"The tap-tap-tapping / of the typewriter pays"

"Clouds a drifting across the moon / cats a prowling on their beat / spring's a girl in the street at night" * The Pogues: Dirty Old Town * written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 * produced by Elvis Costello * released in early Aug, 1985

"I thought of you today / I wished it was yesterday morning" * The Pogues: Tuesday Morning (Spider Stacy), released on Aug 9th 1993