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Five Miles Down The Lane

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

FIVE MILES DOWN THE LANE

I BELIEVE THERE IS A WITCH IN THE HOUSE
SHE’S MARRIED TO YOUR BROTHER AND SHE WILL TURN HIM OUT
SHE DON’T APPEAR WITH NO BLACK CAT SHE DON’T COOK UP A SPELL
BUT SHE CUSSES AND CURSES US ALL DOWN TO HELL WE’RE ALL GOING TO HELL

NOW I KNOW I’M SCARED BUT THEY ARE STILL AFTER ME
JONATHAN AND SIMON AND THE WHOLE COMPANY
THEY SEND LETTERS, THEY SEND THICK ENVELOPES
STUFFED TO THE GILLS WITH THREATS ON MY THROAT
AND THEY DEMANDED THAT I COME DOWN AND FIGHT
WELL ID RATHER GIVE MY RIGHT ARM TO RUN AND HIDE
ITS BETTER THE DEVIL I DON’T KNOW ANOTHER LAND
BUT THIS HERE IS THE ONE THAT BREAKS A MUCH BETTER MAN AT LEAST A BETTER MAN THAN ME

AND WITH THE BLACK HILLS ABOVE
AND THE NEW TOWN BELOW FIVE MILES DOWN THE LANE
WE SPILLED OUR OWN BLOOD
AND WE SWALLOWED OUR TONGUES AND WE SPOKE NOT OF WOMEN NO WE ONLY FEARED WITCHES

I FELL ON MY FLAT FEET, THE CLOUDS CAME UNDONE
WE LOST A HIGH MILE OF GOOD GROUND TO THE FLOOD
WE LOST THE RED BARN, THE BLACK BARN THE TREE
BUT YOUR FATHER LOST A DAUGHTER WHEN YOU MARRIED ME
I SLEPT IN THE COTTAGE I SLUNG THE PAINTINGS ON THE FIRE
WE STILL GOT THE SKY I CRIED WE STILL GOT THE SKY
YEAH I GOT MORE THAN A LITTLE OUT OF SHAPE
AND YOU CAN’T MAKE A MAN FROM SAND AND CLAY ANYMORE

AND WITH THE BLACK HILLS ABOVE
AND THE NEW TOWN BELOW FIVE MILES DOWN THE LANE
WE SPILLED OUR OWN BLOOD
AND WE SWALLOWED OUR TONGUES AND WE SPOKE NOT OF WOMEN NO WE ONLY FEARED WITCHES

THAT WINTER WENT SLOW WE HAD NOWHERE TO GO
THE ROOF FELL IN WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW
THE END CAME FAST WE NEVER STOOD A CHANCE
YOU LOOK FOR A WAY OUT AND THEN THERE YOU ARE

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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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