Inspired by the early "Doll's House Drama" photography of Jo Stapleton, and written (half a decade ago, now) on the ancient Clavinova in the psychiatric hospital where I worked.
lyrics
Lyrics:
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
Some just break your heart
Broken toys are art
Broken toys
Broken toys
For broken girls and boys
Broken toys
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
Made to fall apart
Broken toys
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art (sometimes they’re bad art)
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
And with the most precious ones
You just can’t work out what’s gone wrong
But something always has gone wrong
Yeah, something somewhere’s always wrong
Full of sawdust – art!
Rusty clockwork – art, art, art!
Stitching severed – art!
Ruined forever, broken toys are art.
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
Silent in the dark
Broken toys are art
Broken toys
Broken toys
Made to be destroyed
Broken toys
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
Crush them underfoot
Broken toys
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art (sometimes they’re great art)
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
Toys live lives of paradoxes
Look fantastic in their boxes
But they’re not in them very long
That’s where things start going wrong
Patched together – art!
Lost forever – art, art, art!
Wheels not turning – art!
Something’s burning, broken toys are art.
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
Broken toys are art
Decapitated – art!
Mutilated – art, art, art!
Pieces missing – art!
Lethal wiring – art, art, art, art!
No instructions – art!
Nothing functions – art, art, art!
Leaky batteries – art!
No guarantees – art, art, art, art!
Rusty clockwork – art, art, art!
Full of sawdust – art!
Patched together – art!
Lost forever, broken toys are art.
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