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Brother Bull could you lend me your skin?
Brother Bull could you lend me your skin?
For a belt of black leather to give to my girl
Brother Bull could you lend me your skin?

Brother Worm would you spare me some silk?
To make her a dress pure as milk
Spin a thread that’s as smooth and as soft as her skin
Brother Worm would you spare me some silk?

For I’m off to court my darling Christine
Whose eyes shine like crystal the bluest of green
3 rings on her finger, a gold trinity
My pockets hold nothing but promises and dreams

Brother Gander please give up a quill
Though your breast it may smart for a spell
To pen such a sonnet that dry ink will sing
Brother Gander please give up a quill

Brother Sheep please, your stomach for strings
And my guitar like a siren will sing
When plucked with a sliver of dear Turtle’s shell
Brother Sheep please, your stomach for strings

For I’m off to court my darling Christine…

Some things are given and some things must die
To give love the slenderest chance to survive
But there’s nothing I miss, and less that I mourn
I gladly gave everything the day I went to court my darling Christine
Her eyes shine like crystal the bluest of green
3 rings on her finger, a gold trinity
My pockets hold nothing but promises and dreams
My pockets are bursting with promises, promises and dreams

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from Let's Build An Airport [EP], released March 18, 2013
Written and arranged by Matt Blick

Matt Blick - Vocals, Guitar, Two-Fingered Piano, Cymbala, Percussion, Sound FX
Helen Maddison - Violin, Viola and Theremin
Rachel McClean - Cello
Martin Cheesman - Accordion, Piano
Catrin Jones - Clarinet
John Matear - Sousaphone
Mark Nelson - Percussion
Simon Broomhead - Backing Vocals
Danny Bligh, Simon Broomhead, Andy Dawson, Phil Grafton, Gabrielle Irving, Ellie Mason, Martin Quibell, Tom Spademan and Nicholas Tozier - Crowd Vocals

Produced and engineered by Mark Nelson at Old Library Studios, Mansfield, UK
Mixed by Mark Nelson at Mayfair Studios, Mansfield, UK
Mastered by JP Braddock at www.formationaudio.co.uk
Cover Art by Simon J. Curd at www.simonjcurd.com

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Matt Blick Nottingham, UK

Songwriter/singer from Nottingham, UK. Like early inspiration Billy Bragg, Matt sings in his real accent and plays electric guitar (there’s more tuba than acoustic guitar on his songs). He plays like someone who spent more time in mosh pits than coffee shops and sings about faith and doubt, love and loss, airports and abattoirs. ... more

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