or shot

and picture perfect  memories,

sluzzy wasps, wandrin canals with baby christy and his brother on our shoulders in the bright yellow sun,

Don’t be dead O' Shea , Its not all been done

D’you remember being Heathcliffe up at Haworth?

We sang and stumbled down the cobbles, 'street theatre' drunken slur of rebels

We almost won the ‘Cafferey s kiss’

Spent £100 on the phone calling up and trying not to sound pissed

And we never got to Ireland but we had a laugh just trying

 you just got me barred from the irish centre for all your dirty bum faced lying

Get some sleep now ricky, think that caravan would be the very death of us

Heroin inject.

Game over.

Just What Happened to the Rest of Us?

 

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nonsense comp

◄ Agape ( A-gap-ay)

television. rerun. still on. still relevant. in case you missed it. ►

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Rachel Bond

Sun 15th Apr 2012 01:17

haha nick yeh fuck them bitches! we made it :)

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Nick Coleman

Sat 14th Apr 2012 23:47

Wow.
Thanks for this Rachel. Powerful.
Brought back a lot of memories for me of friends who never made it - fuck the Sixties, and the drunks on the cattle boat from Liverpool to Dublin, and bitches and babies.

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Rachel Bond

Fri 13th Apr 2012 16:42

thanks for comments

yeh fairy tale thing is good. ring of roses hints at the widespread deaths, the plagues and consumptions that wipe populations out. heroin, ketamine, even codiene knocking themlike flies today.Pollution...i grew up in middle of oil refinery by the sea...i have permanent bronchitis and pneumonias had a go at me before now. but a fighter i am and no drug/disease/dosage going to get me.Im indestructable...i get sad for those who fell under.

JUST SAY NO.(especially to dog shit and bleach)

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Laura Taylor

Fri 13th Apr 2012 09:18

Three tin rings...great opener, sounds like an old fairytale already with that. Can hear the Irish accent in this too. No bleach though? Or dog shit in candy floss bags? ;D

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Yvonne Brunton

Thu 12th Apr 2012 22:35

Amazing. sounds like a drug-fuelled rant and really blows your mind! Had to read loads of times to get to grips with it but worth the effort. Enjoyed

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Barbi Touron

Thu 12th Apr 2012 17:51

Holy shit girl, powerful / painful things are happening in this. Amazing work.

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Rachel Bond

Thu 12th Apr 2012 15:28

glad you guys found it a blast. it was meant to be just mad times... BFGW meets Trainspotting Ha it was :)

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steve pottinger

Thu 12th Apr 2012 08:15

I really liked this. A proper blast, and one I had to read and re-read.

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Rachel Bond

Tue 10th Apr 2012 18:44

oh dear. there you go all fixed

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Danny Metcalfe.

Tue 10th Apr 2012 17:26

'I hope your not dead'

You're*

Unless you have a not dead that's yours?

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