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Poison on the breath.
Examine the footsteps.
The ash from a cigarette.
Everything holds a truth.
The width of the carriage
is a fact not to disparage.
It carries a message getting closer to you.
Everything is a clue.
The nicks on the watch tell him more than the time.
Tells you his brother was the drinking ne'er do well kind.
The dirt on your shoe tells him where in London you've been to--
The Wigmore Street post office, duh; and you sent a telegram, not a letter.
Everything is a clue.
You don't have to tell him.
He already knows.
He lives for a question.
The truth always shows.
Give him a problem or he'll go insane.
Shoot up a seven percent solution of cocaine.
Everything is a clue
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Aron Blue - Irene's Song
04:00
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Sherlock is Home
I’ve lived for years on Baker Street – 221B’s the address.
It’s a quiet old flat on a quiet old street, with strictly no bother or mess.
But the quiet old years, they ended, when this man moved in upstairs
And now my days and nights are filled with worries and with cares.
When you choke
On the smoke
From the puffing of his pipe
Still you’re grateful that he’s pondering in silence
But when you’re snatched
From your slumber
By the screeching of his fiddle
You’re tempted to meet violins with violence.
Not to speak
Of the squeaks
As stampeding up the stairs
Comes a never-ending cavalcade of clients
Or the fumes
And the flames
From the frightful apparatus
With which he dabbles dodgily in science.
In short
To deduce
If the flat upstairs is taken by an irritating, calculating sleuth –
If the noises from your neighbor make you gnash your teeth and foam
You can bet that Sherlock is home!
Now, I’ve tried to ask him nicely to keep the volume down.
He just said he could tell from a look at my lapel I'd been born near Winchester town.
When I tried to direct his attention back to the matter at hand
He said it was plain that I’d spent time in Spain – just from the way that I stand.
I ask you!
Well I left in a huff and I took my case to Mrs. H, the landlady.
She told me, “Ah love, ‘e pays rent like a lord, so what do I care if ‘e’s shady?”
Well I hoped for justice from the Metropolitan P’lice Department
But the cop said, “Let’s face it, ‘e solves ‘alf our cases – ‘oo cares ‘ow ‘e treats ‘is apartment?”
So now I’m stuck -
Shit out of luck.
When you trample
On a tramp
When you’re stepping off your stoop
And he says he’s one of Mr. Holmes’ informants
And there’s a racket
Of revolvers
As the doctor and detective
Hold a tournament in targeting performance.
Never once
Does he ask
If you’d care to come upstairs
For a drink or for a neighborly tea party
And the only one
Who listens
When you tell your tale of woe
Is a sympathetic chap named.. Moriarty
In short
To deduce
If the flat upstairs is taken by an irritating, calculating sleuth -
If you’re woken by the sound of a diabolic hound,
If the woman comes to scheme about a scandal in Bohemia,
If there’s morphine and cocaine fairly dripping down the drain,
If there are bloody brutal brawls up the stairs and down the halls,
If the horrors that you’ve known are enough to fill a tome,
You can bet that Sherlock
(Be sure to lock up yer lock)
You can bet that Sherlock is home!
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The fog rolls in
It's time for sin
Steal your family jewels from the tower of London
Cause nothing goes down in this town without my say so
The sound and the fury for the pound and the peso
Face like an eagle with a bald head to match
All I do is illegal and I'll never be catched
Catched is not a word but caught didn't rhyme
Crimes against English; the Napoleon of crime
I murdered a police horse
You couldn't catch me with your whole police force
You'll never stop my crime
Consulting detective? I'm a professor
And I'll never confess, I don't need a confessor
Just know I'm the best and that you are my lesser
It's a good thing, Holmes, your roommate's a physician
When it comes to murder I'm a mathematician
Me plus you equals death, that's just simple addition
And you'll fall at the falls for your final mission
Cause my cane is a gun
And I murder for fun
The lemon to your lime
The parsley to your thyme
The Anti-Holmes, the Napoleon of crime
I murdered a police horse
You couldn't catch me with your whole police force
You'll never stop my crime
I stabbed a baby
And I slapped an old lady
Blew up Scotland Yard and I gave Toby rabies
I defeated Picard and I wasn't even real
I outsmarted Data and he can't even feel
At best you'll hope to take but one of my pawns
While I'm taking your queen, keep her moaning till dawn
I have a brother named James and another brother James
Will all have the same name, we're all named the same
But my name shall echo through out all of time
Professor James Moriarty, the Napoleon of crime
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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York
We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more
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