Tub Shitter / Shrimp Eater / Stall Tipper / 22 Rifles (Anti-War Song)

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I arrive at the apartment, smiling naively
A dear friend turns 400 years
To celebrate me and my friends have all gathered
And one snuck in gin and some beer
I didn't expect to have alcohol near
But I can't say no to a good time
And I'm ashamed to admit that 1 glass turned to 4
And when the bottle is empty I'm left wanting more

And reality fades and it turns to a haze
And my last meal escapes through the hole in my face
And the residue stains both my shirt and my face
I remember the feeling of porcelain
On my naked skin

Before he switched sides our friend John used to serve with
Two fishers of opposite skin
He watched as their friendship began to evolve
A long monologue about shrimp
Shrimp stew and burgers, gumbo, kebabs
It's the fruit of the sea
Impressed by what he just overheard
John was inspired to try
This magical food that ol Benjamin spoke of
As a child John was not much for seafood
But he's lived an exciting life, he likes variety
Fry them or broil them or boil them or bake them

When Bubba-Gump finally opened in London
He cried tears of joy cause he could foinally troi
This magical monster that Buford called fruit
Big John quickly became a regular guest
But nothing lived up to the opening day
That was 6 years before Big Johnny
Went out with a bang

Measuring muscle in distance, not weight
At home he preserves citrus fruits
Sometimes he goes to the rhythmical school
Acting as a substitute
One Tuesday morning assigned to our namesake
Our hero picks up the bass
And we play a song, a work in progress in waltz time
The dissonant outro pierced through my ears

But he didn't mind it, he looked at me and smiled said
I think what you have is a stall tipper, man
And ever since then every string that I bend
Is in honour of that pear-shaped man
By the door
By the door

I don't usually do this
But I wanna explain a couple things about the lyrics to this song
See this is what is called "meta", it's self-referential
But that's not relevant, what is relevant is the thing I wanna explain
Earlier in the song I used the term
"Our namesake"
This means that
You see
This
The man we are singing about
The pear-shaped man who preserves citrus fruits at home
He, uh, was assigned as a substitute to our "namesake"
E8, entry level 8
You see we are named after a classroom in our school
As well as, uhm, "profile ensemble"
Which I don't know
It was something other than "production ensemble", I guess
I don't really know
Listen to this now, you're gonna love this

This is the end of
Stall Tipper
Now get ready
For something else
Something else

Once they were boys, now they are men
But now they are gone
22 Rifles on the battlefield
People around, tremble in fear as they pass
All that they see
Destruction and devastation where they used to live
Leaving ar
Leaving behind a trail of destruction
Volcanic eruption

Once they were men, now they are dead
They're gone
But all that remains
22 Rifles on the battlefield
But all that I see
Ashes where my young boy used to be
Nuclear bomb
Nuclear wasteland
All I see
22 Rifles on the battlefield

Now, now, now
Now now, now
All I see
Rifles on the battlefield
22 Rifles on the battlefield

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