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DON'T GO TO LONDON (IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

from KIND OF BROWN - 1991 (Remaster 2020) by LAWSUIT

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Got a card, gotta travel
No cash, gotta cook
No luck making the east-west connection
I'm looking over

Roll over, kitten's on the gravel
Of the driveway of the affluent neighbor's yard
Gangway, kittens unravel the yarn

Oh well I put on my pack and hit the road
And I had no fears about carryin' a heavy load
And the railway workers on strike on down the line
She's right on time and she's mine

Don't go to London it's under construction
Some minor repairs and some major repairs
On the old topless buildings piled up with concrete
The sound of the hammer echoes
In my head and in my sleep

When I was younger
London was London
Sing a song about a bridge that's underdone
And overdone

Don't look at the top of the houses
All the stones from the chimneys are crumbling 'round my head
Stand back away from the scaffolding
Surrounding the building

My hardhat's made of STYROFOAM
My car don't got no TELEPHONE
Hauling broken glass I cut my thumb
Still very young and dumb

Don't go to London it's under construction
Some minor repairs and some major repairs
On the old topless buildings piled up with concrete
The sound of the hammer echoes
In my head and in my sleep

London is flooded and the buildings are all burning down
Apparently from the fire
Rebuilding the buildings to restore this historical town
And continue to attract the tourists
Covered with pigeons in Trafalgar Square
Let me tell you there're an awful lot of pigeons there
And they say there's a raven on the tower of London

When I was in London everything was undone
I couldn't find my way across the street
But that's okay because I didn't have no one to meet

Don't go to London it's undone
Steve saw Fred Frith in London

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from KIND OF BROWN - 1991 (Remaster 2020), released August 8, 2020
Words by Ned, Steve, Ish, Kag, Joe
Music by Ned

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LAWSUIT Davis, California

Once upon a time there was a band named Lawsuit. It was a 10-piece band, known for its quirky lyrics and its energetic live shows.

The band played up and down California, were popular at the UCD Whole Earth Festival, had a standing last-Friday-of-the-month gig at Hotel Utah in San Francisco, and were regulars at the Palms Playhouse when it was in Davis, Ca.

The band broke up in 1996.
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