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lyrics

Colin, but for Sunday,
Would never take a sip
Colin, but for penitence,
Would never bend a hip bone-
Deep in mother’s closet
‘Neath the silky things
That hide him from eternity
Even just one life’s too long for him

Colin, Oh Colin
The midnight mass is done
The boys are all out getting drunk
And the girls are having fun
Colin, Oh Colin
Faithless for a night
Throw that little number on
And see this world’s all right

Colleen’s new vermilion
Thrashes round her lips
Imitating fashion
Strutting down the airstrip-
Teasing with a sermon
Slung down from her hills
Dreaming this strange body
But under her deceit he is still

Colin, Oh Colin
The midnight mass is done
The girls are all out getting stoned
And the boys are having fun
Colin, Oh Colin
Nameless here tonight
Throw that holy shadow off
And see this world’s all right

Gentle boy makes gentle man
The movie stunts couldn’t comfort him
Like the missionary pamphlets always did
With the baritone of a piccolo
And some Juliet in his Romeo
And a manacle so invisible
That he wears it like a skin

And the pious hordes of pilgrims
Don’t come to see him through
The bugles line their cases
And the pigeons do not coo
He tears her Sunday rags off
Spilling warm bijoux
And tiptoes from the closet
Careful not to wake her holy wrath
Too late

For Colin, Oh Colin
The midnight hour is done
The girls tucked in their beds again
And the boys all on the run
Colin, Oh Colin
Creeps back to his light
Kneeling for forgiveness
So moral and upright

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from Hagiographies and Hit Pieces, released July 31, 2023

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Johnny Coull Montréal, Québec

Johnny Coull is an independent singer-songwriter based in Montreal, Canada. His debut album, “City on the Hill”, was released in November 2013.

Firmly entrenched in the vintage rock tradition, Coull tackles intensely personal themes, at once melancholy and incisive, set over punchy melodies, bright choruses, and virtuosic piano licks. ... more

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