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Inspired by The Teleportation Accident, by Ned Beauman.

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Not one for politics
Difficult in social situations, parties
Always seemed to upset all the arty crowd
And women he was trying to impress
Lavicini gave him a purpose
And an interest in historical drama
Wanted to find reasons for theatrical disaster
Ending in hysterical palaver, a farce
And women always feature in these things
Followed a girl west as far as America
Where finally he found her
working for a scientist who thought
He could move mountains and
Murder any man in the way
There were lots of political and
Personal agendas
Didn’t see it coming in
Berlin or a nation, or a whole wide war
Blinded by society or ketamine
Ooooohh….
Found himself a long way from home
Found the one but left alone
He painted the Devil on the
Wall of his early years
But found there was more than
Accidents and pretty girls
What’s the one thing
That could uproot almost anything
A teleportation machine
A love that had a hold over him
A teleportation machine

credits

from Accidents and Pretty Girls (or How Not To Woo A Woman), released February 14, 2017
Beth Porter - vocals, baritone ukulele. Ben Please - ukulele drum, vocals, kalimba. Poppy Pitt - glockenspiel, vocals. Jools Scott - Wurlitzer. Emma Hooper - viola. Ian Vorley - violin. Sue Lord - violin. Pete Judge - trumpet. Song sponsor - Oliver Woodford.

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The Bookshop Band Bath, UK

The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B's Emporium. Now they are about to go on tour, sponsored by Vintage Books and Independent Booksellers Week, around other bookshops and lit fests. Catch them if you can. Details at www.thebookshopband.co.uk ... more

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