Name: Avgvstvs - Terracotta Bureaucrat
Duration: P00H02M39S
Description: I'm still giggling like a demented sorceror at hearing my nom de plume rapped in the opening credits. Enjoy this bit of demented sorcery.

Avgvstvs - Terracotta Bureaucrat

from Now! That's What I Call Wordsmith by Stephen Wordsmith

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I'm still giggling like a demented sorceror at hearing my nom de plume rapped in the opening credits. Enjoy this bit of demented sorcery.

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Let's get back out of retirement
Lazy Afro, Stephen Wordsmith

Terracotta bureaucrat, a
cataphract of admin matters
Bamboo scroll in hand with knife
For paperwork in afterlife

Terracotta bureaucrat, a
pen to scribe and ink to spatter
Join your god-king child immortal
Form his heaven's IT portal

Terracotta bureaucrat
Terracotta bureaucrat

Terracotta bureaucrat, a
jotter-down of admin chatter
Pen held tight, more might than sword
- To impress the emperor

Terracotta bureaucrat, a
secretary of despot patter
Sponger of an undead army
Work-death balance drives you barmy

Terracotta bureaucrat
Terracotta bureaucrat

BRIDGE
As hereafter's horde doth rise, Terracotta bureaucrat
You cross the Ts and dot the Is, Terracotta bureaucrat
O play your part in undeath's aims
They kick the arse, you take the names -
No life insurance left to claim
O Terracotta bureaucrat!

Terracotta bureaucrat
Terracotta bureaucrat

Terracotta bureaucrat, a
ledger clogged as weapons clatter
Corpses mounting, bodies counting
God-king waits for your accounting!

Terracotta bureaucrat
Terracotta bureaucrat
Terracotta bureaucrat

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from Now! That's What I Call Wordsmith, released October 7, 2019
Written and Recorded for February Album Writing Month, 2019

Lyrics by Stephen Wort
Vocals, composition and all instruments by Avgvstvs: the-eighthmonth.bandcamp.com

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