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Knight Of The Realm EP

by Laurie Shaw

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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
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
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
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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This EP features the new single, "Knight Of The Realm" and is accompanied by four B-Sides, "Glossies", "Whitechapel", "The Black Plague (Alternative Version)" and "Sea Wall".

"Knight Of The Realm" is taken from the new Laurie Shaw long player, "Helvetica".

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released September 13, 2019

All songs 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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