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This Northern Paradise
04:21
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See her breathe
See her shiver
Hiding from your judgement
Down by the river
Huddled in a blanket
Keeping out the world
Doesn’t really matter
If she’s a boy or a girl
Doesn’t really matter
In this underworld
And the cold steel river
Keeps on rolling on
Holding out her hand
Begging for some hope
Asking for forgiveness
Clinging to the rope
There’s a winking eye
Lit up like a rainbow
Everywhere that she goes
So do we go
Doesn’t really matter
In this underworld
And the cold steel river
Keeps on rolling on
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Smoking Gun
04:45
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Here’s a mirror
Here’s a map of the world
Make it clearer
And don’t believe what you heard
One life, one heart
New day, new start
One earth, not worlds apart
We all come together and live as one
Another journey around the sun
Love is easier said than done
There’s your smoking gun
Not your problem?
You won’t be here in the end
Choose a leader
And point the finger again
Stand still, don’t move
Lay low, be cool
You’re not the ignorant fool (right?)
When we all come together and live as one
Another journey around the sun
Love is easier said than done
There’s your smoking gun
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Pickled In A Poke
05:44
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Milly was a gal with a pine left leg
Had to earn a nickel when she wanted fed
Couldn't take no work on the boulevard
'Cept for drunks in the old brick yard
Met a travelling man with a jet black horse
Blood red eyes and his hands were coarse
Hoped that they could settle down
With Milly and her momma on the edge of town
Late one night she hopped to the well
To fetch a pail of water and then she fell
She called for Momma as she burst through the door
Got a big surprise and that's for sure
Cos they was pickled in a poke, all alone she said
Found them together in the old brass bed
Chased them up to the Johnstown line...
Then all she did was watch them die
Sitting in the dock with the shackles on
Milly and the devil sang their song
The judge and jury looked away
The hangman had her soul that day
Meanwhile down at the old saloon
They talked about the blood red moon
A stranger drank without remorse
With blood red eyes and a jet black horse
They was pickled in a poke, all alone she said
Found them together in the old brass bed
Chased them up to the Johnstown line
Then all she did was watch them die …
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The Battle (Going Home)
05:17
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Too Many Lies
06:13
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Turn down the light
And take my love
It’s always you I was thinking of
The tide has turned
The moon is bright
No more like starships in the night
There was a time
When all was lost
We paid the piper what it cost
We danced alone in company
But that was not our destiny
No, that was not our destiny
Too many lies
Too many tears
Too little grace to face her fears
Now she’s gone
I have to say
I need you more and more each day
I need you more and more each day
A prisoner to a band of gold
Promises and vows so cold
I kept my faith , I was so blind
Hoping for love I could never find
When we first met so long ago
I loved you then but I had to go
A stolen kiss for a memory
Back to a life of misery
Back to a life of misery
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Marcus Lazarus Wallasey, UK
Blues, Rock, Funk. Soul, you name it - I'll write it! An eclectic musical education, and a bit of a late starter to song
writing I now have 5 full albums out there - please message me for more info, special offers, merch, feedback - it would be most appreciated!
Based in Wirral, Merseyside, UK, the heart of the Wooly Back Delta Blues.
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