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Blue Bone
04:09
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When it's all too much, when you need a friend,
We have a means here, means to an end,
Whenever you feel it bite, just come back again
We got wine for your sorrow, and gin for your pain,
So come on down in the evening, shake the blues from your bones,
Come on down in the evening, shake the blues from your bones,
Come on down in the evening, shake that blue bone
When you're sitting in the darkness, staring into the void,
With a hundred bad memories, you want destroyed,
A thousand bad decisions, twenty years of regret,
Come on down to the temple, we'll help you forget,
And come on down in the evening...
Open up in the dark, pour the sorrow from your heart,
In a bottle, mix it up,
Drink it down, drain your cup,
And come on down in the evening, we'll shake that blue bone
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Lydia's Question
01:25
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The Secret
04:44
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Late night staring at the ceiling,
Listening to the pouring rain,
Every raindrop like a blacksmith's hammer,
On my window pane,
And in the dead of night I wandered through the darkest states of mind,
To a secret locked away behind a wall too high to climb
I heard they found his body,
In the sluice by the tracks,
He was face down in the water with,
A knife stuck in his back,
My alibi swore blind that I could not have been there at the time,
And a tear fell as I told them he had been a friend of mine
The way a secret burns inside,
It can drain your spirit dry,
But with firm good grace,
And poker face,
You might just spare your mind,
If you can bury all the guilt, and the remorse can all abate,
Why, it's easier than burying the bodies you create
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Dorian's Answer
02:20
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Our Man Stan
03:32
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Our man Stan, simple young man,
Knew his home town like the back of his hand,
No great vision, no great plan,
Just a footnote, just an also-ran,
Our man Stan could have done much better,
Our man Stan should have gone one better,
Our man Stan left alone, unfettered,
Chasing no gain, chasing no vendetta,
Our man Stan,
Our man Stan
Trouble at work, trouble at home,
On the shop floor with a broken bone,
If he can't lift, then he can't work,
Out of a job and out on his own,
Wasn't his fault he was tired and shaking,
Wasn't his fault that his back was breaking,
In a cold flat, worrying and aching,
Counting the coins that he isn't making,
Our man Stan,
Our man Stan
Stands up in line, nought to his name,
Restart officer shifting the blame,
Can't he move home, pay to retrain,
Can't he lift loads in spite of the pain?
Our man Stan says he's not workshy,
That the pain is real and his debt's sky-high,
But the man at the desk has targets to meet, so
Our man Stan is out on the street,
Our man Stan,
Our man Stan
Our man Stan, broken young man
Just one good soul dealt a bad hand,
No route out, no escape plan,
Numbing his pain with another tin can,
Our man Stan,
Our man Stan,
Our man Stan,
Our man Stan
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The Yaddle of Bethanop
03:24
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Slip Away
02:16
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I'm down on the floor,
Lights shine in my eyes,
Three sheets to the wind,
And out of my mind
I came with my dog,
See, I'm not alone,
Help me find my dog,
He's leading me home...
I don't care if I never see another day,
If all life has to end then let it end this way,
Heed my story as a warning,
I don't want to face the morning,
Leave me here, and let me slip away
Wake up in the road,
I'm soaked to the skin,
Face down in the rain,
And reeking of gin,
The cold spurs me on,
My home can't be far,
I don't know these roads,
Don't know where we are,
I don't care if I never see another day,
If all life has to end then let it end this way,
Heed my story as a warning,
I don't want to face the morning,
Leave me here, and let me slip away
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Ralph Beeby and the Elephant Collective London, UK
Dark Folk-Blues for misfits and lost souls.
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