Twitchy Curtains
Moderato
from "Powers of 10" by David Haines 1999
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How
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my
kitch - en
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I've been 3 4
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mean - ing
to
tack- le
it for
weeks
floor needs
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with
buck- et
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gar-den
beds need weed - ing!
breed- ing,
if
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stop
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Piles of
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nev-er ev- er
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I don't at-tack themtheywill
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and mop
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Weeds are
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clean - ing!
How my 4 4
wash - ing
up are
grow - ing,
I've been
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stor-ing
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dir - ty
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pans
and pots
in
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cup-boards and on floors
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dust dead
flies
and
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spi - ders
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I
in - tend
to
do my
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er
in the
wall
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My
can't
just - i - fy the
time to
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from win-dow
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When - ev - er
I
heart is
2
sills and those
bits a - bove my
I
with pride
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doors
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house - work
filled
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plug my
and
vac - uum clean -
with
joy
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I
fit the
cob - web - re
-
mov -
ing
tool...
Then I think "Before I start I'll just take a quick peek to see what's happening out the front." I carefully pull back the net curtain just an inch or two and then..."
accelerando.......
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VERSE 1 Mis~
sis
Jones
is
talk
-
ing
to
a
man
in
37
u
-
ni - form!
I
3
won - der
where
he's from?
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She's
look- ing
quite
for - ~
Poor
lorn!
dear!
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There's a de - liv - er - y at
num - ber eight
I
hope they're
out,
I can
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of - fer
to take
that
par
-
cel
in,
then
me and
can
spend a
REFRAIN
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mer - ry
the dog
af- ter - noon guess - ing
what they've got from the ca - ta logue!
Twitchy-
cur-tains,
my
Twitchy-
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3 rea - son for
liv - ing
Twitch - y
cur - tains,
cur- tains
much
Twitch - y
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Twitch - y
3 cur - tains the pur - pose - of
Twitch - y
cur - tains
is for
bet - ter
than T.
V.
cur - tains
peer-ing
be - tween
and
see - ing
cur- tains
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what my bead-y
lit - tle eye
can see!
Oh
oh
5
oh
oh
twitch-y
cur - tains
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Twitch-y
Oh
cur - tains,
oh
my one and
oh
oh
on - ly
twitch - y
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what they
oh
re- veal
Twitch - y
twitch-y curtains -
Oh
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best bit
of all,
I know the dram- a
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past
-
of my
6
time
Twitch - y
cur-tains
cur - tains,
oh
the
curt - ains,
Oh
stor-y
oh
oh
neigh-bour's
lives
oh
lines are
grip- ping
twitch- y
cur - tains
is real!
Oh
see
oh
and the
oh
oh
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oh
twitch - y
cur - tains
Oooo...
73 VERSE 2
Ju - li - et
next door
is
go - ing
out
with
her
young
man...
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Is
it
him
she likes
or
is
it
his
red
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Lam - bor - ghi - ni?
Woops!
She's
seen ~
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me!
What's that
old
cod- ger
do - ing at
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num - ber ten?
trim - ming
his
hedge in - to the
shape of
a
hen!
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He's
got a
thing a
bout
to
-
pia - ry,
he's
got
a
pig, a
dog, a
cat, and
monk - ey
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pri - vet
men - a - ger - ie!!
Twitch-y
my
3 rea - son
Twitch - y
cur - tains
cur - tains,
for
liv - ing
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Twitchy- cur-tains,
much
Twitch-y
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bet - ter
than T.
cur - tains
V.
Twitch-y
cur - tains
the
Twitch - y
8
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3 pur - pose of
cur-tains
is for peer - ing
be - tween
and
see - ing what
my bead - y
lit - tle eye
can
cur-tains
97
see!
Twitch - y
Oh
oh
oh
oh
twitch- y
cur - tains
cur - tains,
Oh
oh
my
oh
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oneand
oh
on - ly
twitchy-
past - time
curtains -
Twitch - y
Oh
curt - ains,
oh
9
see
oh
what
oh
they
re - veal
twitch - y
cur - tains
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Twitchy-
Oh
cur - tains,
oh
the stor-y
oh
oh
lines are
grip- ping
twitch- y
cur - tains
and the
best bit
of all,
I
know the
106
drama-
of my neigh - bour's lives is
real!
1st
Oh
oh
109 2nd
Oh
oh
oh
twitch- y
cur - tains
3rd
oh
oh
oh
twitch - y
cur - tains
Oh
oh
oh
From bar 109 to the end, individual members of the chorus are invited to declaim little bits of made-up gossip.
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112
oh
115
4th
twitch-y
cur - tains
Oh
oh
oh
twitch - y
cur - tains
6th
5th Oh
oh
oh
oh
twitch - y
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cur - tains
Oh
oh
oh
7th
oh twitch-y
121
oh
cur-tains
Oh
oh
oh
oh
twitch - y
cur - tains
8th Oh
oh
oh
oh
twitch - y
11
cur - tains
oh
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