Lost and Found

The story behind "lost and found" involves a birthday, mother's day, too much booze, a lost set of keys and some lost brain cells (not necessarily in that order). We had been celebrating my birthday in the pub up the hill. My mother and father were there with a couple of my brothers. It was apparently a great night - I had peaked too early and was asleep in the pub by about 9pm... I woke up at dawn on the Sunday (this was my actual birthday and also mother's day). I found myself sitting up on the sofa at M and Gs place which is around the corner from the pub. There had evidently been some sort of clam-bake, going by the wreckage around me. I noticed that Markus "Shakey" Butler out of Mojo Demon was emerging from under the table in the dining room. He explained that he had been at my party (which I slept through) the night before and had left in the early hours to go back to his place, which was down the hill. On the way home he had stopped for a quick lie-down in the park and when he eventually got to his front door he couldn't find his keys. He went back to the park but couldn't locate his keys what with it being dark etc. Rather than wander the streets he had decided to walk back up the hill to the party and ultimately to under the table. He needed to get into his place as he was going to see his mother for mother's day and had no keys, money, her gift, a change of clothes etc. As the sun was coming up I suggested we go to the park and find his keys. He agreed. I struggled to my feet, took a swig out of a bottle of vodka and we set off down the hill. In the park, Shakey identified the general area where he had had his nap the night before. We took an area of park each and methodically inspected the ground in a grid pattern. It probably looked quite odd to the nice people walking their dogs on this beautiful spring morning - two frazzled looking individuals in black overcoats looking like rejects from an Echo and the Bunnymen album cover marching in (more or less) straight lines around an area of park with their heads down shouting at each other. We were there for some time. Shakey was speaking to his people on his mobile with a commentary and I was speaking to my people on my mobile with my version. We took some smoke breaks and even though time was running out, we persevered (we are nothing if not committed) and kept up our search. I was losing hope and thinking of ways to break into Shakey's place when the cry went up; "I've found them!" Shakey had found them! Result! We celebrated like football players after a winning goal - again probably to the surprise of the dog-walkers who looked on. We went to Shakey's, got the guitar and harp out and wrote the song. I had a large Tequila. Shakey made it to see his mum and I called mine to apologise for being unconscious on the Saturday night (she had heard it all before as she has known me a long time). To end this tale, when I eventually caught sight of my reflection later that day I noticed that my so-called "friends" had attacked me with a marker pen whilst I was asleep the night before ("you know the rules" is what they say). I had spent the day with a black nose, comedy glasses and a moustache drawn onto my face. I also had a very rude four-letter word beginning with 'C' written in large letters across my forehead... Remember Demons; love your mums, don't believe in money, choose your friends carefully and check yourself in the mirror regularly...

LOST AND FOUND lost and found on the ground faces down lost and found well i lost you and i found you yeah i lost you yeah i lost you and i found you yeah i found you money man he is a thief trying to tempt us through clenched golden teeth the very first soul that i ever met is the most blessed soul that i have met yet mother i'm coming over i'm coming over mother i'm coming over i'm coming over she'll come back to you lost and found on the ground faces down lost and found well i lost you and i found you yeah i lost you yeah i lost you and i found you yeah i found you she'll come back to you

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