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Very Interesting Extras

by Findlay Napier

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1.
How Will You Escape Words and music by Boo Hewerdine & Findlay Napier Suspended from the gods you spin The rope’s about to break Bound in danger locked and chained How will you escape? In silence now the crowd look on They’re drawn into your fate Breath held they cannot see the lie How will you escape? Harry Houdini From here it’s clear to see Though you broke through the ties that bind You were never free You bow, they roar, the mob want more Impressed they cannot wait They choose to leave the truth unpicked How will you escape?
2.
Princess Rosanna Drowned in the Clyde Words and music by Findlay Napier Princess Rosanna graceful and tall Was she pushed or did she fall Didn’t make the front page just an inch or two inside Princess Rosanna drowned in the Clyde Princess Rosanna so pale and so white Lies at peace ’neath the mortuary lights Bury her with blessings or cast her outside Princess Rosanna drowned in the Clyde Underneath Jamaica Bridge wet paint runs down the wall Every stanchion, span and stone holds the key The truth it floats right out to sea Princess Rosanna flowers in the river The guy upstairs he’ll never forgive her Attention seeker washed up on the tide Princess Rosanna drowned in the Clyde Underneath Jamaica Bridge wet paint runs down the wall Every stanchion, span and stone holds the key It’s sprayed like a shout It’s there to fuel the doubt On the ebb the truth floats back from sea
3.
52 DES 04:34
52DES Words and music by Findlay Napier So Des what’s with the personalized plate What’s with the paint job, the alloys, on this council estate So Des is that number, which begins 52, A badge for the crisis you’re driving into Desmond we’re worried there’s bills to pay Desmond we’re worried what the neighbours say Desmond please don’t drive away Des it never goes right when you’re up to those tricks Then you rust in a cell, set up on bricks Please Des, don’t go back to your ways The kids know you weren’t on your holidays Desmond we’re worried there’s bills to pay Desmond we’re worried what the neighbours say Desmond please don’t drive away Why Des it’s so blue, deep like a lake So out of place here a shiny mistake Des they’d a warrant they kicked in the door Slashed all the furniture tore up the floor Des the truth is you can’t help but stray And your beautiful things always give you away Desmond we’re worried there’s bills to pay Desmond we’re worried what the neighbours say Desmond please don’t drive away
4.
After the Last Bell Rings Words and music by Boo Hewerdine & Findlay Napier After the last bell rings Will I be on my own Sleeping beneath the stars Nowhere to call home A million lights above me When all I want is one Will I be on my own After the last bell rings After the last bell rings Where am I going to go When all the chairs are stacked Caught in the undertow Eyes in the bar room mirror Somehow seem to know Where am I going to go After the last bell rings Let it ring, let it ring Let it ring, let it ring After the last bell rings Darling put your hand in mine Both of us are lost Who knows what we’ll find Our pockets may be empty All we’ve got is time Darling put your hand in mine After the last bell rings
5.
Show Folk 05:09
Show Folk Words and music by Boo Hewerdine I don’t why I never grew The world too much for me Fell in with clowns and acrobats Nothing else to be I saw the limelight of New York I saw the Golden Mile A life as memorabilia I was here to make you smile Show folk show folk They’ll tell you that they love you Show folk show folk It’s all that they can do See love’s a ghost in every heart That has to dream alone I used to watch confetti fall And fancy it my own Jimmy Mac, head in the clouds Perhaps a little shy He came to ask me if ‘I do’ A joy that made me cry There were crowds that summer’s day We flickered in the news The stage looks different from the wings Perhaps I always knew I waved for each photographer They froze me for all time The angel on my shoulder lied At least the lie was mine

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released February 15, 2016

Findlay Napier: Vocals, Guitar
Boo Hewerdine: Guitar, Harmonium, Ukulele
Gustaf Ljunggren: Lap Steel, Piano, Banjo, Bass Clarinet, Casio SK1, Toy Piano, Violin, Drums
Gillian Frame, Louis Abbott, Jono McLeod & Hamish Napier: Backing Vocals

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Findlay Napier Glasgow, UK

One of Scotland's finest songwriters. In 2021 he was nominated for Musician of the Year at the Scot’s Trad Music Awards and in 2018 he was the first solo act to be nominated for Live Act of the Year. Described as Micheal Marra meets Elvis Costello, a Caledonian Loudon Wainwright or a Scottish James Taylor this master storyteller's songs are full of earthy humour, hopeless love and biting satire. ... more

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