Welcome back to another #MusicMonday! It’s not about books, but about music, and I’m looking forward to presenting you with a taste of my playlist. It’s the brainchild of Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek, but my inspiration comes from the lovely Claire from A Knight’s Reads. Every Monday, I’ll be choosing a song to share with you. The Spotify playlist is here and it will be updated as I go along.

I’m turning to the good people of the NTT20 squad for inspiration once more. A conversation with them the other day reminded me of Milburn, as one of their members has a solo album out this week. I went back to the album that soundtracked a lot of my time at university and chose one of my favourite tracks.

Milburn: Brewster

Where are you going now, our Davey?
Don’t be late now, our Davey
And all his friends say “Why do you act that way?”
But all the boys say “You coming out to play?”
And all the pretty girls they’re singing
La de da, de da de, da de da
Davey boy is such a pretty little boy
But don’t you think about your mother, all alone?
She’s waiting for your call
She’s waiting, she’s tired, she’s bored
So give her a call, a call

He gets it all from his father’s blood,
Who used to be a casual, as casual as they come
Now he’s gone to live in Liverpool
Yeah, Davey does whatever Davey see’s
He’ll give you a good kicking and he’ll bring you down to your knees
If you don’t believe in what he does

And all his friends say “Why do you act that way?”
But all the boys say “You coming out to play?”
And all the pretty girls they’re singing
La de da, de da de, da de da
Davey boy is such a pretty little boy
But don’t you think about your mother, all alone?
She’s waiting for your call
She’s waiting, she’s tired, singing
La de da, de da de, da de da
Davey boy has found a brand-new toy
He’s often playing in the rubbish bins, smashing all the windows in
Fighting in car parks and he’s fucking up the flat he calls home
Why don’t you go home?

Songwriters: Joseph Carnall / Joseph Thomas Green / Louis Ian Carnall / Thomas Lee Rowley

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Until next time!