| Dexy's Midnight Runners |
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| It's a test Do you love the man? Put your palm on the love tester On the golden mile I reckon it'll run red hot I bought 'Don't Stand Me Down' in Thessaloniki Turned it over six times in my hands and thought it a risk Walked the wrong way to the bus station Through a neighbourhood with a sodden dead cat in the gutter Sunday night White marble floor, smell of calor gas Played it and felt scared Had to get to the final part of 'This Is What She's Like', track 2, before I knew It was a masterpiece Let me go back further Me and my brother A picnic on Cannock Chase On the old barrack foundations with grassy seams We played tennis with Nanna & Grandad Gilmore And 'Come On Eileen' seemed to be on the radio all afternoon The teak transistor Grandad turned it up really loud A running gag Until Nanna shushed him "Jim!" A hot summer afternoon A Saturday And Dexys were number one |
| a man who can pepper with "precious" and "pure" |