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It's a Reasonable Life (3 out of 5 Stars)

by Hospital Radio

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A Heavenly figure
Climbed out of the river
After nobody saved them
I heard them proclaim:
I'm an Angel, an Eternaut
I ensure the Universe
is labelled, filed, taxonomically named
Like episodes of a sitcom
The one with, the one where
And so on
As Stephan's Quintet played on

He asked:
What universe is this?
Is this the one where all truth's a myth
And it was all just a blind dog's dream?
As he staggered away into the night
'neath those hanging spectres of Christmas lights
I said
It gets better? It has to get better
Right?

It's capsizing slowly
From Tupelo to Graceland
From blue down to Hurley
And still Stephan's Quintet played on

Is this the one where it all works out?
And next year is brighter - or thereabouts
It gets better
It has to get better
Or is this the one where we all eat
A seagull roast, a knotweed feast
It gets better
It has to get better

Let's sail away, wassail away
And go a whaling for
The ones who let it get this bleak
We'll use their tallow to warm our bones
And light the lamps to light our homes
And it will get better
It's a reasonable life

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released December 18, 2022
Recorded and produced by HOSPITAL RADIO, some bits in the lock up at Muthers (between the muffled sounds of other bands' rehearsals), the rest in various homes (between the responsibilities of childcare and petcare).

Written by HOSPITAL RADIO.
Copyright HOSPITAL RADIO 2022.

a Wet Play recording

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