5 thoughts on “The Hunt”

1. Here are the original lyrics to The Hunt from before it was recorded, with the missing verse and changed lyrics. It was Chris Difford’s brother Lew’s favourite Squeeze song.

   The Hunt (original lyrics)
   (Difford/Tilbrook)

   Give a man a gun
   Give him a cigar
   He’ll think about a shot
   Sitting at a bar
   Strip him of his clothes
   Stand him on a box
   The man’s become a hound
   Hunted by the fox

   Give a man a girl
   Give a man a bed
   See him chase her heart
   Once around his head
   See him try to fight
   Standing in his socks
   Hands upon his guns
   Cornered by the fox

   Give a man a drink
   Give a man the time
   Drinking to his thoughts
   Bottled up inside
   He’ll tell a few jokes
   Stumble in the dark
   The fox is moving in
   Baited by his bark

   Draw him like a bow
   Aim him at the world
   He pretends to know
   And then he’ll swim up to the rocks
   (And then he’ll) be beaten by the fox

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2. Strangely this song didn’t appear on the expanded SFAS re-issue and, as far as I’m aware, hasn’t appeared on any of their other compilations either. The bonus for me was that it forced me to go up to the loft and bring down the vynil. There’s something magic about hearing the hiss and crackles.

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3. You can blame me for it not appearing on the reissued Sweets From A Stranger album. I chose to put Annie Get Your Gun on there within the 79 minute limit instead. The aim was to broaden the appeal to those who’ve grown up without Squeeze in the last 23 years since Hourglass was a hit. That was on the understanding that there would be a 4CD book-style career-spanning box set (on which it would be a highlight of a CD of rarities) just like the Mamas & Papas Complete Anthology hardback book and CDs. Hmmmm…

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5. @packetofthree,Didn’t know this was your favourite song. ole

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