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Martin and the Video Shop Closure

from Catch Up Or Don't, See If I Care by Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures

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This is a song about Kim's in NYC closing down and the fact people won't realise what they had till it's gone

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it took all the wind out of Martin
the day they closed down the shop
where was he going to buy videos now
how was he going to stop
other places didn’t have the selection
other places didn’t have the cool staff
other places felt colder
his whole life had been torn in half

there he sat
on the curb
the rain in the gutter
ruins his shoes
and nobody’s paying attention
nobody notices whenever they lose
and it won’t affect them in the morning
they don’t think of the ramifications
Martin knows
when places like this close
it’s bad for future generations

Martin rolls on towards nothing
everything’s moving so fast
he’s sure there’s lots we missed in the rush
he won’t lose his grip on the past
his ex-girlfriend told him to live in the now
most of his family worry
but Martin takes comfort his tactile array
he’s not the one in the hurry

and there he sits
on his bed
his room in a clutter
with piles of stuff
an old 78 on the turntable
his film collection
will never be big enough
and one day they’ll find him dead in here
when the smell drifts out to the hall
and they’ll realise the things that they’re missing
and Martin’s ghost can stand tall

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from Catch Up Or Don't, See If I Care, released December 20, 2014
Written, performed and produced by Jon Cross of Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures.

Copyright Om/No Productions Music 2014

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The main thing I love to do is write songs. I pick up various instruments from ukulele to piano, accordion to percussion and electric guitar to harmonica and bang them about to try and get close to the noises I hear in my head but the writing comes first. ... more

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