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Knight Of The Realm
03:40
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As the lark ascends
Long shadows on pagan displays of stone
A trailing green coat
And a pocketbook of patriotic quotes
We can muddy their coasts with chip fat, sure!
This is what our forefathers fought for
Living on the world above, sipping builders tea
Out of St. George's mugs
Don't let them up
Like a drop in the ocean they'll drop
Black out the coastal towns
They're coming for our shit jobs
Am I a knight of....?
Am I a knight of....?
Am I a knight of the realm?
Do you remember those golden years?
Heavy shelling and air raids ringing
You'd swallow hard on the fear
And let it eat at you from the inside
Hide your kids, Uncle Cronos is coming
He's keeper of the vellum codex
Football sticker book sacred
Don't let them up
Like a drop in the ocean they'll drop
Black out the coastal towns
They're coming for our shit jobs
Am I a knight of....?
Am I a knight of....?
Am I a knight of the realm?
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Stiff upper lip sol, selling like hot cakes
Living on the burial ground
Of some ancient giants
With the top hats rising up
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Glossies
02:55
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Before bombs split the land
When it was Eddie Stobart green
When you were chasing out the tribes
Like some Roman centurion
Would you walk the Cheddar Gorge
Or would you be the first born?
Falling from Albina's womb
In an electrical storm
Stain glass Latin
Lit by the lolloping sun
Or a great suburban fire
Somewhere out there
I used to see my peninsula
But the fog has obscured it in to a distant blur
You're flicking through the glossies
Lounging on the mincer belt
Yeah, as we crash against the cliffs
In a flash of white lightning
Barefoot walking through the watercress bed
And your mother's in the Wrens
Collapse the history in on itself, why not?
Well it's all we can do isn't it?
Fallen arches, acres of land
Park swans, Roman amphitheatres
Knocked down and rebuilt
For all the fast food lovers
Talking about cricket
On a jittery locomotive in the wind
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Whitechapel
03:46
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In Whitechapel,
Somebody's coming for me
In Whitechapel,
Somebody's coming for me
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Yeah we had another plague
Whilst you were in the Big Brother house
Rats the size of 80's mobiles
All emptied out the Thames
And chewed the line to the rodent killers
And up our commemorative pillars
That we erected after the war
And after the exit
And the sky opened
Like a slit drain
And flooded the ports
And we all went carnivore on each other
Yeah, we had another plague whilst you were in the jungle
But it's great you've got your big break
(Sorry it's at such a bad time)
In 8 months you'll be back to distributing the plague masks
I'm sick of the smell of the anti-bacterial gel
And the sound of the funeral bell
They've run out of graves and ran out of the coffins too
And they've packed them in plastic and thrown them into the sea
Will you meet him tonight?
Where are you sleeping tonight?
Somewhere out on the continent
All I have left is the country I love
Yeah, we had an Alright Fire
While you were in the Big Brother house
And it burnt the capital to the ground
And thick plumes of black smoke rose
And hit the clouds
I hope you got my musical birthday card
Sincerely,
Laurie James
Where are you sleeping tonight
Who are you meeting tonight
Somewhere out there on the continent
All I have left is the country I love
All I have left is the country I love
All I have left is the country I love
All I have left is the country I love
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Sea Wall
02:01
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On the sea wall I will sit
As the lifeboats all wash up
Thousand men and women, kids
Floating out on the abyss
Watching SMTV Live
To relieve the deep black hole
We eat egg and watercress sandwiches
To save our souls
I don't know what I'd do
Makes me cry just to think of losing you
In a foreign sea,
Would shatter me
On the sea wall I will sit
As the lifeboats all wash up
Thousand men and women, kids
Will not make it to the coast
They are trying to get free
It's never been that easy
Watching TFI Friday
Rolling news just makes me weep
I don't know what I'd do
Makes me cry just to think of losing you
In a foreign sea,
Would shatter me
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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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