A Thing Well Made

A Thing Well Made - The Mutton Birds

She's wearing her don't talk to me face

As she makes the kids lunches

I oblige and quietly shut the front door as I leave

Drive into town before the fog lifts

I sell sporting goods

I've got a shop not far from cathedral square

I like to open up early

So fellas can come in on their way to work

Daydream around the rods and reels

While their breakfast's still warm inside them

Go on have yourselves a look

I'm proud of my shop

Almost everything's from overseas

You won't find a better selection

Look at the way this gun fits the crook of your arm

To make a thing like that

You'd need to know what you were about

You'd need to know where you were going

Go there in a straight lines

And everything else you'd have to shut right out

Can you see the man who made that

Can you see him putting it down and standing back

Can you see the moment when he said

That's it

That's perfect

At a time like that

You wouldn't care about your job

Or your mortgage

Or the fight you had with your wife 'cause

When a man holds a thing well made

When a man holds a thing well made

There's connection

There's completeness

When a man holds a thing well made

When a man holds a thing well made

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It's wednesday

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So I do the mail orders

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There's nothing much

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Some oilskins and a 303

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For a hunter over in westland

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Oh yeah

One of those A K 47s

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For some collector down the line

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