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Drifting About Like a Bad Smell

from CURLY'S AIRSHIPS by JUDGE SMITH

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CURLY:
Most of us were Navy men,
But our Boss was a topping old
Army General,
And we'd all been made one tiny part
Of this brand-new Royal Air Force.
But they were all Heavier-Than-Air: 'Birdmen',
And didn't exactly make us welcome.
Said airships drifted about
Like a bad smell...

We were the future for all long-range flight
'Cause planes would never be
The size to compete.
Oh yes, I know
That sounds comic in hindsight,
But we were just bursting
To prove it was true.

But it was clear a Zeppelin
Makes a pretty lousy warship;
One burst of tracer
And the thing explodes.
Our General was nuts on airships
Like the rest of us,
And game for any stunt
To show them in a peaceful role.
He sent us on some comical missions,
Like dropping leaflets
Advertising Victory Bonds
Over Sheffield and Bradford,
Manchester and Liverpool,
Towing a socking great banner behind us,
And, just to add to the general festivity...

A cold and terrified RAF band
Crammed onto the machine-gun platform
Perched right up on top of the hull,
Banging away for dear life
As we droned up and down...

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from CURLY'S AIRSHIPS, released April 10, 2020
Vocal Credits:-
CURLY - JUDGE

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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