that time dad bought all the fish

from Birthday Songs by Matthew Thornton

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Steely Dantastic

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I used to walk the streets of Edinburgh
Tryna scrape a living outta sellin my wares
Wond’ring if I’ll make enough for rent
I could really use a hand from the big man upstairs
Dreaming of distant shores
Knocking on people’s doors

Singing
Do you wanna buy any blenny?
Why not mister try out some trout
You wanna take some of this premium hake?
I can’t go home until I run out
Be a friend and snap up some snapper
Maybe bargain a bit for this bass
Put a smile on my face and purchase some plaice
Don’t you let this opportunity pass

It was another slow day slinging
Newington residents leaving me poor
Til I came to a house on mentone
A handsome fifty something man who opened the door
Took one look at my stash
And started just throwing out cash

Singing
Yeah I wanna buy all your blenny
I wanna try out some of that trout
Wanna know what I’ll make of that premium hake
I’ll get so much that I’ll never run out
Set me up with some of that snapper
I bet that bass is tasty as hell
Though my fridge has no space, I wanna piece of that plaice
Guess I’ll buy another freezer as well

And now I’m all retired in Rio
Sipping caiparinhas on the tropical sand
Raising up my glass to that one man
who seemed to want to buy every fish in the land
Chilled out in Guanabara bay
I can hear the fishermen say

Mister, do you wanna buy any blenny?
Why not mister try out some trout
You wanna take some of this premium hake?
I can’t go home until I run out
Be a friend and snap up some snapper
Maybe bargain a bit for this bass
Put a smile on my face and purchase some plaice
Don’t you let this opportunity pass

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from Birthday Songs, released July 12, 2021

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