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"I really wanted Johnny Vegas to sing this but didn't have the nerve to approach him. Another Gwey and Gwim Old Gwimy Day would have suited this, not through a sense of perversity but as a splendid tragi-comedian he would have understood. The late Lord Bernstein understood, asking "where does it rain most" before setting up Granada TV in Manchester. Keith Angel, the percussionist and recording engineer created a circular marimba motif that found favour and I made some lyrics and a tune to run against/with it whilst overnighting during the groundlaying process of recording." John Tams

Another Grey and Grim Old Grimy Day

Another grey and grim old grimy day
Another grey and grim old grimy day

Break form - find a dry corner to ride out the storm
Too long - left to my choices I'll get it all wrong
Another grey and grim old grimy day
Another grey and grim old grimy day

Bad signs - find me an author to rewrite my lines
Indiscreet - I should have turned up the volume and told the whole street
Another grey and grim old grimy day
Another grey and grim old grimy day

Cold floor - no coat on the stairs and no shoes by the door
Gone now - I should have said sorry but I didn't know how
Another grey and grim old grimy day
Another grey and grim old grimy day