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Coventry

LIV TRANSCRIPTION

 

Ʌm,  wƐn   ɑI   wɅzs Ʌ  kI(d)           wiθ  mɑI          pƐrƐnts  wi  jusd  t’ go  fIʃIŋ     εɅm

Um, when I     was    a   kid             with my          parents we used to go fishing um

 

ӕnd mɑI          lɑIn   gɑt    kɑot     ӕt θɅ    bɑtɅm  Ʌv   θIs  lεIk  ɑn  Ʌ   lɑg   or

and my           line   got    caught at the    bottom of    this lake on  a    log   or

 

sɅmθIŋ      ӕn’ so ɑIm pɅlIŋ   It ӕut  mɑI   stεpdӕd  sεs    tεIk  Ʌ   stεp  bӕk ӕnd   ɑI

something and so I’m pulling it out   my   stepdad  says take a    step back and   I

 

tʊk    It    lIt’rɅlI   ӕn’  ɑI  wɅz  stʊd    ɑn θi  vεri   εnd Ʌv   θIs   pir   tʊk   Ʌ

took it    literally and   I    was   stood on the very end of   this  pier took a

 

stεp bӕk   Intu     ðɅ   pɒnd  lεik  θIŋ    Ʌm ӕnd  mɑI   hol      fӕmIli  Iz  ɑn  θɅ flor

step back  into   the   pond lake thing um and  my    whole family  is   on the floor

 

wεtIŋ     ðεmsεlvs     ðεj    kɑnt   muv   for  lɑftɅ(r)    so   nɅn   Ʌv   ðm    kӕn hεlp  mi

wetting themselves they can’t  move for  laughter  so   none of     them can help me

 

Ʌp   Ʌpɑrt  for mɑI    stεpdӕd   ɑI  fɑInɑli  gεt ӕut ӕnd mɑI  mɅms   tεkIŋ   mi  θɅ

up    apart for my     stepdad    I  finally   get out and my   mom’s  taking me the

 

lεnθ     Ʌrӕund   θIs   lεIk   t’  go   bӕk  t’  ðɅ  kɑ(r) ӕnd ɑIm  hɑf   lӕfIŋ     hɑf  krɑjIŋ

length around   this    lake to go   back to the  car and I’m  half  laughing half crying

 

bikɅz    εvri    stεp ɑIm goIŋ   skwεltʃ  skwεltʃ  skwεltʃ   skwεltʃ  skwεltʃ  mɑI mɅms

because every step I’m going squelch squelch squelch squelch squelch my mom’s

 

trɑjIŋ  tu  hold It tugεðər    bikɅz     ðӕts   ɑl  ʃi    kӕn  hiɅ(r)  so  wi  gεt  t’ ðɅ kɑ(r)

trying to hold it together because that’s all she can   hear     so  we get to the car 

 

pɑ(r)k ӕn’  mɑI  mɅm  tεls   mi   t’  tεk  mɑI  kloθs     ɑf  so ʃi     kӕn   pʊt  hər  kot  ɑn

park   and my    mom  tells me  to take my  clothes off so she  can   put  her coat on

 

mi  so ɑI  wont   gεt  kold  ӕnd Its  ӕt  ðIs point  ðӕt  ɅnɅðər  kɑr wIθ  ɅnɅðər fӕmIli

me so I    won’t get cold   and it’s at this point that another car with another family

 

disɑI(d)z  tu  drɑIv  In.  It  wɅz  vεri  εmbεrɅsIŋ

decides    to  drive in.   It was   very embarrassing.

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