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Blue Powder Monkey (live)

from Virgin On The Ridiculous by Twelfth Night

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Recorded live at Portsmouth Polytechnic on 18th May 1985 on 'The Corner Of The World Tour'. This track was one of a number of new songs that were road-tested on that tour, along with Shame and Take A Look.

South Of The Wind, White Glass and Requiem were also in the live set, which is documented on the double CD Archive Release of the same name, however none of these three made the cut when the final tracks were chosen for the Virgin album.

Although there are 4 tracks included on the Corner Of The World release from the memorable gig at Portsmouth Poly, the version of Blue Powder Monkey that features on it is from Leeds University.

lyrics

A thousand angry hearts
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 frustration
Time after time after...

Fat preachers
Bury their bones in secretive holes
Invisible to naked eyes
Enclosed in metal uniforms

Ulterior motives
All the 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 now, the chances are
We'd never raise our voice again

Sing to the future
Here ever after
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, 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

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, 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

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

Time to light the...Fuse

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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