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Ben

from MANDINGOS EP by Mandingos

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lyrics

His name was Ben and his grades were average
But the moon takes flight and he’s ready to fight
In school he’s no kind of maverick
But night comes round and he’s good with an ice pick
its never touched ice suffice it to say he’s never thought twice
To cut off a slice of the dirty little bustards that creep in the night
Yes he’s there to hard hit people mugging your mothers and kids

He’s a real life super hero you see
With one foot stepped just outside of reality
But it’s a lonely life for Ben
As it is with all superhero men
just wait till you see what he did then

He says I need to feel my heart beating its strange
As well as living in a place where I feel safe
that’s why I’m always going to be a vigilante
Ill either die or kill anyone who tries to stop me


So as the sun sets Ben is changing his clothes
to his secret identity and sets off down the road
For he’s seen in the paper a robbery
Painted with signs of his arch enemy

Now I feel at this point I should say that
Ben is a man who is stuck into his ways
He has no computer no telephone
Still lives with his mum reading comics alone

But he’s determined in this case and with all his might
Jumps on his push bike and sets off into the night
He’s looking for his enemies lair
Because he knows he’ll find justice in there
and that he wants to make things fair

He says I need to feel my heart beating its strange
As well as living in a place where I feel safe
that’s why I’m always going to be a vigilante
Ill either die or kill anyone who tries to stop me

I’ve found it he cries and he runs to the door
opens up and draws his pick with a roar
Enemy! He cries this is it!
Its time to die by my ice pick!
well battle of epic proportions ensued
With Ben only just making it through
but with one dead and the other one bleeding
Ben cycles home and carried on reading his comics

He says I need to feel my heart beating its strange
As well as living in a place where I feel safe
that’s why I’m always going to be a vigilante
Ill either die or kill anyone who tries to stop me

credits

from MANDINGOS EP, released May 20, 2012
Mandongos
Contact : tompollyn@hotmail.com

Brighton based rock band:

Tom Pollyn - Lead Vox/ ukulele
Keir Rodan - Guitar/ backing vox
Eric Turner - Bass/ Backing Vox
Olivia Horrox - Drums/ Backing vox

www.facebook.com/mandingosmusic

Recorded at Project 28 studios, Reading.
Artwork By Neil Dempsey

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