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Memories of a navy pinstripe suit I bought from Next in Coleraine in the 80s, when I still wasn't sure who I was. I have no idea who I was trying to be in a rig like that.

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Rattle My Cage

Man I wished you’d seen me, in my navy pinstripe suit;
I looked like a million dollars, like a gun about to shoot.
I polished up my brown shoes, and I toughened up my feet,
and you could hear me hit the pavement,
all the way from Kingsgate Street.
I was ready to engage - man, I want to rattle my cage.

This was in the 1980s, ’85 or ’86 -
at the height of Margaret Thatcher, and that whole bag of tricks.
I looked just like a gangster, or some crooked MP.
I could have been selling plastic windows, or cars or TVs.
I was a needle in a gauge - man, I want to rattle my cage.

The more I saw my own reflection, the more I realised
that a pinstripe suit is just a flimsy disguise.
Only eighty years ago, my people were still digging ditches.
Now I’m walking round in pinstripes, like all the other sons of bitches,
acting someone else’s age - man, I want to rattle my cage.

So my heart looked at my sleeve, and it saw the disparity.
And in time the suit got old, and I sent it off to charity.
But man, I wish you’d seen me, when that suit was at its best,
before the elbows went east and the knees went west.
I was all the rage - man, I want to rattle my cage.

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from The Book of Absolution (2022), released November 14, 2022
Anthony Toner: Vocals and Guitars, Keyboards
Matt Weir: Drums
Nick Scott: Upright Bass

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