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Folk From The Smoke
04:27
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Folk from the Smoke
With their ways and means
Taking my decisions from me
Hatching out their schemes
Lording it 'round the land
Splashing the cash
Everyone look away now
As they grab and smash
Folk from the Smoke - Have taken everything away
When the folk from the smoke
Are chauffeured into town
We'll lock up our daughters
And batten right down
They already took the mines away
And closed the factories
Put shutters on the high street
And our memories
Folk from the Smoke - Have taken everything away
Folk from the Smoke
Are coming for your pile
They know there's money to be made
By flashing a smokey smile
They'll building us shiny temples
That are fit for shopping in
But they'll cut the Sunday services
And every day from herein
Folk from the Smoke - Have taken everything away
Folk from the Smoke
Are hacking into our lives
Stirring up the population
Peddling their lies
And there's Folk from the Smoke
With their hands in the till
Taking all that they can get
As they always will
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2. |
Holding Out On Hope
03:46
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You've already left me once
Then you came back home
Now you've gone and left me twice
Leaving me all alone
You broke my heart
I sent you flowers
I guess you're going to come back any day
You've got me holding out on hope
Playing make-believe
I've been fooling myself
Since the day that you walked out
Leaving me holding out
Holding out on hope
Well I waited five long weeks
That soon became five years
And when I take that call from you
I'll be holding back the tears
My heart is still broken
I'm still sending you flowers
I'm half expecting to see you any day
My powers of persuasion
Worked the first time round
I'd ask you to look into my eyes
But you're nowhere to be found
You're heart must be made of stone
Returning wilted flowers
But I remain optimistic to this day
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3. |
Too Many People
04:03
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Too many people in this world
Run out of luck before they are born
Into a life not safe from harm
And how many people in this town
Would help a man up if he were down
Would drop a coin into his cup
Give him the time of day
Or would too many people just look away?
Too much conflict in this world
The youth them get killed, families deprived
Nothing is gained when choosing a side
And how many times must it be seen
To make you turn on, make you tune in
Make you drop everything
And turn the volume up
Or have too many people given up?
Too many people just seem confused
They don't know what's good, don't know what's bad
Ever make you feel like you've been had?
And how many people would it take
To say enough is enough,
Can't take any more of your promises
That always turn into lies
When will too many people realise?
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4. |
Winterland (Blues)
04:20
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The leafless trees bear witness
To the bloodstained fields of snow
Just like watercolours weeping
Into the frozen earth below
Like memories that fade with time
And stories that cease to be
When there's no one left to tell the tales
That shape our history
In the Winterland
Where the poppies grow
Give me the opium
'Cause the pain - is hurting so
As they packed them off for Christmas
They didn't have much say
Armed with a bar of chocolate
They were on their merry way
Never to return back home
Never to grow old
Never to feel the sun again
Always feeling the cold
And as they march again
Through pastures new
Following last orders
We watch history repeat itself
But now they take their daughters
Fighting for a land that will not be saved
From helping me to ease my pain
Fighting for another Godforsaken land
Freezing in the fire
Shivering from the cold
Missing everyone
Aching to come home
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