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Beige
Tights, toffee, mud, sparrows,
corrugated cardboard, Cornetto cones,
the wood in pencils and kitchen utensils,
natterjack, natterjack toads.

I’ve heard that beige is all the rage,
it’s the start of a new age,
I painted my canary’s cage
beige.

It’s a certain type of brown
that seems to have been watered down.
It’s springing up all around,
oh beige.

It’s the colour of cardigans
and coffee creams,
Terry Wogan’s dreams
and lino.

Just look into a beige sky
with beige clouds passing by,
a beige sun shining through beige rain drops
to make a beige rainbow,
wo, wo, wo.

I’ve heard that beige is all the rage,
it’s the next logical stage,
it’s all over the front page,
oh beige.

It’s the colour of milk in Coco Pops
and fallow deer,
the town of Crewe
and plaster.

It’s a coffee ice cream,
it’s a beef paste dream,
it’s a library colour scheme.
Oh beige is superior to
tan or fawn or camel or caramel,
as well as the antelope.
Beige is the colour of hope.

Everything’s coming up beige.

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from The Greatest Show on Toast, released September 19, 2011

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Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers Leeds, UK

From time immemorial these musicians have stood at the gateway of nonsense begging peanuts. Spending most of their time trapped in force fields and vortices, occasionally they are released to stalk the streets of Leeds. On such occasions you might hear the plaintive cry of Sam’s tuba, the mournful crow of Dean’s ukulele, the excited jazzy croaking of Bob’s piano or the purr of Matty’s drums. ... more

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