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Hors d'Oeuvre
03:28
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Bluebird
17:53
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Blue Bird
i) 1925 Record Attempt
But it rings in your ears like blood...
Three miles a minute can never be enough. The Sunbeam’s captain - take your seat. The aero-engine at your feet
Spitting fire, oil... steam.
350 horses scream,
‘You won’t come back; you can’t survive!’ But come on let’s just give it one more try.
It wasn’t one for the money or one for the fame, But just for the hell of all who came.
One for Albion. One for fun.
But, please God get this record done.
‘You won’t be coming back; you can’t survive!’ But come on let’s just give it one more try. Come on now let’s give it one more try.
The vultures’ row, a vague unrest -
Not in the smoking hole just yet.
The flying mile. A distant hum.
The watches stop and the deed is done.
‘You won’t be coming back; you can’t survive!’ But come on let’s just give it one more try. Come on now just give it one more try.
ii) John Godfrey Parry Thomas
The hands of a juggler with Brunel’s mind Become a potent brew.
Some days you write the story.
Some days it’s writing you.
Challenger, Columbia, fate outsmarts desire. The finest brains. A will of iron.
Speed’s the smoke; courage: the fire.
iii) Babs
Babs now lives beside the sea. Peace and quiet guaranteed:
An undignified end for a great lady.
She was born of nobility:
A childhood steeped in luxury.
The sisters they lived their lives at speed.
Babs turned her back on the quiet life. The firebrand made for a difficult wife Right up to the day that she took his life.
Babs paid for her terrible crime.
Fifty years is a very long time.
The passing days have not been kind.
iv) Fresh record attempt
So our man is back on Pendine’s shore To bring the record home once more. The hardware’s new. Worries canned: The fastest of them all on land.
Fly low, coldly you go.
It’s what they say you’re born to do. Call it obsession...how you’re wired. Speed’s the smoke, courage: the fire.
v) Blue Bird restored
The ninety years just raced on by.
A thousand miles an hour they try, And barely touching ground they fly.
Carbon fibre rocket cars; we learn so quickly, come so far.
The follies of that golden age - we’ll never see their like again. But sometimes out on Pendine Sands, the beast will roar again!
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3. |
Pearl Of The Lake
05:10
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4. |
Hallsands
14:18
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5. |
Four-Faced Liar
04:24
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6. |
Houdini
21:26
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