066 :: A Lifer at Large :: A Slow Drag with "Fish n Chip Papers"

25/12/2020 10 min
066 :: A Lifer at Large :: A Slow Drag with "Fish n Chip Papers"

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Today's slow drag is with "Fish 'N' Chip Paper," from "Trust," released in 1981. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_with_remedy/   Email: [email protected] Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Fish 'N' Chip Paper": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IHpJQB8Rew "Fish and Chip Papers": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IHpJQB8Rew  The term "screw" for a jailer: https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/12/messages/610.html Other newspapers respond to "The World" shuttering: https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/weekend-herald/20110709/284245231998926 Buy the Book, "The Most Terrible Time in My Life...Ends Thursday" here: https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1G4Y0K7XGITK0&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608872671&sprefix=most+terrible+Tim%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1    So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo   "Fish and Chip Paper" Lyrics: When Sunday morning dandruff turns out to be confetti And the cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty The girl of your dreams would have you up on an under age charge And the man of the moment is the lifer at large Chorus: If you've got something to hide, if you've got something to sell If you've got somebody's pride she might kiss and tell Or wind up with a fight fan in the Hammersmith Hotel You better speak up now if you want your piece You better speak up now It won't mean a thing later Yesterday's news is tomorrow's fish and chip paper The girl says she's leaving and this time she really means it You can just look at the pictures, you don't actually have to read it Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh There's a man in the launderette and he's looking through your underwear for clues And the milkman is working through the News of the Screws He says...

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