Double Elvis (reprise)

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From the album Double Elvis

Double Elvis (reprise)

cracked bell
broken bell
cracked bell
broken bell
prescription lens shades
Double Elvis
Double Elvis
cancers, cancers we three

another stolen time offence
everyone starring in their own
social media cast reality show
an illusionary audience
trying even the stars
trying even the stars above patience

pretty cop
with purple tip dyed hair
and mink pink eye shadow
cuffs the homeless
forlorn and hopeless
for obstructing
the market pedestrian flow
when changing
the cardboard sheets
of their street beds
punters queuing
for artisan breads
look on numb
buskers strum
a fitting dirge
as if on prearranged cue
as if on prearranged cue
me and you
don’t know where it all got started
don’t know when it all went wrong

cracked bell
broken bell
cracked bell
broken bell
prescription lens shades
Double Elvis
Double Elvis
cancers, cancers we three

young lovers in the alleyway
entwined in tears
unaware of wandering eyes
staring
tourists taking selfies with mannequins
in designer shop windows
modelling dresses
they can only fantasise about
wearing
struggling to fold
hinged crucifixion crosses
street evangelists
swearing
all the while
the oncoming
Northern Line train
tearing
tearing down the tracks

cracked bell
broken bell
cracked bell
broken bell
prescription lens shades
Double Elvis
Double Elvis
cancers, cancers we three

the purple reign staining
his collarless white shirt
cigarette butts
filled to the brim
of his cupped hands
head down
walking
back and forth
back and forth
past fire hydrants no longer red
disgruntled bus passengers
waiting
waiting in the heat
back and forth
back and forth
back and forth
funereal
as though commanded
to collect
abandoned last breaths
funereal
as though commanded
to collect
miniature like deaths

cracked bell
broken bell
cracked bell
broken bell
prescription lens shades
prescription lens shades
vision so clear
it’s like being on drugs
Double Elvis
Double Elvis
Double Elvis
Double Elvis
cancers, cancers we three

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released May 19, 2020

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the red propellers Bristol, UK

the red propellers are a Bristol UK, Factory Studios band inspired by the Velvet Underground and late 1970’s New York City punk music scene.

“Fabulous group, with buckets of vision, passion and unpredictable madness; all much needed in today’s sanitised world. Their cult is growing.”
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