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Blue​-​John Benjamin accompanied by Whitby doo​-​wop group The Van Helsingers - The At the End of the Pier Song

from The At the End of the Pier Song / Mysterious Plague Doctor by Blue-John Benjamin And His Amateur Humans

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Written by Blue-John Benjamin;
Sound-engineered by Rich Whitworth;
Mixed and mastered by Jon Fleming.

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The At the End of the Pier Song

My days are spent in disguise, ably playing the fool,
for by night I’m a figure of mysterious cool.
Half unlucky-in-love, dysfunctional freak,
half paragon of modern vigilante chic.

In the Age of Austerity, on the cusp of a storm,
the Split Personalitaires sing to keep warm.
In a rusty oil drum, comic books ignite
at the end of the pier, at the edge of the light.

I am far too phantasmal for my own good,
despite my leaving subtle clues along the way.
No dramatic unmasking, no one sussing me out,
it’s disappointing, I have to say.

Hunting down vespertilian villains is my trade,
but my mind is a whirring amusement arcade.
I am weary of the struggle—of spilling blood.
I drink of the night—the emotional flood.

In the Age of Austerity, on the cusp of a storm,
the Split Personalitaires sing to keep warm.
In a rusty oil drum, comic books ignite
at the end of the pier, at the edge of the light.

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from The At the End of the Pier Song / Mysterious Plague Doctor, released April 1, 2015

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"We put the boot in - flew the freak-flag;
We stood resolute like Morrissey’s quiff."

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