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Ballroom Lyrics

There's someone waiting
in the ballroom
In the ballroom
And they're preparing to
meet with their doom
In the Ballroom
Yah! yah! yah!
There's a body lying in the study
In the study
And it's clothes are
all tattered and bloody
In the study
Yah! yah! yah!
I've got something cooking
in my kitchen
In the kitchen
But you don't want to know
quite what's in the kitchen
Yah! yah! yah!

I look to my friend
and I see in his eyes
I mustn't falter
I mustn't falter
Changing the evidence isn't so wise
The facts don't alter
The facts don't alter
All of this murder
gives me palpitations
Monsters and ghoulies
and manifestations
I can't believe this
is really happening to me
Yah! yah! yah!

And now I turn to Uncle Jo
He rolls the dice 'cos it's his go
He lifts his hand to scratch his chin
'Cos when he plays, he plays to win

Now lets turn to cousin Sarah
I pull a face to try and scare her
To Uncle Jo she show her cards
He says p**s off! Let's play charades

And now I see across the table
The grinning face of Aunty Mable
I look at her my knees go weak
Her mouth atremble
She starts to speak
It was Miss Scarlet
In the ballroom
And she was using
(what was she using?)
She was using

The La la la la la
La la la la
Lead piping
It was the
la la la la la la
La la la la la
Lead piping
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yewbarrow On Sep 30, 2008
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Cover art for Ballroom lyrics by David Devant & His Spirit Wife

It's a song about a game of Cluedo.

It plays up the tension (with the "All of this murder ... and manifestations" and the "Her mouth atremble" sections) and the tricks between the players ("I look to my friend and I see in his eyes" and "I pull a face to try and scare her") while bringing it down again by remembering that it's all just a game with the "He says piss off! Let's play charades" and the final classic "La la la la lead piping" lines.

 
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