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at me suspiciously. 'D'own worry 'bout 'im. We got ow eye on 'im.' 'Tha's all verry well, but I ain't goin' inta my trubbles wid the bill wiv some complete stranga!' 'I'm no stranger to police involvement myself, I'll have you know!' I stated indignantly. 'Why, only the other day ...

(Oh) Pretty Woman ~ Roy Orbison

Help Me Make It Through the Night ~ Kris Kristofferson

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as we pulled in another Bowie song came on, Under Pressure, which seemed fitting. Walking in ahead of the others (they insisted I go first, I think they suspected I might leg it, which had definitely crossed my mind) I began to feel apprehensive. The patrons were of the dodgy variety and the way they were eyeing me up sent a ...

Life In the Fast Lane ~ The Eagles

'Shut yor face! You does nuthink but gab gab gab. Duz me 'ead in.' So out of consideration for his cranial challenges, I buttoned it. We'd been travelling for quite some time in the opposite direction to the Noose and Gallows, the pub that had been mentioned as our destination, and I began to feel nervous. But I felt I'd better ...

Anything Goes ~ Cole Porter

Heart and Soul ~ Bea Wain

I could lighten the mood, get on the right side of Smithy aka Twitch and thereby escape unharmed. He stared at me with a curiously menacing myopic glare. It didn't help that he also appeared to suffer from strabismus, and I wasn't sure which eye to focus on. I didn't remember him having this problem at school or in his teen years. Perhaps a knock on the head, which given his chosen career path, seemed a fairly likely scenario? I found his stare quite hypnotic, rather like a cobra about to strike. 'Oi dohn do 'appy, wats there to be bluddy 'appy about?' 'Well ...

Many Rivers To Cross ~ Annie Lennox

It's Only a Paper Moon ~ Ella Fitzgerald

at me myopically. He was very short-sighted and refused to wear glasses as he felt it ruined his image. He couldn't abide sticking a finger in his eye so contacts were out of the question. As a result he spent a lot of his life mistaking people's identities. Unfortunately for me, this was not one of those times. 'what made you ...

Blue Moon ~ Ella Fitzgerald

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Reading Much Dithering by Dorothy Lambert

I was beginning to feel a bit nervous. It didn't look like any donations for our worthy cause would be forthcoming from this quarter. I decided to tough it out, 'I ain't got no beef with you, bruv. Tell Twitch it's 'is old mate Johnny ... Johnny Revolting, we was loike this ( I crossed my fingers) back in the day!' Next minute, a door flew open and ...

Diamond Girl ~ Seals and Croft

punch. S'alri bruv, the Twitch's me ol' mate, innit,' I said, trying to sound cool. He glared at me, 'Stay there!' I stayed, but took the opportunity to suss out the room. Over in one corner ...

You Are So Beautiful ~ Joe Cocker

We Are the People ~ Empire of the Sun

he invited me to join him, I jumped at the chance. Renewing old acquaintances and whatnot, so important. I had the odd fiver in my pocket so I could always have a wee flutter at roulette, just to enter the spirit of things. Walking in I couldn't recognise Smithy anywhere so I asked a security bloke where he was. He looked me up and down and said 'Wats ya bizniss wiv da Twitch then?' He had a menacing look in his eye and a suspicious looking bulge in his pocket. I suspected ...

Rainy Day People ~ Gordon Lightfoot

but before I could get out 'me old mucker' he'd slammed the door in my face. I hammered on the door, 'Awww come on mate, for old times sake. Remember how we used to ...' A window opened upstairs and something wet and odiferous rained down accompanied by a shout of, '&^*# awf!' It's a sad state of affairs when you can't roll up to an old pal and sponge off him! I set off to try the second hopeful patron on my list. Hubert Hinkinbottom and I had been at school together where he'd acquired the nickname ...