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Kate Tempest
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Dale was Pete's Mum's new boyfriend's son
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He had a mouth that was too small for his toungue
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Teeth like a ladder that was missing a rung
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Chin looked like it was trying to run
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He had a laugh like a car crash
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Eyes like Pot holes in tarmac
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Complexion the colour of chewed up bar snacks
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Kinda guy spend his whole life getting laughed at
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When all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like nails
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If you bow to the hand that damns ya, everything fails
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The things you do, do you
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The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
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Unless you watch your moves
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Your own fists will knock you unconscious
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Pete took him to the pub and the conversation dragged
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So Pete got pissed, pretty soon he had more than his usual
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Approaching legless
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He found himself opening up
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I got to get this off my chest, he said
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With his head in his hands
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I got this girlfriend but I can't stand the way things are going
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Right, she's got this job but I don't like it
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It pisses me off!
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I don't even know what we're fightin' for but these days
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Me and her, we are fightin' more than I'd like
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And then out comes the white and Dale looks at him in the clinical light of the toilets
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"Why what does she do?"
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Pete looks at his shoes and says "She's a masseuse"
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When all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like nails
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If you bow to the hand that damns ya, everything fails
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The things you do, do you
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The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
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Unless you watch your moves
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Your own fists will knock you unconscious
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(Pete) "You could call her up, you could book a session
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You could push her, see if she responds and then
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You can tell me everything and we will both see that I was wrong
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To have ever doubted that she would be anything but the mother of
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Pure modesty cause I know she loves me, she just does this to pay the bills
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And to exist in a way that will give her the means to live for for than a dull routine"
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Dale nods
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Bells ring in Pete's head
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But he looks at Dale: those clumsy legs, that sunken chest, that spotty neck
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This is the perfect man to do the test
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When all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like nails
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If you bow to the hand that damns ya, everything fails
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The things you do, do you
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The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
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Unless you watch your moves
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Your own fists will knock you unconscious
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