British bulldog was the schoolyard game that taught me I wasn't one of great physical courage, particularly when the opponent was an angry blond Pom, some 2 years older and 20 kilos heavier. But the fear of I. Angus quickly moved on; later years were to show that fear comes in many forms and in the extreme, the main thing you care about is saving your own skin. I often wonder if circumstance could produce a situation where I saved someone else first...you never know
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SAVE YOUR SKIN
British bulldog in the shelter shed, eyeing off the big white Angus
Forces gathered 'cross the football field, new ways for playing dead
Too bad I'm playing dead
Magic mushroom floating in her head, old man, the Tolkien wizard
As he nattered down the path he led, what she saw, not what he said
She heard not what he said
Running away, flying away
One thing is certain, your skin you will save
Your skin you will save, your skin you will save
Fear it creeps along your skin
There's no way out and you don't want in
Fear it creeps along your lip
Nervous twitch and inadvertent slip
Backed up against a dingy bed, Inspector Moustache taps his cane
Concentrate at once on every word, agree with all you think he said
Freaking out inside your head
Now a meeting with a long-time friend, and the silence can't be filled
Grasping wildly onto any strand, any fragile single thread
Of the dangled, tangled web
Running away, flying away
One thing is certain, your skin you will save
Your skin you will save, your skin you will save
Your skin you will save, your skin you will save
Your skin you will save, your skin you will save
Your skin you will save, your skin you will save
Your skin you will save, your skin you will save
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