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Gun Barrel Pupils

from The Lecher's Waltz by Rasp Thorne & the Briars

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    The debut studio album from London guttersnipes. Includes 16 page booklet with lyrics, artwork and photos.

    Recorded and mixed by Alex McGowan at Space Eko Studios, London, England, 2012.

    Mastered by Harvey BIrrel at Southern Studios, London, England, 2012.

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lyrics

Gun Barrel Pupils

Stop yer slobbering you drunkards, clog yer cunt traps you whores,

An’ listen to a story heard before,

But we’ve drunk all the wine an’ yer slurring like swine

so ya might as well here it once more.

On the shores of Inish Mor there stands a lone steeple

casting shade across a ravished churchyard,

Yet when the Sun sets the shadow spire points west

as if seeking escape from the dark.



For straight to the east peering over the deeps

keeping watch atop a cragged crumbling cliff,

Stands the weather wracked shack of my sweet Mary Ann

who I still to this day pine to kiss.

Run for your life my sweet little Mary!

Don’t you look back no matter what you do!

For the hounds of hell are unleashed an’ barking,

The scent sent for none other than you!

Now a terrible man came to pass through that land,

A demonsteed snorted ‘neath his tightly reined fist,

An’ with that devil ‘tween his thighs an’ inferno eyes

he rode dry through the fog an’ the mist.

Straight through the town he rode never stopping,

All he passed recoiled in fright,

But as his beast strode past the commissary store

a patch of hair snagged his hook of delight. 



As she walked down the road to the shack we called home,

Perched atop a once shining cliff,

She felt a chill in her bones that she was not alone,

But none she saw through the fog an’ the mist.



Run for your life my sweet little Mary!

Don’t you look back no matter what you do!

For the hounds of hell are unleashed an’ barking,

The scent sent for none other than you!

An’ what shall I say of the things that he done?

Of fingers strewn about, of ripped lips, of burnt hair?

All I know is she’s dead an’ that he is long gone

an’ I’ll take whatever potion or penny you’ll spare.



So hey there lil’ girl with the gun barrel pupils,

Tell me how do you like your vice?

With a pipe or a spike or diluted by ice,

I assure you we’ll have a fine time.

With a pipe or a spike or diluted by ice
I assure you we’ll have a fine time.

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from The Lecher's Waltz, released July 8, 2012

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Rasp Thorne Berlin, Germany

Rasp Thorne is a writer, musician and performer based in Berlin.

Current musical projects: DRUCKS, CHAGRIN, Silk Rut (Berlin)
Previous bands include: Rasp Thorne & the Briars, LaZY SHaRKS (London) Ryder Pales, and SPAR HORNET (NYC)

Along with solo songs he has also recorded poetry extensively.

'Etched in the Ether', a collection of lyrics, is available now through CHAGRIN PRESS ... more

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