Off With The Fairies

from For the Comfort of Others by The New Middle Class

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Down the path on the side of our house
I gaze into a single lily white
Down the path on the side of our house
Let there be a fairy when I open my eyes
Across the passage, Mum’s bedroom
Do you think fairies are for real
Across the passage, I can’t get there
You pause before you answer me

CHORUS
From the cliffs over the river
Coloured lights reflect a path (off with the fairies again)
How I wish we could walk together
Coloured lights reflect a path (off with the fairies again)

I got sick of snakes and ladders
So I skipped rope all afternoon
Emily said Alexander
Why don’t you have a Dad like the rest of us do?
She cried out he’ll kill you
He picks me up every Wednesday after school
She cried out he’ll kill you
He’s gonna come over and kill Mum too

CHORUS

Bridge
See the little plastic fairy off its pod fly and spin (off with the…
Don’t let me fall in – off with the fairies again (off with the fairies..)
Into the air it flutters and sails towards the kitchen sink (off with the..)
Don’t let me fall in - off with the fairies again (off with the fairies again)

Have you seen the old lady in black
When I go into my room to find
She’s waiting when I turn the lamp on
But disappears into the light
Across the passage, Mum’s bedroom
Do you think fairies are for real
Across the passage, I can’t get there
You pause before you answer me

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from For the Comfort of Others, released October 23, 2019

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