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Bink and The Hairy Fairy

by Steven Lee

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1.
Celebrate 03:45
Bink I’ve got goosebumps, fingers trembling And I just can’t sleep though I’ve tried slumbering. I guess I’m restless haunted by my curiousness Can’t wait, can’t fight it, 3 more days and I’m too excited. Timlin Knock me down my skin is tingling And I feel so high my head is jingling Bink and Hold tight it’s coming I hear that it’s really something Timlin Can’t wait, can’t fight it, pinching myself cos I’m so excited Elves 3 days more. Hettie Kiss me boys it’s time to celebrate, We’re a thousand elf years old in three days time now let’s commemorate. Keep still, I’m coming, pucker up you sexy young thing. My lips, these hips can be yours for the day if you don’t run away… Oh! Elves Celebrate, we’re gonna celebrate, we’re gonna celebrate in 3 days. 3 days more. Jarrow Three days left and you’re delirious. You’d better calm yourselves right down and go inside cos this is serious. Come on, get working, I don’t want to see you shirking Make haste, don’t waste this time that you’ve got cos it won’t come again, no. Elves 3 days more.
2.
I’ve never liked the life of looking after others, I’m meant for better things, let’s leave that to their mothers. It makes me sick to bow and scrape and follow orders But I’ve laid my hands on a cure. I’ve found a secret that’s been hidden now for ages, An ancient prophecy descended from the sages And it’s got wisdom darkly written in its pages Saying the king will be taking a fall In just three days more. That’s when the prophecy said the royal elves would be dead In just three days more. Here’s how it happens I can tell you’re gonna like this If by millennium an elf of equal highness Gets married to our lovely sweet and noble Princess Royal blood will be spilt on the floor So I’ve a notion that a potion could be brewing A magic drink to get the king’s brain functions stewing So he won’t know the wicked things I’ve got him doing And he won’t know what I’m doing it for until Three days more while the earth keeps spinning Three short days and then I’ll be winning You can’t keep me down because my time is coming round in just three days more. In just three days more, That’s when the prophecy said the royal elves would be dead In just three days more. That’s when the prophecy said the royal elves would be dead In just three… days… more.
3.
Scrub-A-Dub 01:50
4.
Think Bink 03:01
Jarrow Think Bink! And You can’t keep rocking the boat Timlin You’d better think Bink Or else you won’t stay afloat You’ve gotta think Bink You’ll send us all to our graves You’d better think Bink We’re heading straight for the waves So if you don’t want to end up in the drink you’d better take some time to think. Jarrow Why do you get these crazy thoughts in your head. Do you hear voices? Should we put you to bed? Could there be gremlins running round in your brain Skipping and a-jumping till it drives you all insane So help me, Can I get through to you tell me? Now aint the time for you to kick up a stink So come on settle down and think. Timlin The way I see it Bink it’s time to conform Stop being different and fit into the norm You can’t keep wishing on the glimpse of a star You need to love yourself the elf that you are So help me Can I get through to you, tell me? Now aint the time for you to kick up a stink So come on settle down and think. Timlin and Jarrow Oh you’ve got ambition We know you’re on a mission But sometimes expectations don’t pay So someone’s got to stop you Before you get too carried away. Hear me say! Timlin The way I see it Bink it’s time to conform Stop being different and fit into the norm You’re meant for cleaning pots and scrubbing out pails You’re just a low down working elf with dirty, dirty nails So help me These are the facts for you baby But you can learn to love yourself Jarrow Learn to love the elf that you are Timlin Learn to love yourself Jarrow Learn to love the elf that you are Timlin Learn to love yourself Jarrow Learn to love the elf Timlin and Jarrow that you are that you are, that you are, that you are you’d better Jarrow Think Bink And You can’t keep rocking the boat Tim You’d better think Bink or else you wont stay afloat You’d better think Bink Or we’ll be paying your bail You’ve gotta think Bink Because they’ll throw you in jail So if you don’t want to end up in the clink You’ve got to flush your dreaming ways down the sink Cos if you don’t want to end up in the drink You’ve got to settle down and think. Think Bink!
5.
Dirty Nails 04:17
Bink Dirty nails Like my life slightly sullied with grime Only good for the cellars and serving time Cleaning pots and pans. Dirty nails Calloused fingers grown ugly and old Worker’s hands that must do what they’re told to do Is that all I am? How come everything I do begins with an order? And no sooner have I got it done than I’m called for While I swear I’ll try to keep pretending It’s hard to see this torture ending completely Someone release me from dirty nails. Verity Broken dreams Hope that’s never as near as it seems Distant starlight reflected in reservoirs Is that all they are? Bink Broken dreams Verity Tricked by endless insidious schemes Bink and Verity Just a pawn in a game played by noble hands Is that all we are? Lately, when I go to bed at night I start dreaming But I wake before the break of dawn and I’m screaming Cos I’m hopeless and helpless and trapped in this madness completely Won’t someone release me. Till equality reigns I’ll go on Till I’ve fought for my freedom and won I will argue it tirelessly why can’t we all get along. Bink Why can’t we all get along. Verity Why can’t we all get along. Verity calls to Bink. Bink climbs towards her. Verity Dirty nails Bink Could it be you think like I’m thinking? Verity Dirty nails Bink I believe our minds might be linking. I have searched for you blindly, and now here you find me so sweetly, Verity It’s like you complete me. Dirty nails.
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Hettie Scribble down your wishes and they may come true. Some people say their wishes out loud but don’t have much luck in the end Hettie puts the pen and paper back in Verity’s hands. If you want your wish to work, then it may drive you berserk but a pen and piece of paper are your friend. Some folk may wish on a clover’s green leaves or pluck out an eyelash and blow They’ll pray to the gods and cross fingers and toes it’s sad but it seems they don’t know. There’s a little bit of magic found in everything we see, From riverbank to lovely willow tree. Yes a little bit of magic found in everything we do And if you write your wishes down they may come true. Hettie takes the pen and paper and gives them back to Verity. She leads Verity around the room as she sings, convincing her of the value of her words. Write what you like, you’ve a wish to make tonight but for goodness sake be careful what you Choose Pick a phrase that’s exact, take great care and study tact you’ll need craftsmanship with every word you use. Some people wish off the top of their heads without really thinking it through Don’t shoot from the lip you’ll end up in a fix now tell me what wish will you do? Verity I wish my future held in store that I should sleep and wake no more I hope to sleep both deep and long until at last you get…ah Hettie There’s a little bit of magic found in everything we do And if you write your wishes down they may…if you wish extra hard… come…but only if you’re good…true. .
7.
Banish Him 02:51
Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, banish him. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, Murkor. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, banish him. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Send him away! Murkor Bink you’ve been a very bad boy Bink don’t even try to be coy You can’t plead your innocence, just look at the evidence Bink you’ve been a very bad boy Bink you have committed a sin, Look at all the trouble you’re in Your crimes have caught up with you, now what’ll we do with you? Bink you have committed a sin. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, banish him. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, Murkor. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, banish him. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Send him away! Murkor Wait while I examine the law There’s quite a lot of choice to explore Hang draw and quarter him, jail or slaughter him Wait while I examine the law. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, banish him. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, Murkor. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, banish him. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Send him away! Murkor They say every punishment should fit with the crime Which makes it legitimate to send you down big time. Now don’t go complaining don’t kick up a stink I think I’m gonna banish you Bink! Yeah Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, banish him. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, Murkor. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Banish him, banish him, banish him. Murkor What am I going to do with him? Guards Send him away! Murkor I think I’m gonna send him away Murkor I think I’m gonna send him away and Guards I think I’d better send him away
8.
Sleep 04:01
Sleep, I wonder if you can hear Now everything I hold dear Is floating away like smoke. Sleep, the moment you closed her eyes You took away half my life Now how do I wake her up? How do I wake her? What does she want? What does she need? To dissolve this enchantment I’d do anything. Tell me what does she want What should I get Though I’ve loved her for ages You’ve seen nothing yet. But if I can’t wake her up Then lay me down to rest And let me dream forever more Cos the place I love the best Is lying in her arms And maybe we could sleep together Sleep, I’m wondering can you hear me? I’m praying to god you’ll help me Help me to bring her back. You know how I love her Sleep, I’m down on my knees and pleading You’re breaking my heart I’m bleeding Why don’t you give her back? Tell me how do I wake her What does she want? What does she need? If it’s blood that you’re after Stand aside and watch me bleed. Tell me what does she want What do I have to get Though I’ve loved her for ages You’ve seen nothing yet. How do I wake her, Sleep?
9.
There was a young fellow from Sparta. A really magnificent farter. On the strength of one bean He'd fart "God Save the Queen," And Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. He was great in the Christmas Cantata, He could double-stop fart the Toccata, He'd boom from his arse Bach's old B-Minor Mass, And in counterpoint, La Traviata Sprites He’s the Farta from Sparta. The Farta from Sparta. All hail the greatest ruler that the Sprites have ever had. King Poop One day he was dared to perform The William Tell Overture Storm, But that can’t dishearten Our spirited Spartan, His fart was in wonderful form! It went off in capital style, And he farted it through with a smile, Then, feeling quite jolly, He tried the finale, With thunderous farts all the while. Sprites He’s the Farta from Sparta. The Farta from Sparta. All hail the greatest ruler that the Sprites have ever had. And that’s why he means more than life to us Sprites He bring us to life yes he turns on our lights We love him to death and we’ve made him our martyr For he’s a magnificle farta, yes he’s a magnificle farter, for he’s the magnificle, truly splendiferous, whizpopping Farta from Sparta King Poop But one day his farts they did droop He got old and he walked with a stoop And with bum thrown aloft He suddenly coughed And fell down in a shower of poop. His bottom was blown back to Sparta, Where they buried the rest of our farter, With a gravestone of turds Inscribed with the words: "To the Fine Art of Farting, A Martyr." Sprites He’s the Farta from Sparta. The Farta from Sparta. All hail the greatest ruler that the Sprites have ever had. He’s the Farta from Sparta. The Farta from Sparta. He’s quite the greatest ruler that the Sprites have ever had.
10.
I’m hunting a smell Caught in a scent spell Not really knowing Which way I’m going. Look there it goes Past my nose Something fragrant and tantalising Quick as a sniff There’s a whiff that I can sense but then it’s gone I’m hunting a smell Where though I can’t tell Where can the source be? Hope it’s nearby me Look there it goes Past my nose Something fragrant and tantalising Quick as a sniff There’s a whiff of something in the distance I can find it with persistence Fairy fresh perfume Where is that smell from? Is it beside me? Maybe we’ll soon see. It’s like you’re Capturing rainbows, Chasing down darkness Listening for silence When hunting a smell Look there it goes Past my nose Something fragrant and tantalising Quick as a sniff There’s a whiff that I can sense but then it’s gone So I’m hunting a smell.
11.
I’ve tried everything, but nothing seems to wake her up. It’s millennium day and we’re down to the wire My plans are in ruins and soon they’ll expire There’s 4 hours left till the prophecy’s gone I need someone to come and try and help me along. They offered her artifacts, antiques and jewels Clothing and foodstuffs croissants and cagoules They promised her riches, a cat from Siam But nothing seemed to work and so I told them to scram. I’ve tried everything, but nothing seems to wake her up. We’ve had noble elves down from Kathmandu, Give it their best shot but that wouldn’t do They’ve rode in from places all over the land But now I need somebody else to lend me a hand. I need a quick hero to walk through that door I’m praying to god look I’m down on the floor Just send me a nobleman smart in the head So I can be the ruler when the rulers are dead! I’ve tried everything, but nothing seems to wake her up. Oh I tear out my hair Oh I’m caught in despair Oh It’s getting too late I’ve always been a patient man but now I can’t wait. They offered her artifacts, antiques and jewels Clothing and foodstuffs croissants and cagoules They promised her riches, a cat from Siam But nothing seemed to work it’s like she don’t give a damn. I’ve tried everything, but nothing seems to wake her up. And I’d give anything if someone came to wake her up It must happen soon or I’ll never be king so someone needs to wake her up.
12.
What am I going to do with him? Bink Banish him, banish him, banish him. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Bink Banish him, banish him, Elgin. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Bink Banish him, banish him, banish him. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Bink Send him away! Elgin Bink he’s been a very bad boy See, he’s even tried to be coy He can’t plead his innocence, just look at the evidence Bink he’s been a very bad boy Bink he has committed a sin, Look at all the trouble he’s in His crimes have caught up with him, now what’ll we do with him? Bink he has committed a sin. Elgin So what am I going to do with him? Chorus Banish him, banish him, banish him. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Chorus Banish him, banish him, Elgin. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Chorus Banish him, banish him, banish him. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Chorus Send him away! Elgin They say every punishment should fit with the crime Which makes it legitimate to send him down big time. Now don’t go complaining don’t kick up a stink I think I’m gonna banish him Bink! Everybody! Elgin What am I going to do with him? Chorus Banish him, banish him, banish him. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Chorus Banish him, banish him, Elgin. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Chorus Banish him, banish him, banish him. Elgin What am I going to do with him? Chorus Send him away! Elgin What am I going to do with him? Chorus Banish him, banish him, banish him. Elgin I think I’m gonna send him away Elgin I think I’m gonna send him away and Chorus I think I’d better send him away
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Chorus I’ve got goosebumps, fingers trembling And I just can’t sleep though I’ve tried slumbering. Hold tight it’s coming I hear that it’s really something Can’t wait, can’t fight it, pinching myself cos I’m too excited Elves Celebrate, we’re gonna celebrate, we’re gonna celebrate in 3 days. 3 days more.

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released September 7, 2021

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Steven Lee London, UK

Steven Lee spent much of his childhood in a tree house and was educated by squirrels - or at least that is what he would have us believe.

What we know for sure is that he is a popular children's playwright, singer- songwriter and occasionally writes the odd book or two.

You can find out about his books, songs and some of his stage musicals at www.ptc.org.uk
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