Awkward Balloon

from The Last Five Years by Spoony Bard

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You know those really awkward situations you find yourself in where somebody just has no self-awareness? This song's about that.

(I should know; most of the time, that person with no self-awareness is me…)

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They've left me holding the awkward balloon again
And surely someone's gonna notice it soon – but then
Consider the company I share
No-one could be more unaware
Of the message in my awkward balloon

They've left the awkward turtle upside down
And I can't tell if it's dying with a smile or a frown
But they think it's all okay
And I don't know what to say
And I can't let my awkward balloon down

It's not fair and it sounds stupid
But these people could embarrass the awkward squid

They've left me holding the awkward balloon again.

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from The Last Five Years, released November 1, 2016

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Spoony Bard Liverpool, UK

Huyton's half-fi finest, Spoony Bard dispenses occasional bursts of observational bedroom pop from a box-room on the A5080. Wrapping his tales of everyday awkwardness in jauntily individual arrangements and addictively alliterative wit, he has a tendency to get embarrassed when talking about himself at length. Like now. ... more

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