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DESERTER
ARE WE REALLY STUCK WITHOUT POWER THREE DAYS FROM THE TOWN AND ARE THE TRAILS AND THE PATHS ALL LOST I CANNOT FIND A WAY OUT ANYTHING OF A PAYOUT AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE CERTAINLY GONE WE ARE CAUGHT UPSIDE DOWN AGAIN RIGHT SIDE OUT AGAIN HOW DO YOU PEOPLE GET ON CAUSE SOMETIMES THE CURSE IS LOST IN THE WORDS AND WE DON'T NEED A REASON TO LIE TO FIGHT DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP THE WILLOW BENDS DOWN WHERE THE DEAD DO LIE WITH THEIR POCKETS ALL FULL OF ROCKS DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP ARE WE SO FAR FROM GRACE WE DO THIS WITHOUT FAITH AND THE BASIC IDEA IS ALL WRONG WHEN I FALL ON MY FACE I DON'T LOSE ANYTHING AND IT HELPS TO KNOW WHICH WAY IS UP SO SET EM UP JOE AND DIG ME A HOLE FOR TO CLIMB TRIUMPHANTLY FROM I DON'T NEED A BED AND I DON'T NEED A CHAIR I NEED A TABLE TO LAY STIFF UPON I NEED YOU AT MY HEAD AND ALL THE REST SOMEPLACE ELSE JUST CRYING AND A-CARRYING ON DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP THE WILLOW BENDS DOWN WHERE THE DEAD DO LIE WITH THEIR POCKETS ALL STUFFED WITH ROCKS DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP ARE WE SO FAR FROM GRACE WE DO THIS WITHOUT FAITH AND THE BASIC IDEA IS ALL WRONG SOMETIMES I THINK I'VE ARRIVED BUT I HAVEN'T LEFT YET I NEVER GOT OUT OF THE DARK AND I'VE A ROPE ROUND MY WAIST AND A HAND ON THE DOOR I MAKE PIGEON STEPS THROUGH THE PARK SO SLOWLY DOES IT CAREFULLY DOES IT BOYS I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE IT WASN'T ANY KINDER BACK THEN IT WAS ALWAYS A MESS AND WILL BE FOR EVERMORE GOOD GOD DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP THE WILLOW BENDS DOWN WHERE THE DEAD DO LIE WITH THEIR POCKETS ALL STUFFED WITH ROCKS DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP ARE WE SO FAR FROM GRACE WE DO THIS WITHOUT FAITH AND THE BASIC IDEA IS ALL WRONG
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My Boy Billy
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MY BOY BILLY
GO SLOW BILLY BOY I HAVEN'T MY LEGS I'M TIRED FROM THE SWIMMING AND I CAN'T STEER MY HEAD YOUR WIFE WILL WAIT FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES SO GO SLOW BILLY BOY GO SLOW IF I WAS A KIND MAN I WOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME I WOULD HAVE KEPT THE DOOR SHUT I WOULD HAVE HUNG UP MY COAT BUT OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND OUT IN THE TOWN WELL I LOVE TO GET LOST AND I LOVE TO GET FOUND WE CAN BLAME IT ON THE WEATHER WE CAN BLAME IT ON THE SNOW WE CAN SAY IT WAS THE BLACK ICE THAT MADE US GO SLOW WE CAN LIE TIL THE COWS COME A-STUMBLING HOME BUT IT IS MY FAULT ALONE AND ALONE SO I MIX SAND WITH WATER AND IN GO THE FEET ARMS TIED DOWN AND SHACKLED TO KNEES GO TURN UP THE RADIO GO TURN UP THE SONG COME AND FIND ME WHEN ALL THIS IS DONE THE HILLS WILL BE TALL WHENEVER WE ARRIVE AND THE GREY LAKE DEEP AND WET AND WIDE SO DON'T GIVE UP THE GHOST DON'T YOU GIVE UP AND CROAK KEEP IT UP ABOVE AND ON TOP I DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH AND I DON'T TRUST MY FRIENDS AND I'M NOT LOOKING UP AS ALL THIS ENDS NOT MUCH TO SAVE THERE IS NOT MUCH TO SAVE SOMETHING TO BURN AND SOMETHING TO BAKE IF YOU MEET MRS JAMES AT THE GENERAL STORE TELL HER GOOD DAY BUT TELL NOTHING MORE DON'T SAY THAT I MISS HER AND WISH SHE WERE MINE DON'T TELL HER IT ALL BILLY BOY
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Solo
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SOLO
I WAS OUTSIDE WHEN THE RAIN STOPPED AND THE NIGHT BRIGHTENED UP IN THE BLUE OF THE MORNING AND THE CREEP OF THE SUN THE APPLE TREES IN THE GARDEN THEY WERE DRENCHED AND THEY SHONE THE WET GRASS THE AUTUMN LEAVES SODDEN AND SOFT I'D BEEN TASKED WITH SUPPLIES I'D BEEN ASKED TO BUY BREAD I'D BEEN SENT TO FIND SUGAR I GOT SEA SALT INSTEAD CAUSE I REMEMBER THE ATLANTIC AND THE LOW WINTER TIDE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD HIDE SO LOW SO SLOW SO LOW HERE JOE SO LOW SO SLOW SO LOW HERE JOE I CARRY A COMPASS I DON'T HAVE A MAP BUT WITH ALL OF THE SPINNING I STILL KNOW THE WAY BACK I HAD A THOUGHT BEFORE WAKING I HAD A DREAM BEFORE THIS IM SO SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED GONNA TRY TO FIX IT SO LOW SO SLOW SO LOW HERE JOE SO LOW SO SLOW SO LOW HERE JOE I'VE BEEN GONE FOR 3 WEEKS BUT IT FEELS LIKE A YEAR I'M TELLING YOU THAT I MISS YOU BUT I WOULDN'T WISH YOU WERE HERE
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The Worst Of It Is
06:26
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THE WORST OF IT IS
IF YOU DO IT ENOUGH THE BLOOD AND THE SPIT TURN TO WINE IF YOU DO IT ENOUGH ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED YOU'RE GONNA FIND NOW YOU WORK FOR YOUR BED YOU WORK FOR YOUR TIME AND I KNOW THAT THE WAY THAT WE WAKE IS THE WAY THAT THE WHOLE WORLD GOES I DON'T TALK SO SMART AND I DON'T DANCE AS WELL AS BEFORE I DON'T COLLECT FRIENDS AND I ALWAYS HAVE AN EYE ON THE DOOR I STAY AWAKE MOST NIGHTS UNTIL I KNOW THAT THE HOUSE IS ASLEEP THEN I CAN GET SOME WORK DONE AND MOVE STUFF AROUND IN PEACE I START WITH THE CHAIRS AND I STACK EM AND SLING EM DOWNSTAIRS I PUT A TABLE IN THE CELLAR AND START WITH THE SAW UNDER THERE HAVE TO COUNT TO THREE HUNDRED FOR THE DUST TO GET SOME REST THEN IT ALL COMES BACK UP AND OUT COMES THE PAPER AND PEN I SCRIBBLE ABOUT BRAMBLES I WRITE ABOUT NETTLE LEAVES GOT A BELLY FULL OF BRIARS AND EYES TOO LAZY TO READ I NEED ME SOME CREEPERS SOME IVY SOME OLD BIND WOOD SOMETHING THAT CLINGS ON AND DIGS BENEATH THE BRICKS AND THE GOOD IT IS ONLY A LITTLE LAKE ONLY A SHALLOW POND COME ON FOLLOW ME WALK AWAY WATERSIDE ONLY A LITTLE LAKE ONLY A SHALLOW POND COME ON AND FOLLOW ME WALK AWAY WATERSIDE ALL OF THE SUNKEN AND ALL OF THE DROWNED ALL OF THE ONES WITH THE LUNGS WATER DAMAGED ALL OF THE SUDDENLY LOST TO THE GROUND SCRATCHING FOR SOMEONE TO DRAG DOWN SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN HERE WE ALL ARE NOW I WROTE AND I WROTE AND THEN I SPOKE AND THEN I STARTED TO SHOUT YOU GOT TO BE CRUEL TO BE KIND AND SO FUCK IT LETS OPEN THE GATES SEE WHAT THE WORST OF IT IS AND THE WORST OF IT IS AND THE WORST OF IT IS
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Tin
02:44
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TIN
I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE JUST AS THEY SAY THAT YOU ARE I BELIEVE YOU ARE ALL AND MUCH MORE I CAN HONESTLY THINK NOW OF NOTHING ELSE
AND WHEN IT'S GOOD IT IS LIKE NOTHING BEFORE I COULDN'T GET STRAIGHT OR SOBER IN TIME BUT I WANT TO MEET YOU WHEN I CAN WILL YOU WAIT FOR ME A LITTLE WHILE YOU TAKE A BREAK FOR TO GIVE ME A CHANCE TO COME BACK THE CAROUSEL SPINS AND WE'RE BOTH HANGING ON ALTHOUGH I'M SICK AND FEEL I NEED TO GET OFF BUT I KNOW THAT FROM THE MOMENT MY FEET TOUCH THE FLOOR I'LL WISH THAT IT NEVER STOPPED ALL THE COPPERS THE PENNIES THE PIECES OF TIN THE PAPERS AND THE PROMISES MADE IF I LOSE EVERYTHING THEN THAT’S WHERE I AM AND IT IS SIMPLE AND THERE’S NOTHING MORE TO BREAK PRAYER BELLS RING AND CHIME SING AND SWING AND I WRITE WITH THE WINDOWS LOCKED TIGHT I SHOULD BE AWAY BUT STILL SOMEHOW I STAY AND THE NIGHT BREAKS IT’S PEACE WITH THE LIGHT BUT I BELIEVE THERE’S A WAY WITHOUT RUNNING AWAY AND I BELIEVE THERE’S A HOME WE CAN MAKE I DON’T KNOW WITH WHAT OR WHERE WE WILL START BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE I’VE FOUND ME SOME FAITH
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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.
"Ein Singer-Songwriter ist immer auch Poet. Und Burch ist ein ganz besonderer." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
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