Stripper Vicar

by Punishment Essay

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Recorded in honour of Lizzy Needsleeps birthday! When we asked Lizzy for a list of songs to be considered for Paraphernalia, she of course came forward with some absolute curveballs and Mansun, well that's about as curvy as it gets.

We all loved this track and quickly realised it sat well with the Punishment Essay style, thickening up the guitars and drums while adding an almost mournful approach to the vocal lines, as it's really quite a sad story.

Enjoy Stripper Vicar as part of Lizzy's birthday celebrations!

lyrics

Dear Mavis, I'm compelled to write this letter
In the hope that you may soon be getting better
I've a feeling you should go and see a doctor
If you haven't then you know you really oughta

I was worried, so I went to see the vicar
But before I could confess, he first confessed to be a stripper...

Dear Mavis, it was very strange to see him
So I thought I'd write and ask for your opinion
Should I grass on him, report him to the cardinal?
Or whether I should egg him on to turn professional?

If I dob on him, they'll call him plastic scouser
But the only thing the stripper vicar wears is plastic trousers

Mavis' opinion
All we really seek
Mavis' opinion
All we
Should we lie, while he's still alive?
Should we lie, while he's still alive?

'Cause when the vicar strips, he gets away with it

Dear Mavis, thought I'd follow up my letter
Drop a line about the fate of our poor vicar
Very tragically his time on Earth is ended
Found him gagged and bound in stockings and suspenders

Dear Mavis, if you tell us what your thoughts are
And I hope that they're not biased
'Cause you are the vicar's daughter

Mavis' opinion
All we really seek
Mavis' opinion
All we
Should we lie, now that he has died?
Should we lie, now that he has died?

'Cause when the vicar strips, he gets away with it

Should we lie, now that he has died?
(And we know him as our vicar, and by night a part-time stripper, and our vicar got suspended, in his stockings and suspenders)

Should we lie, now that he has died?
(And he's making wine from water, while he dresses like his daughter, and we know that he's a rip off, 'cause we've seen him with his kit off)

'Cause when the vicar strips, he gets away with it

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released October 3, 2023
Written-By – Paul Draper - All rights reserved

Sean - Bass and Vocals
Dev - Drums, guitars and backing vocals

Recorded and engineered at Pink Flamingo Studios and The Spider Pit Studios
Mixed and mastered by Dev at Keep it evil productions

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