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Marillion
Marillion


Background information
Origin Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Genre(s) Progressive Rock
Neo-progressive rock
Art Rock
Pop Rock
Soft Rock
Acoustic Rock
Alternative Rock
Years active 1979—present
Label(s) Sanctuary Records
Capitol Records
EMI Group
Castle Communications
Caroline Records
Edel Music
E1 Music
Associated acts Steve Hogarth
Steve Rothery
Ian Mosley
Fish
How We Live
The Europeans
Arena
Iris
Ben Castle
Transatlantic
Kino
Website Website
Members
Steve Hogarth
Steve Rothery
Pete Trewavas
Mark Kelly
Ian Mosley
Former members
Fish
Mick Pointer
Diz Minnett
Brian Jelliman
Doug 'Rastus' Irvine



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Marillion Lyrics

"Three Minute Boy" lyrics


Lyrics: Hogarth
Music: Hogarth/Kelly/Mosley/Rothery/Trewavas

Here today
Gone this afternoon
Another tune we almost remember
What's the story
Sex and drugs again
Business as usual
The clock's already ticking
La la la la
When he was young
Staring at the TV
He watched the fun happenin' to other people
Now they scream
As they run after him
Like a dream
Like Elvis and the Beatles

A three minute song is all he wrote
He only did it for a joke
They played him on the radio
From Tokyo to Timbuktu
A three minute boy, ain't that somethin'
They named their children after him
The good times rolled beneath his feet
He skipped along the one-way street

She's a pretty girl
She don't know how it started
She made a movie
He almost remembered
She measured up
They moved into a basement
"We're so in love!"
They giggled to the nation
La la la la

Three minute millionaire they said
The numbers rattled round his head
They spun him three times round the globe
She waited patiently at home
And all the pretty girls wanted him
In places that he'd never been
Too much love will do you in
Forgive Forgive Forgive Forgive
Yeah Yeah Ooo

Three minute kid is here again
Surrounded by three minute friends
He found someone to understand
To shock the world and hold his hand
No religion, no restraint
No direction, no complaints
No future and no way out
No time now to think about it
All the money's gone
He don't know what he spent it on
Girlfriends gone off with the Jag
Gone back to her mum and dad
He's curled up on the studio floor
He just can't do it anymore
The flashgun went off without warning
He'll read about it tomorrow morning

She's goin' out with someone new
In this week at number two

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