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Apes in Aeroplanes (EP)

by Marthas & Arthurs

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    "a pastoral Abba or Belle & Sebastian backing Mamas & Papas"
    -The Guardian

    The 'Apes In Aeroplanes EP' is no longer free
    BUT YOU CAN STILL GET A FREE DOWNLOAD
    of 'Clamour For A Fudge' (see below)

    This was our debut digital release, following the limited edition 7" single of Sally Started It All / Barberosophy.
    Please note that these are all different versions to those found on the album.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 5 Marthas & Arthurs releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of More International Hits (2nd album), Farlow (single - free download), The Hit World Of... Marthas & Arthurs (1st album), Apes in Aeroplanes (EP), and Dr. Andrea. , and , .

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1.
CLAMOUR FOR A FUDGE There's a place I used to know For the money men who watch their money grow Never did much passing trade So the place bled dry They worked and they slaved and they hated their work So they taxed and they shaved as their friends told them Clamour for a fudge Just because Flip your pillow to the cold side Comb the wreckage for the missing girl who died So you joined the high speed chase With a skinful of beer They carved and they cleaved suffocated their dreams And they tore and they patched as their phones Clamoured for a fudge No such luck So the towel was soon thrown in Full of holes and wearing thin Could have made the perfect shroud If you're not too proud All the graves had been dug so we strutted our stuff All the strips had been torn and the war lately won And the meaning supplied and their relatives informed of the fudge Nudge nudge There's a place I used to know back before the war
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SALLY STARTED IT ALL I just heard that Sally's getting married It's no good saying I told you I told you so She'll dazzle, she'll dazzle like a diamond With her eyes a-shining I told you so And her hand on the knife on the day She'll cut her wedding cake This much I know Oh Sally started it all And if she could she would be here singing now It's three years since we were singing only I keep the things she showed me Not face the other way I bet you that she'd be mortified Her handbag by her side saying 'how can that be?' And now she works in TV In Washington DC This much I know Oh Sally started it all And if she could she would be here singing now You know how bees die after they sting you It was a little bit like that So we dug a hole and moved the whole nest And found another patch of tree This much I know Oh Sally started it all And if she could she would be here singing This much I know Oh Sally started it all And if she could she would be here singing now
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COUNTING THE COLOURS TIL FRIDAY It's dangerous to go where the streets and jazz are free It's dangerous to go looking for flowers there I thought you should know you might fall apart I thought you should know I already did Fa fa so la te do Fa fa thought you should know Sometimes fall asleep at the wheel Cos I'm counting the colours til Friday You know how it must feel To be counting the colours til Friday Can you hear them scream for more more more They live in each others' fists, they live in the undersky If music was made for those the slowly blind For those with two ears struggling to hear They'll run out of time Sometimes fall asleep at the wheel Cos I'm counting the colours til Friday You know how it must feel To be counting the colours til Friday Golden girl where did you learn To tie your tongue like that? And it's nobody's business to ask what they're itching Hold on tight and face the front And it's nobody's mess but yours that's sticking Hold on tight and close your eyes Sometimes fall asleep at the wheel Cos I'm counting the colours til Friday
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WHO WILL MARRY ME? So your moment came you were sitting on the loo Thinking of the things you wished you had the balls to do Your dark side was loud & clear deep down in the dumps Picking over cracking bones and old breadcrumbs Look at you you're just a joke with ketchup on your tie Not to mention collars - they'd give the dead a fright Your leather and your motorbikes won't help you know But I've still got my poetry and you've lost your fake tan And I see apes in the aeroplanes and fish in the trees And when all is said and done who will marry me? Meander here wander there just go as you please That's no way to live your life as far as I can see I thought I sent my form in to the powers that be With your memory like a civet you probably sent a tree I love the smell of morning in the morning when we rise The market hates uncertainty so wake and hold on tight Flat head, countersunk or just zinc-coated I don't care just screw them all hard against the wall And I see apes in the aeroplanes and fish in the trees And when all is said and done who will marry me? What the devil have you done to the jewel in your crown I bought a bird of paradise I put my payment down I wish upon the satellites as good as all the stars I wish upon the city lights and pushing taxi cars My family trees a sorry tale I tell it in the pub Except there's no-one listening just coin-collecting cubs Some years ago I fell to earth and landed in the woods Maybe you are half a tree with only half your goods And I see apes in the aeroplanes and fish in the trees And when all is said and done who will marry me?

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released January 1, 2011

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Second album
'More International Hits' now on general release, CD & download.
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First track 'Farlow' available as FREE DOWNLOAD.
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First album, 'The Hit World Of... Marthas & Arthurs' still available on CD & download.
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