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Tablets

"It's a fond parody of the 'Lavender's blue, dilly dilly' thing ... the side effects involved ... I tried to just simplify it and have it as a bit of a lullaby effect."
- Jez Lowe

TABLETS by JEZ LOWE


Tablets of blue give me, give me tablets of red,
All in a queue ready for me next to my bed.

Dawn of the day and I can’t leave them waiting,
They’re the tick of my clock they’re the knock on my door,
I hate them, I love them, I can’t live without them,
Day after day after day, ever more.

Strength in their numbers, they rally around me,
I don’t know where they come from, or what they might do,
Better or worse, in sickness and health,
They stand to attention in an everlasting queue.

Publishing: J. Lowe, Lowe Life Music

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THE MIKE HARDING SHOW

An impeccable selection of the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
Mike Harding


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