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Satellite Towns

by Laurie Shaw

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Taken from the forthcoming album, Dove From Above

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Pylons rising on the chalk lines in the sky
Highlights on the high rise
You thought you’d find them here
Your parents are commuters
And at night the street lights
Stand in the amber

I don’t come from a satellite town
I come from two places
I’m a two piece suite, I’m a two part drama
I’m from a little village called Frankby
It has a farm and a playschool
And a dog that put me off them for life
I’m also from Kenmare
Yeah I know, technically I never lived there
Yeah I know
Don’t think I don’t know
Schools and pubs and first bits of love
Spaces where fires start
Lawn fires for the dominant forces
Figures on the lawn
Figures in a Sue Tompkins way
Anyway, I’m getting away from myself

You come from a satellite town
You come from a satellite town
Where pylons rise on the chalk lines
Where blood exits the wrist
Exits the slip road and follows the signs
Commuter parents and early skin shedding
Bedding and a lacklustre childhood
Early Arcade Fire changes
Stand in the amber
With your busy commuter parents
(Pop plastic, pop it in the micro)
You come from a satellite town
Hard black tarmac with bike tread imprints
Back garden views from the wash up bowl
80s build,
Your mother has an 80s build
Used to be in the actors guild
Your family tree creeps up by Carlisle
Snakes out to the West Indies

I’m with you in your flat
The cactus on the window has a name
I’ve got unfinished feelings for you
My shirt’s heavy with your bedroom must
I don’t know if I can meet your mum and dad
I don’t know if I can handle your satellite town
And squeeze into your single bed
Lying in the amber
Highlights on the high rise

Who cares about time
When there’s an infinite stream
An unsatisfied longing for terrestrial TV
They were the best laid plans
Now the schedule’s in your hands
TFI Friday and The Riverboat Song
Means nothing
Did it ever mean something?
SM:TV Live, Wonky donkey
Means nothing
Did it ever mean something?
Did it ever mean something?
Or was it just a phantom island
Like Plato’s Atlantis
Trapped in the amber
Highlights on the high rise
Never thinking Gerri would be the first to go
Highlights on the high rise
Trapped in the amber

We are the children of the satellite towns
We keep on
We are the children of the satellite towns
We keep on
We are the children of the satellite satellite
Satellite, by Lou Reed Satellite of Love
Listen to the Bowie vocals go
Satellite of Love
Satellites in the sky
Satellite by The Kills, do you rememeber that song?
When that came out, I was infatuated with you
And you were infatuated with me too . . .

. . . And then you weren’t
That was on the rebound
Rebound, sounds, the sound
Of the Bowie vocals
On Satellite of Love
The sound of the Bowie vocals
On Satellite of Love
I was unlucky in love
But then I found the backing vocals
On Satellite of Love

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released April 6, 2023
Written, performed and produced by Laurie Shaw.

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Laurie Shaw Kenmare, Ireland

Laurie Shaw is a Wirral-born songwriter and producer. He now dwells in Ireland where he records from his mountain retreat. He often gigs in Cork, Dublin and the Merseyside area. He has released around 100 albums to date (all of which are available on request). ... more

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