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Shrunken Sisters

from Lentils by Kath Tait

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lyrics

Three Shrunken Sisters

The 214 is a wonky bus
The journey can be arduous
From Highgate Hill it rumbles down
Through Gospel Oak and Kentish Town
The driver stops at Plender Street
To board the customary queue
The passengers will have to move
To seat three shrunken sisters.

Just three shrunken sisters
With greying hair and whiskers
They walk like frail snails
We all hail the pale, frail snails
When three old girls are safely stowed
The bus continues down the road
And stops at Royal College Street
To unload three shrunken sisters.

The 214 it creaks and groans
With the arguments and the mobile phones
And the shopping trolleys in the aisles
It rumbles on for miles and miles
And when it gets to Plender Street
To board the antiquary queue
The passengers will have to move
To seat two shrunken sisters.

Just two shrunken sisters
Weighed down with bags of biscuits
They look like wise old owls
One smiles and the other scowls
When two old girls are safely stowed
The bus continues down the road
And stops at Royal College Street
To unload two shrunken sisters.

The 214 it shivers down
Through a cold and wintry Camden Town
The windows are jammed open
And the heating system's broken
The driver stops at Plender Street
To board the solitary queue
The passengers will have to move
To seat one shrunken sister.

Just one shrunken sister
The grim reaper must have missed her
Perhaps he didn't like to kiss her
Crispy frozen whiskers
When one old girl is safely stowed
The bus continues down the road
And stops at Royal College St
To unload one shrunken sister.

Now summer's come to Camden Town
The trees are blooming all around
The 214 is boiling hot
With the heaters on and the windows locked
It's been a while since we took that ride
Since the last of the shrunken sisters died
The bus pulls up at Plender St
And right before our eyes
Are three shrunken sisters
At the bus stop waiting
'Yes we're still alive' they say
'We've just been hibernating'.

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from Lentils, released July 18, 2019

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Kath Tait London, UK

Bio: Kath Tait is a songwriter from New Zealand, living in London. She writes about her life as a carer, a hippy, an itinerant bard and a wholefood freak. Described as ‘wonky and eccentric’ she is an empathetic and intelligent lyricist.

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