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Another Guy

by Tom Monks

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Upbeat, Whimsical Rock & Roll:
A sonic throwback to Merseybeat, this song gleefully tackles the common crisis of desperately persuading a pal to take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop the inevitable.

Written and recorded entirely by acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Tom Monks, Another Guy is complete with jangly guitars, Mellotron rhythms, Hofner bass, Farfisas, and rich harmonies - intricately jam-packed into two and a half minutes of plot twists and radical left turns!

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I'm not at liberty to speculate
The reasons that she might not be into you
But anyway I do

First, you're simply not compatible
The debauchery and stern don't go hand in hand
It wouldn't go to plan

There's a hundred reasons why
She'd go for another guy
And it doesn't take Einstein to work out why

You count your chickens way before they hatch
And forked out half a grand on a diamond ring
Throw it in the bin

There's a thousand reasons why
She's gone for another guy
And it shouldn't take Einstein to work out why

Now the ship has sailed and you didn't even
Have a boarding pass
You could have known
A long time ago
But you never even asked

There's a million reasons why
She's gone for another guy
And it shouldn't take Einstein to work out why

Today I saw her with a friend of ours
In the supermarket contraception aisle
They shared a massive smile
I couldn't believe it

Now the ship has sailed, and you didn't even
Have a boarding pass
You could have known
A long time ago
But you never even asked

There's a thousand reasons why
She's gone for another guy
And it wouldn't take Einstein (Al-berrrr-to)
It wouldn't take Einstein (Al-berrrr-to)
It wouldn't take Einstein to work out why

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released April 2, 2021
Tom Monks - guitars, bass, drums, vocals, Mellotron, Farfisa, piano, production

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Tom Monks London, UK

With his keyboard wizardry, mean guitar, energetic showmanship, and whimsically infectious songs, Tom's been putting Sidcup on the map since flying out of Queen Mary's maternity ward in the mid 90's with a Minimoog, moptop and mohair suit.

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