Name: Polecats (2012 remaster)
Duration: P00H01M24S
Description: I wrote this days after hearing The Handsome Family for the first time, and I like to think they'd appreciate the tribute.

Polecats (2012 remaster)

from The Wolf Who Snared The Moon by Norman Lamont

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I wrote this days after hearing The Handsome Family for the first time, and I like to think they'd appreciate the tribute.

lyrics

Polecats came into my house last night

They rearranged my books

They turned the chairs to face the wall

And I don’t like how that looks

They read my business letters

They helped themselves to wine

And they cast their eyes, their little eyes

Over everything that’s mine.

Now I don’t know where polecats live

In nests or in the ground

I only know I’ll find them

If they can be found

It’s become a debt of honour

And one I must fulfil

Disordered books must be avenged

And they will

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from The Wolf Who Snared The Moon, released January 4, 2004
Dave Watson, Dave Christopher, Norman: vocals

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Norman Lamont Edinburgh, UK

Norman Lamont has been delighting audiences on the Edinburgh songwriter scene since 1990. His trademarks are the diversity of his musical styles, emotionally honest lyrics and a droll sense of humour.

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