Name: How Many New Toys?
Duration: P00H02M51S
Description: A song about someone who is constantly dissatisfied and restless wherever they are. Someone who doesn't fit in because they are always looking beyond to what they imagine may satisfy them more. Mmm.

How Many New Toys?

from Imaginary Friend by Steve Skaith Band

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

€0.89 EUR
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

A song about someone who is constantly dissatisfied and restless wherever they are. Someone who doesn't fit in because they are always looking beyond to what they imagine may satisfy them more. Mmm.

lyrics

HOW MANY NEW TOYS
(Skaith / Jones)

What would you do if you had a friend
Who opened his eyes just to see day’s end?
And then can’t tell what he sees

For fading smiles in illustrated trees.
Some things best left unspoken
But how many new toys has this kid broken?
But how many new toys has this kid broken?

How many times have you seen someone
Sitting still but still they’re on the run
They love it here but meanwhile
They put their faith in intervening miles
Wonderland, Hoboken
Oh how many new toys has this kid broken?
Oh how many new toys has this kid broken?

Why did it break? he asks
As he holds out the pieces for me to see
Just needed to see if it would last
Can’t you help me find a heart in this debris
Perhaps the Queen of hearts in this debris?

Does he reflect or does he just stare
At the looking-glass, the hatter and the hare
Alice in a daydream
The storyline makes me want to scream
Please leave this one un-woken
Oh how many new toys has this kid broken?
Oh how many new toys has this kid broken?
Please tell me, how many new toys has this kid broken?

credits

from Imaginary Friend, released October 1, 2007

license

about

Steve Skaith Band UK

Steve Skaith was the singer and co-writer of the band Latin Quarter. When the band split up in 1998 Steve went to live in Mexico where he met and formed the Steve Skaith Band with Mexican musicians. Since returning to the UK in 2007, Steve Skaith has been playing with British musicians and has completed a forth album, entitled "Latin Quarter Revisited". ... more

contact / help

Contact Steve Skaith Band

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Steve Skaith Band, you may also like:

We Come From The Same Place
by Allo Darlin'

Album #3 from Anglo-Australian, indie-pop, 4-piece is a rockin', joyous and charming celebration of love & life. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 6, 2014
go to album
Escape Artist
by Danielle Durack

The latest from Danielle Durack is a gentle wonder, its soft-focus songs full of yearning and effortlessly melodic. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 8, 2024
go to album
Hearth Room
by Frost Children

New York duo showcase an enigmatic blend of math rock guitars, pop-punk sing-a-longs, emo confessionals, and even rave-ready synths. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 15, 2023
go to album
Good American Songbook
by Bob Cummins Jr.

Radiant ’60s-style psych pop lights up the latest from Bob Cummins Jr., with harmonies impossible to resist. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 30, 2023
go to album
Record Dealin' Dick EP
by THE MONA REELS

The Mona Reels take on record clerk mansplainers with catchy power pop on this lively new EP. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2023
go to album
All Those Things I Thought I Knew
by emzae

Singer-songwriter and producer's debut album is filled with '90s and Y2K-era influenced pop tracks. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 8, 2023
go to album
Still A Soft One
by NIIKA

A delicate and ethereal album, gracefully blending dreamy melodies with hushed guitar & introspective lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 3, 2023
go to album