Pig Fractions
from Acting Thick for Money (volume 2) by The Wind-up Birds
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lyrics
There’s a quarter of a pig in the middle of the road
Maybe a butcher’s van shed its load
Or someone tried to thieve it and dropped it in a chase
Or thought it was funny left rotting in this place
A girl with a phone not looking where she’s going
Trips on the pig, ends up with a toe
In between the ribs that are lying there exposed
Flat on her back, crying in the road
All I ever see are pig fractions
Lying in front of me
A distraction
All we’ll ever be is pig fractions
La la la la
A lady tries to help but she gives her a mouthful
That’s what you get for trying to be helpful
An elderly gent walks out to shift the pig
He’s watched from the side by a couple of kids
Get a lump in my throat when they rush out to help him
Easy to forget not everyone’s a villain
Move the pig to the side of the road by the bin
They can’t put it in ‘cause the bin is overflowing
All I ever see
Pig fractions
Lying in front of me
A distraction
All we’ll ever be is pig fractions
La la la la
Between the office blocks, a square, the height of our culture
With seats you can’t sit on and a rubbish sculpture
The blokes have suits on but they don’t wear ties
A sartorial decision that’s wrong to my eyes
They’re chewing on quirky sandwiches now
Pureed fruit on their pig and their cow
And all I ever see is pig fractions
Lying in front of me
A distraction
All I’ll ever be is pig fractions
La la la la
Maybe a butcher’s van shed its load
Or someone tried to thieve it and dropped it in a chase
Or thought it was funny left rotting in this place
A girl with a phone not looking where she’s going
Trips on the pig, ends up with a toe
In between the ribs that are lying there exposed
Flat on her back, crying in the road
All I ever see are pig fractions
Lying in front of me
A distraction
All we’ll ever be is pig fractions
La la la la
A lady tries to help but she gives her a mouthful
That’s what you get for trying to be helpful
An elderly gent walks out to shift the pig
He’s watched from the side by a couple of kids
Get a lump in my throat when they rush out to help him
Easy to forget not everyone’s a villain
Move the pig to the side of the road by the bin
They can’t put it in ‘cause the bin is overflowing
All I ever see
Pig fractions
Lying in front of me
A distraction
All we’ll ever be is pig fractions
La la la la
Between the office blocks, a square, the height of our culture
With seats you can’t sit on and a rubbish sculpture
The blokes have suits on but they don’t wear ties
A sartorial decision that’s wrong to my eyes
They’re chewing on quirky sandwiches now
Pureed fruit on their pig and their cow
And all I ever see is pig fractions
Lying in front of me
A distraction
All I’ll ever be is pig fractions
La la la la
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from Acting Thick for Money (volume 2),
released January 25, 2013
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