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Failure May be Your Style - The John Hurt Locker

from You Do it I Can't Be Bothered by Various Artists (The Songs of Tom Smith)

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A Story of Quentin Crisp.

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Mother shields me from the world
While Father used it as a threat
I gave up work as a clerk
Posing naked for the sake of art
I’m free for dinner any night
So long as you’re the one to pay
Or exhibition opening night
Free caviar and free champagne


It takes courage to speak out
Come and look up my address
The first homosexual voice
Fielding questions for my guests
Like a ballerina
Farming pigs all your life
So nimble now across the mud
Pigs become you and your style


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If at first you don’t succeed


Failure may just be your /style

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And if there was no praise
And if there was no blame
Who would I be?
And if there was no blame
And if there was no praise
Who would I be?
Would I be me?


People take for granted
All the paths I have paved
The spotlight turned away from me
All I hear about is AIDS
It’s a passing fashion
Backing down would be a lie
I cannot follow fads
I am only into style


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from You Do it I Can't Be Bothered, released September 20, 2014
Francis Moylen with Jed Palmer and Zoe Barry.

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The Songs of Tom Smith Brisbane, Australia

The Songs of Tom Smith is a recording and performance project created by Tom in 2012. It has a large pool of musicians across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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