Plastic Trumpet
By: Tom Houston
Genres
Description
THE MUSIC Plastic Trumpet written by Tom Houston This film features the title track from Tom Houston’s 3rd solo album, and the 2nd to be produced by the legendary Neil MacColl, who is also a multi instrumentalist on the 10 song album. Kate St. John joins the duo to add some very tasteful oboe (which plays at being a trumpet)
Lyrics
Plastic Trumpet I won’t be a taker I won’t be a giver I won’t be a soul trader I won’t be a shop keeper I won’t be a sale mate I won’t be a survivor I won’t be a disaster And I won’t be a liar And I won’t hold up a signpost and leave it in the snow When the street lights dim and the trade winds blow But if you take me for a fool I will dress up like a clown And I’ll blow my plastic trumpet round this town Round this town I will blow my plastic trumpet round this town I won’t be a pied piper and play a simple tune When I open my eyes and see the world in ruins I won’t play to anger I won’t dance in fear And I won’t walk the high wire when the tigers come near And if you see me in a circus in a play within a play I won’t close the curtains at the end of the day But if you take me for a fool I will dress up like a clown And I’ll blow my plastic trumpet round this town Round this town I will blow my plastic trumpet round this town I’m not only human, I’m real not make pretend And I won’t be a victim and blame it all on them And I’ll not be a number to flash up on the screen I’ll not be an extra in someone else’s dream So please don’t ignore me and hope I’ll go away There’s thousands more like me and we’re here to stay And if you treat us like fools We will dress up like a clown And we’ll blow our plastic trumpets round this town Round this town We will blow our plastic trumpets round this town Round this town We will blow our plastic trumpets round this town Yeah we’ll blow our plastic trumpets round this town
