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STICKY WICKETS BOOM BOOM AFRIDI

Keep your cool, keep your powder dry If you wanna flash, flash hard Take a pull but try not to get high If you wanna flash, flash hard Don’t get caught trying to hit the big shot If you wanna touch the stars Wait for it, wait for it, take it slow If you wanna flash, flash hard Wait for it, wait for it, let yourself go Say… Sticky wickets early in the morning Boom boom - Afridi Sticky wickets last thing at night Boom boom - the renegade Sticky wickets tossin’ and a-turnin’ Boom boom - Afridi Sticky wickets stand up and fight Everybody say… Boom boom - Afridi Show yourself, show them who’s the boss Boom boom - the renegade Lose yourself but try not to get lost Boom boom - Afridi It’s no good playing on the back foot Wait for it, wait for it, take it slow If you wanna hear the crowd Wait for it, wait ‘til it’s time to explode! If you wanna hear the crowd Screaming out your name so loud Sticky wickets early in the morning If you wanna hear the crowd Sticky wickets last thing at night Sticky wickets tossin’ and a-turnin’ Say… Sticky wickets stand up and fight Boom boom - Afridi Boom boom - the renegade Stand up and fight… Boom boom - Afridi Everybody say… Sticky wickets early in the morning Boom boom - Afridi Sticky wickets last thing at night Boom boom - the renegade Sticky wickets tossin’ and a-turnin’ Boom boom - Afridi Sticky wickets stand up and fight Sticky wickets early in the morning “If you’re gonna flash, flash hard Sticky wickets last thing at night If you’re gonna flash, flash hard Sticky wickets tossin’ and a-turnin’ If you’re gonna go, start the car Sticky wickets stand up and fight If you’re gonna flash, flash hard Go on…”

Everybody say… Boom boom - Afridi Boom boom - the renegade Boom boom - Afridi Everybody say… Boom boom - Afridi Boom boom - the renegade Boom boom - Afridi IT’S JUST NOT CRICKET THE UMPIRE THIRD MAN

Sgt.Yankee in his baseball cap I awake early morning, press my shirt, clean my shoes Before the captain calls to me I know where he’ll want me to be Throwing curveballs all over the map Egg and soldiers for my breakfast, kiss the wife, avoid the news I’ve dropped the ball too many times and out of sight is out of mind It’s not right, it’s not cricket! Take the wheel of my Escort, fifty five, middle lane To lessen my depression I spend session after session Vlad the Impaler is taking off his shirt Watch the Jags and the Ferraris leave me in their wake again In the decadent digression of a dream To wrestle with the riot girls down in the dirt It’s not right, it’s not cricket! Who would aspire to be an umpire and who would be a referee? Hey hey, whiling away the best part of the day down at third man We’re only here to be sneered at, just a relic of yesteryear Hey hey, watching the play as I daydream away down at third man All we’re really saying is it doesn’t really feel There was a time when we were held high, but it’s not how it used to be Like we’re all playing on a level playing field They only let us stick around so they’ve someone to kick around I think I’ll spend a little time planning crimes like Harry Lime It’s not right One more relic of yesterday I’ll fantasise my enemies’ demise ‘til tea arrives I could make a killing like the villain in the film “It’s just not cricket” Do you think they would miss me if I took a holiday? Selling Fleming’s penicillin to Vienna Spent the morning at the seaside, candyfloss, penny arcade Bend over bank-man and take one for the team No abuse, no indignation, no vitriol, no angry mobs Hey hey, whiling away the best part of the day down at third man A billion dollar bonus and a handshake from the queen No high pressure situations, I’m just trying to do my job Hey hey, watching the play as I daydream away down at third man It’s not right, it’s not cricket! You’ve got a nerve to dedicate your victory to god Who would aspire to be an umpire and who would be a referee? “In the shadow of a doorway she is standing like a lost child When all you’ve done is medicate your way back to the top We’re only here to be laughed at, just a relic of yesteryear An old woman is screaming, the crowd’s becoming hostile It’s not right, it’s not cricket! There was a time when we were held high, but now they’ve got technology My thoughts have been diluted like a 2/6 novella Replaying every scene to prove that we are of no further use Am I in a field in England or in the dark streets of Vienna?” All we’re really saying is it doesn’t really feel And sport is just a computer game Like we’re all playing on a level playing field Just a relic of yesterday Hey hey, whiling away the best part of the day down at third man It’s not right Hey hey, watching the play as I daydream away down at third man Hey hey, whiling away the best part of the day down at third man “Well one thing it certainly isn’t is cricket Hey hey, watching the play as I daydream away down at third man You simply can’t get away with that It’s just not cricket”!

All we’re really saying is it doesn’t really feel Like we’re all playing on a level playing field It’s not right CHIN MUSIC “You know it’s just not cricket Instrumental… No, doesn’t work My dear old thing, really you must pull yourself together! Calypso collapso Dreadful…” STICKY WICKETS Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Drums/Percussion Neil Hannon - Vocals/Electric Guitar/Synths Tosh Flood - Electric Guitar Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Neil Finn – Additional vocals

JUDD’S PARADOX BOOM BOOM AFRIDI Stephen Fry - Spoken Word Neil Hannon - Vocals/Piano/Vox Continental Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Percussion Thomas Walsh - Acoustic Guitar/Backing Vocals/ Percussion Neil Hannon - Vocals/Piano/Electric Guitar/ Tosh Flood - Electric Guitar/Samples Banjo/Programming Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Cathy Davey - Backing Vocals Tim Weller - Drums Tosh Flood - Backing Vocals David Lloyd - Spoken Word Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Tim Weller - Drums IT’S JUST NOT CRICKET Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/ MYSTERY MAN Electric Guitar/Percussion Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/ Neil Hannon - Vocals/Piano/Slide Guitar Kazoosaphone/Percussion Tosh Flood - Electric Guitar/Backing Vocals/Whistling Neil Hannon - Vocals/Piano/Vox Continental/Electric Guitar Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar/Whistling Tosh Flood - Piano/Electric Guitar Tim Weller - Drums Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Henry Blofeld - Spoken Word Joe Fitzgerald - Drums Billy Cooper - Trumpet Matt Berry – Spoken Word Nelson Bragg - Additional percucssion The Cavaliers - Shouts NUDGING AND NURDLING LINE AND LENGTH THE UMPIRE Neil Hannon Vocals/Piano/Synth/Electric Guitar/Banjo/Percussion Neil Hannon - Vocals/Synths/Programming/Electric Guitar Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Percussion Neil Hannon - Vocals/Piano/Farfisa Organ/Synths Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Percussion CHIN MUSIC Tosh Flood - Electric Guitars/Percussion Thomas Walsh - Backing Vocals/Percussion Tosh Flood - Vocals/Electric Guitar Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar/Percussion Tosh Flood - Omnichord/Backing Vocals Neil Hannon - Zither/Melodica/Harpsichord Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Tim Weller - Drums Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Thomas Walsh - Tenor Acoustic Guitar/Percussion Tim Weller - Drums Tim Weller - Drums Tosh Flood - Electric Guitars/Mandolin Cathy Davey – Additional Vocals Significant Nudgers: Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Alexander Armstrong/Mark Ellen/Isy Suttie/ Tim Weller - Drums Chris Addison/Michael Penn/Kate Mossman/ THE THIRD MAN THE LAUGHING CAVALIERS Paul Putner/Phill Jupitus/Daniel Radcliffe/ Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/ The Theatrical Cavaliers - Choir Neil Finn/Joe Elliott/Tim Wheeler/Dave Gregory/ Kazoosaphone/Percussion OUT IN THE MIDDLE Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar Andrew Harrison/Harmony Kennedy/David Hepworth/ Neil Hannon - Vocals/Piano/Electric Piano Thomas Walsh - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Percussion Neil Hannon - Vocals/Piano Matt Berry/Tosh Flood/Barbara Charone/Dermot O’Leary/ Tosh Flood - Electric Guitar Neil Hannon - Vocals/Piano/Electric Piano Tosh Flood - Electric Guitar/Banjo/Backing Vocals Warren & Dean Kennedy/Graham Linehan/ Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Tosh Flood - Electric Guitars/Backing Vocals Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Mark Krais & Chris Worsey/Simon Little & Andrew Skeet/ Tim Weller - Drums Nick Seymour - Bass Guitar Tim Weller - Drums Matt Lunson/Billy Cooper/Andy Afford/Carl Barât/ Daniel Radcliffe - Spoken Word Tim Weller - Drums Billy Cooper - Trumpet David O’Doherty/Duckworth & Guy Massey & Lewis… OUT IN THE MIDDLE LINE AND LENGTH THE LAUGHING CAVALIERS

You can be high in society Line and length (put it in the blockhole) (The Cavaliers are here, the Cavaliers are here) You can be top of your family tree Line and length But have you got what it takes to be out in the middle? Line and length (put it in the blockhole) Here we come, the Laughing Cavaliers You can be blessed with a fine physique Li-Li-Li-Li-Line and length Winning grins pinned between our ears You can impress every girl you meet We are happy fellows, very happy fellows But have you got what it takes to be out in the middle? The line of a delivery is the direction of its trajectory We are free from misery as far as we can tell-o Measured in the horizontal axis Do we have a dark side? Do we hell-o! And you can pray to any deity you like The line of a delivery is the direction of its trajectory I’m sure he’s got a lot of better things to do with his time Measured in the horizontal aaaaaxis! Say hello to the Laughing Cavaliers Say goodbye to tan-ta-rums and tears You can have a suit from Saville Row Check your line and length (shoulda, woulda, coulda…) We are always ready, permanently ready You can have a yacht down in Monaco Check your line and length (shoulda, woulda, coulda…) When the world is wobbling we’re stoic and we’re steady But have you got what you need to go out in the middle? They will sing about us when we’re dead-y You can have money, you can have fame Line and length (put it in the blockhole) You can have crowds calling out your name Line and length (pitch it up) The Cavaliers – The Laughing Cavaliers But you have only yourself to blame out in the middle Line and length (put it in the blockhole) The Cavaliers – The Laughing Cavaliers Li-Li-Li-Li-Line and length (pitch it up) The Cavaliers – The Laughing Cavaliers And you can pray to any deity you like Win or lose we’ll always have a beer I’m sure he’s got a lot of better things to do with his time The length of a delivery is how far down the pitch The Laughing Cavaliers With his time Towards the batsman the ball bounces The length of a delivery is how far down the pitch (…are here, the Cavaliers are here) You can have an Oxbridge PHD Towards the batsman the ball bbbbbounces! You can have a box at the MCC (bounces, bounces, bounces…) Rain stops play but never dampens spirits But have you got what it takes to be out in the middle? Thunder claps but Cavaliers don’t fear it You can be the last great pioneer Check your line and length (shoulda, woulda, coulda…) ‘Cause everything is better when we’re getting wetter You can be the king of the wild frontier Check your line and length (shoulda, woulda, coulda…) Propping up the bar and pouring Guinness down our sweaters But do you know how to face your fears out in the middle? Then we’ll sing this noble song together Gotta get the ball where it oughta be in the corridor of uncertainty Out in the middle… Gotta get that ball where it oughta be in the corridor of uncertainty The Cavaliers – The Laughing Cavaliers The Cavaliers – The Laughing Cavaliers Line and length (put it in the blockhole) The Cavaliers – The Laughing Cavaliers Line and length (pitch it up) Win or lose we’ll always have a beer Line and length (put it in the blockhole) The Laughing Cavaliers Li-Li-Li-Li-Line and length (pitch it up) Win or lose we’ll always have a beer Ad lib C-C-C-C-Chorus to end The Laughing Cavaliers

(…are here, the Cavaliers are here) NOW WE’RE NOT! JUDD’S PARADOX MYSTERY MAN NUDGING AND NURDLING All String Arrangements by Neil Hannon Conducted by Andrew Skeet Sweet is the sound as leather bound the well timed willow strikes He’s a mystery man, you just can’t pick him Nudging and nurdling… Violins: Everton Nelson, Lucy Wilkins, Natalia Bonner, Mild the applause that cheers the cause of the bat and the ball alike He ain’t nobody’s fool Alison Dods, Gillon Cameron, Emil Chakalov Soft is the ground where can be found a young man sound asleep He’s a mystery man, you just can’t pick him We don’t want to be superstars Violas: Bruce White, Reiad Chibah, Adrian Smith And old is the game that shares its name with the insect at his feet He doesn’t play by the rules ‘Cause that’s not really who we are Celli: Chris Worsey, Ian Burdge, Frank Schaefer He’s a mystery man, you just can’t read him We are nudging and nurdling Basses: Simon Little, Mary Scully How could he know the lengths to which they’d go He’ll beat you every time And nurdling and nudging Strings Contractor: Isobel Griffiths To claim his soul for England and the Queen He’s a mystery man, you just can’t read him Not budging the whole day through Assistant Strings Contractor: Lucy Whalley How could it be colonial brains conceived You never know what’s going on his mind That glorious game Nudging and nurdling… Album Design by Brian Hickey at Emagine Media, www.emagine.ie It always seems to be the paradox Wrist spin, top spin, leg spin, off spin Cover Star: Michael Angelow, captured by Derek Brind, Lords 1975 In-swinger, out-swinger We don’t want to be superstars Zombie photography by Graham Keogh The bourgeoisie bat, the proletariat toil in the field all day Shake it all about swinger ‘Cause that’s not really who we are All other photography by Ben Meadows I should be incensed by what it represents What’s it gonna be, aw-haw We are nudging and nurdling And yet it’s a damn good game Yorker, seamer, bouncer, beamer And nurdling and nudging Duckworth & Lewis would like to thank the following people… And although I hope that the peasants revolt Doosra, slider, just can’t decide-er Not budging the whole day through. And cast off the yoke of oppression What’s it gonna be, aw-haw Daddy Duckworth, Lewis’ Loved-Ones, Guy, Nick, Tim, Joey, Perhaps Europe’s millions can storm the pavilions Nudging and nurdling… Cathy, Andrew, The Cavs, Billy The Trumpet, Nelson Bragg, After the afternoon session He’s a mystery man, you just can’t pick him Julia Ewan, Bumble, Blowers, Matt Berry, Daniel Radcliffe, He ain’t nobody’s fool Stephen Fry, Neil Finn, Phill Jupitus, all our nudgers and nurdlers... How could he know the lengths to which they’d go He’s a mystery man, you just can’t pick him (we are not worthy!) Hester, Cecelia, Holly and Alison at Divine, To claim his soul for England and the Queen He doesn’t play by the rules Barbara Charone and all at MBC PR, Charlie Myatt and all at How could it be colonial brains conceived He’s a mystery man, you just can’t read him 13 Artists, Luke McGrellis, Will Downs, Gary Bhupsingh and all at That glorious game He’ll beat you every time Sony ATV, Wyn Grant, Jessica Lee Grant, Barry at The Madison, It always seems to be the paradox… He’s a mystery man, you just can’t read him Written and produced by Thomas Walsh and Neil Hannon Rob Kirwan, Clive, Aileen, the 3 Gerry’s and all at Tower Records You’ll never know what’s going on his mind All songs published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Dublin, Barry O’Donoghue and his students, Stephen O’Brien, Managed by Natalie de Pace for Divine Management Rathmines Chiropractic (sorry about the noise), Graham Keogh, Will it be a full toss or left arm orthodox Ben Meadows, Brian Hickey, Micky Kelleher, Steve, Heléna, Leg break, off break, genuine or fake Recorded in Exchequer Studios, Dublin John and all at PIAS, Neil Adams, Rich and all at Alan James PR, What’s it gonna be, aw-haw Engineered by Guy Massey Mark Krais, Tom Roberts, Jo Crocker, Neil Fairbrother and Fast ball, slow ball, arm ball, no ball Additional recording in Play School Studios, Dublin Tracy Gaffey, Paul Curran, Neil O’Brien and Geoff Alun-Jones, Off cutter, in dipper, maybe slipping in the flipper Engineered by Neil Hannon Spencer Solomon, Marcia Gresham and Claire Comiskey, Alex Gold, What’s it gonna be, aw-haw Strings recorded in Snap Studios, London David Hepworth and Andy Afford, Warren, Dean and the crew, Engineered by Guy Massey, Assistant Engineering Ben McCluskey and of course Frank Carter Duckworth MBE and Wrist spin, top spin, leg spin, off spin, in-swinger, out-swinger, Mixed by Guy Massey in Fluff Studios, London Anthony John Lewis MBE. shake it all about swinger, yorker, seamer, bouncer, beamer, Assisted by Thomas Walsh and Neil Hannon doosra, slider, just can’t decide-er, will it be a full toss or left Mastered by Geoff Pesche in Abbey Road Studios, London Special thanks to Tosh and Natalie (without whom... etc) arm orthodox, leg break, off break, genuine or fake, fast ball, slow ball, arm ball, no ball, off cutter, in dipper, maybe slipping in the flipper..!!

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