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Shit Tips

from Foreign Affairs by Hugo de Verteuil

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lyrics

He came from service quarter Oceania,
Mother raised him on steamed milk,
She held the wand inside his baby bottle
Until it turned to wedding silk.
Dad taught him how to 'like'
How to filter and make lists
How to confidence code
And build narcotic comfort blankets.

He remained at the cafe training centre
From 0 until 16.
When he reached the regional finals
He was like nothing they'd ever seen.
So they encouraged him out to the old world;
Admin territiory,
To those funny old hippies
Who've been thinking differently
Since the pop-rock century.
As he flew over 'production'
He thought he heard somebody complain.
He closed his eyes, pulled down the blind and sighed,
As ephemera enveloped the plane.

He practiced cappuccino
On the vanity ward
His uniform was just a pair of headphones,
He could even afford
To go to the downtown civil war!

In a bar inside a salon, in a shoeshop, in a gym,
Adrenaline fuelled him for a while.
Still he scooped the mayonnaise into the dish with dirty fingers
Now and then to raise a smile.
Baby Dino and Blow-Up-Man hit the scene
Looking for a photograph.
He drained the machine and wondered what they might do
With those over-sized body parts.
As his uniform played some Benedictine chant,
He thought he might as well just ask.
His face was swiftly smashed into the floor, on video,
Don't you remember? Did you see it? Did you laugh?
Don't you remember? Did you see it? Did you laugh?
Don't you remember? Did you see it? Did you laugh?

She waved her hair extensions
Like some kind of flag
She tried to leave the building,
Riding Blow-Up-Man,
Bare foot and piggy back.

As he picked his teeth out of the hot chocolate mix
He said:

"I'm not going to get angry,
You'd only love it if I did.
Fly me out to fantasy,
Playing in a band called "Shit Tips."
And everybodys playin our hit:

"Why don't you want me to be happy?
Why don't you throw some money at me?
I'll wear my body like a costume for you,
Baby.""

credits

from Foreign Affairs, released January 1, 2012
Written and Arranged by Hugo de Verteuil

Vocals - Oliver Ridgewell, Sarah Hardie and Hugo de Verteuil

Gang Vocals - James Metcalfe, Colvin Cruickshank, Craig Coulthard, Hugo de Verteuil

Flute - Helen Louise

Drums - Owen Curtis Williams

All Other Instruments - Hugo de Verteuil

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