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“I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt”

Quote by Andy Partridge

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Andy Partridge is a British singer born on November 11, 1953. Known for his unique musical style and heartfelt lyrics, he is a founding member of the British rock band XTC. more

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“For a heart without love is a song with no words And a tune to which no one is listening So your heart must give love and you'll find that You shine like rain on the leaves you'll be glistening.”

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“Other lands became a larder full of all the good things All we had to do was go and take Blood the colour of the rain that grew our wicked harvest Black the colour icing on our cake”

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“Now that I'm out and I'm shouting in doorways Freed from a love more like murder I should be singing but in liberation Feel like a ship with no rudder.”

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“Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land And how a child to the virgin came? Will you tell them that the reason why we murdered Everything upon the surface of the world Is so we can stand right up and say we did it in his name?”

World Children Reason Names Land Surface Reason Why Virgins

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“Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey”

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“The man who sailed around his soul From East to West, from pole to pole With ego as his drunken captain Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold”

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