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Welcome to the Museum of Childhood
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Peak #180
Peak in subgenre #38
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Thee Governess
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Thee Governess
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October 02, 2006
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MP3 3.6 MB, 192 kbps, 3:59
Story behind the song
Victorian England. A jaundiced child grows up in a buttoned down house. She sings of her unfortunate condition. Her father looks over her as she sleeps and wishes her peace. The child seems to be far from that sweet state, however. She is experiencing all the private horrors of puberty. All would be well if she could only grow, yet her medical condition and repressive society conspire to stunt any movement in that direction. Ah! The museum of childhood! Pity its poor exhibits. Bass and keyboards by Adam Henderson drums by Marcus Gilvear. The melody references Waltzing Matilda and In the Deep Midwinter
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THE CHILD: My father named me Amber After my Grandmamma I lived 13 years In the room upstairs The neighbours do declare That I 'm a sorry looking animal In need of some time In the country air THE FATHER: Your so young and tender Not an early riser Sleep on oh my child I will not wake you Your so young and tender Your breast it falls and rises Sleep on oh my child I will not wake you Again THE CHILD: With a tin-plated circus And chipped wooden animals My brother built for himself A hareem All through the long hot summer Locked in the room next door to him I heard his every little Moan and scream Like the dripping of the fat From food kept in my underwear That stains what was once white As if exposed to nicotine I don't change, I don't grow As with the fixtures in this apartment Time is only measured in The Yellowing of skin THE FATHER: Your so young and tender Not an early riser Sleep on oh my child I will not wake you Your so young and tender Your breast it falls and rises Sleep on oh my child I will not wake you Again THE CHILD: Did the museum of childhood Want me for a specimen? Did it fill me full of formaldehyde And stick me on a pin? Oh I am dying, I am dying I am dying, oh my daddy Wont you came and end this suffering?
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