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Blue Powder Monkey

from Virgin On The Ridiculous by Twelfth Night

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Several tracks on the Virgin/XII album were originally scheduled to be included on the band's previous album, Art & Illusion, that the band had promised to the Music For Nations label in return for them issuing the 'Live & Let Live' album.

However, as the band were receiving a lot of attention from major record companies at the time a decision was taken (primarily by the band's management, Hit & Run) to hold over some of the new material for a later release. This demo version of Blue Powder Monkey was one of 3 tracks recorded at Granny's Studios in London in May 1984.

As one of companies interested was MCA Records, these demos became known as the 'MCA demos'. All 3 tracks have previously been released on the Definitive Edition of Art & Illusion.

lyrics

Frightened child
Give me your hand
Together our dreams will be realised
Hope that flickers, with tired eyes
A thousand angry hearts will raise the battle cry -
To die!

A thousand angry hearts will raise the battle cry!

Fire burning, young hearts will bury the flag
Faces glowing in the light of words that have no strength to bite
Their country sleep soundly, unaware
Careful not to tilt the game
Both sides must remain the same

Dreams of solutions
Years of frustrations
Time after time after time

Fat preachers bury their bones in secretive holes
Invisible to naked eyes enclosed in metal uniforms

Ulterior motives
Lies and excuses
Time after time after
Time after time after...

...Time to light the fuse
Hey you with that innocent face,
Stand proud of the crowd
Sugar sweet surprise!
Time to shatter your illusions
And open your eyes...

Malignant deceivers puncture our veins
If we fall down the chances are
We'll never raise our voice again

Think to the future
Here ever after
Time after time after...
...Time to light the fuse
Hey you with that innocent face,
Stand proud of the crowd
Sugar sweet surprise!
Time to shatter your illusions
And open your eyes...

Blue powder monkey, time to light the fuse
Blue powder monkey, time to light the fuse

And raise the battle cry!

credits

from Virgin On The Ridiculous, released November 5, 2020
Andy Revell: guitar
Brian Devoil: drums
Clive Mitten: bass
Andy Sears: vocals
Rick Battersby: keyboards

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Twelfth Night are an English progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed between 2007 and 2012 and again in 2014.

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