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All The Corporals Sing A Long Song

from Turn Your Back On The Crown by The Great Park

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    The third in a trilogy of albums recorded in the kitchen at home in Nuremberg. 'Turn Your Back On The Crown' collects eight new songs and features Johny Lamb (Thirty Pounds Of Bone) on cornet, Sophia Basler (Myself When Young) on violin and Stefanie (Vivian Void) on backing vocals.

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lyrics

ALL THE CORPORALS SING A LONG SONG

EVERY MINUTE LIKE EVERY HOUR
LOSE A LITTLE MORE EVERY DAY
I CUT THE CORNERS OFF WALKING HOME THESE WEEKS
GET A LITTLE BACK GET A LITTLE BACK SOMEHOW

I HEAR THE GOOD BOYS ARE BACK ON THE TOWN
I KNOW THAT SHORE LEAVE IS HARD TO EARN
THEY TRY TO FIT IT ALL INTO TWO DAYS
AND THEN SLEEP IT OFF SOMEHOW SLEEP IT OFF SOMEHOW

I THINK THE MEN ARE ALL OUT TO GET ME
I KNOW THEY WONT LEAVE A STONE UNTURNED
I ALWAYS GOT ONE EYE ON THE GLASSHOUSE
KEEP AWAY SOMEHOW KEEP AWAY SOMEHOW

AND WHEN THE DAY IS DONE
ALL THE CORPORALS SING A LONG SONG
AND WHEN THEIR SONG IS SUNG
WELL THE TRAIN IS LATE AND IT WILL NOT WAIT FOR NO MAN’S SON

I COUNT THE FRIENDS THAT ARE LEAVING EARLY
I KNOW WE ALL GOT A BONE TO PICK
I NEVER FELT SO LET DOWN AND STOOD UP
WALK IT OFF SOMEHOW WALK IT OFF SOMEHOW

I KNOW THE WOMEN WONT WORK FOR NOTHING
I HEARD THEY ALL GOT IT IN FOR ME
I GUESS I’VE NEVER BEEN WHAT YOU’D CALL HONEST
FOB IT OFF SOMEHOW FOB IT OFF SOMEHOW

AND WHEN THE DAY IS DONE
ALL THE CORPORALS SING A LONG SONG
AND WHEN THEIR SONG IS SUNG
WELL THE TRAIN IS LATE AND IT WILL NOT WAIT FOR NO MAN’S SON

I WAKE AT FOUR I HAD A SHIFT AT THREE
NO ONE EVEN TRIED TO GET ME UP
THEY SPEAK ABOUT ME LIKE I’M ALREADY AWOL
SHADOW OF A MAN JUST A SHADOW OF A MAN I AM

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from Turn Your Back On The Crown, released May 8, 2016

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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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