joseph james (stop the show!)


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Date released: 12/2/10

Chords: Here

Lyrics:

Science was his job, his name was Joseph James
Remembered all the faces, but he couldn't place the names
But whoa, he never stopped the show

Travelling with memories and a case full of wonder
Always on the road, whatever weather he was under
But whoa, he never stopped the show

Kept chemicals in his pockets and goggles on his head
Used to work on the rails but preferred this road instead
But whoa, he never stopped the show

A girl fell in love with him but working was his mission
Went right back to his lab and perfected cold fission
But whoa, he never stopped the show

Five years later on in life, he saw the girl at the theatre
He plucked up all his courage and decided he would meet her
She'd grown up a lot since then and she'd found another guy
His confidence was ruined, so he waved the girl goodbye
But whoa, he never stopped the show

He noticed something difficult in the time they were apart
Science can't fix everything, not even a broken heart
But life's too short for sadness so he picked up his mistakes
And threw them out the window, 'cos that's just what it takes
And whoa, he never stopped the show

Three years after this, he was speaking in town aloud
And something caught his eye, it was someone in the crowd
He ran to her and held her and they stood there in the night
But one thing then occurred to him: was the chemistry just right?
But whoa, he never stopped the show
No he never stopped the show

Notes: Yeah, I don’t like this one either. The concept of it was okay but it drags, doesn’t it? My reasoning behind making it so long was somewhere between “I can’t be bothered to add structure to this song” and “Wow my songs are all pretty short I should make a long one”. Turns out long songs suck

to be fair, all english folk music is repetitive too. i am a pioneer

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