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Pimlico

from I Am The Cheese by Danny Carroll

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about

I was quite keen to write an observational journey song, akin to Manhattan by Jeffrey Lewis. I used to cross through Pimlico in Dublin 8 on my way to rehearsal and it never failed to entertain me. At the time there were a lot of moody fellas speak-singing about The Liberties, so I couldn’t help acknowledging that. Musically, for the sake of momentum, we deliberately copied the tempo of Hard To Explain by The Strokes.

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Plodding through Pimlico,
in the soft spitting rain of a granite grey Sunday
The kind of aesthetic Ian Curtis impersonators
would like to pretend is deeply poetic

If it paints you a picture, I'm pretty hungover,
gently heartbroken in yesterday's clothes
Holes in my shoes and puddles between my toes

The local head case is on the green
wailing Buffalo Soldier and swaying in his dream
Aspiring scumbags are lobbing eggs
from a Honda Civic with a dodgy reg
The new pram pushers are not concerned
The old dog walkers have also learned
It's none of your business, wind your neck in
Keep your mouth shut, count your blessings

The air is smothered with the smell of Guinness
It doesn't help you to feel less nauseous
I guess last night she came to her senses
I’m not really smart I’m just fucking pretentious
And maybe the misery won’t be momentous
But at the moment it’s worth the mention.

Plodding through Pimlico, down onto Bridgefoot
Then over the river to go to rehearsal
I'll hide in the practice room, for two or three hours
Run through the set and forget about everyone

For a moment at least I'm high and invincible
To the world outside I’d say I'm untouchable
In a mouldy bunker it’s all bearable
With four chords and a brief release...

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from I Am The Cheese, released March 1, 2024

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embarrassing millennial, still at the music in Dublin, Ireland

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