DESCRIPTION:
Everybody knows that "Dirty Boy" is the greatest song ever written, no doubts about that. I always loved this song since I first discovered Cardiacs in late 2006, some of you may also know the acoustic cover I did in 2010... (you can find it in the "loyal companion" of the wonderful Tim Smith tribute album "leader of the starry skies" and there's also a video on YouTube) But then my ego grew bigger and bigger, so I said to myself: "why not trying to write some kind of a musical sequel to it?" So, yes, I'm probably crazy, but this song it's me messing around with tons and tons of chords and chord changes - close to the original 237 - trying to replicate all the things I adored in that song, from the big choruses scaling up a semitone to all kind of assorted madness you could imagine... thanks Tim, you're a genius, and a great inspiration... this is for YOU!

Sterbus: guitar, bass, vocals and backing vocals on coda, organ, drums programming;
Dominique: backing vocals on choruses;
Frances "Co" Pernico From The Celeberrimous Omonimous Theories: backing vocals on out-choruses.

Lyrics...

So we said "let's have a factory and grow a beard"
just another guilty pleasure
cause you're having so much fun now
never really missed a thing

RUNNING AWAY - FAR FROM HEAVEN
DIGGIN THE GRAVE, THE SUN
CRYING AWAY - ALL YOUR GLORY
USELESS AND VAIN, IN TIME

Whatever happened to the accidents we used to love
I'm still waiting for you, best friend
Cause I never really saw you
never needed other way

RUNNING AWAY - FAR FROM HEAVEN
DIGGIN THE GRAVE, THE SUN
CRYING AWAY - ALL YOUR GLORY
USELESS AND VAIN, IN TIME
SNAKES ON A PLAIN
CRAWLING DOWNSTAIRS
MOTHERS ASHAMED TONIGHT
SINNER AND SAINTS
YOU STAGE-DIVER
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

Riders on the phone-calls from heaven, suicide
Twice upon a time
Crackers leaving' off, it's mine, eggs of joy....

Rock me tenderly...
give me clocks and fears
never say goodbye
c'eravamo tanto amalgamati... (we used to love each other so much)

I SEE YOU
I FEEL YOU
YOU HEAL ME
UNCOMPLICATED WAYS

I SEE YOU
I FEEL YOU
YOU HEAL ME
UNCOMPLICATED FEELINGS
WHAT'S THIS, OH MY?

Thanks Cesqo for helping me creating the video taken from archive.org...
The short animation is called "Tom and Jerry piano tooners"... 1932 !

Tom and Jerry are fictional characters that starred in a series of early sound cartoons produced by the Van Beuren Studios, and distributed by RKO Pictures. The series lasted from 1931 to 1933. When Official Films purchased the Van Beuren library in the 1950s, the characters were renamed Dick and Larry to avoid confusion with Tom and Jerry, the famous MGM cartoon series of the 40's and 50's. Today, animation historians refer to the characters as Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry. (wikipedia)

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE SONG AND THE WHOLE ALBUM HERE....
http://sterbus.bandcamp.com/album/smash-the-sun-alight

Dedicated to Debz, David, Nick and Clare.