1. |
Soldier Song
04:18
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Where are you going to?
I thought myself a soldier too.
To fight the anchors and floors myself
And find all the answers from all left on the shelf.
But why do you go,
When I’m not right behind in toe?
And why do you go there,
To leave me standing on the stair?
What of the others now?
The finest of brothers are homeward bound.
Do they fight the anchors and floor themselves?
And find all the answers from all left on the shelf?
But why do you go,
When I’m not right behind in toe?
And why do you go there,
To leave me standing on the stair?
Is it for me? Is it for my own good?
Is it for you, because you said you would?
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2. |
Settle Down
06:08
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Well I’m from some island
And I know it’s no crime
To leave it all behind and pick and choose from the grime
But if you’re from some island
Then why do you go and crawl over to Brighton
And tell me that you’ve grown?
Offer me a knife when I’m at your table,
Not carefully shuffling around.
Be so unkind when I’m unable,
Oh my God, settle down.
Offer me a knife when I’m at your table,
Not carefully shuffling around.
Be so unkind when I’m unable,
Oh my God, settle down.
Offer me peace when I’m on your doorstep
Take my hand if you need,
But take your fucking sense of self-worth and leave
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3. |
Jetsam
02:07
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4. |
Flotsam
03:20
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She’s as old as her grave and then some,
Teeth of gold, all stained with jetsam.
For the flotsam never made its way to her,
Building houses on the beaches with the birds.
But I know you’ll stay for the hope that she’d be coming back this way
She’s as bright as the sun decides,
Teeth of white all golden round the sides.
For the floss, it never made its way to her,
Building bridges on the shoreline with the birds
But I know you’ll stay for the hope that she’d be coming back this way
She’s as dumb as the question that’s posed to her,
Teeth all gone as the ones opposed to her.
For the flotsam never came within a day,
She’s building nothing of importance anyway
But I know you’ll stay for the hope that she’d be coming back this way
Now there’s a fire in me,
The warmth from a thousand trees,
Cut from your sympathy and the hope that she’ll be coming back this way
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5. |
Bag of Bones
03:51
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Darling I know I am not but a bag of bones
They come alive in the summer and I thrive in the snow
We live apart, apart from that we never live alone
A baby blackbird cries out for its home
My Darling, my girl, we are one from different worlds
Left out or let in, I feel them laughing at my sins
And I’ve seen your tower rise up so tall,
And you’ve seen my beach house whimper at the fall
Darling I know I am not but a bag of bones
I am not fit to sleep under the stones you throw
My Darling, my girl, we are one from different worlds
Left out or let in, I feel them laughing at my sins
And I’ve seen your tower rise up so tall,
And you’ve seen my beach house whimper at the fall
Darling I know I am not but a bag of bones
I’m at your window, throwing the stones now
My Darling, my girl, we are one from different worlds
Left out or let in, I feel them laughing at my sins
And I’ve seen your tower rise up so tall,
And you’ve seen my beach house whimper at the fall
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Jamie Larbalestier Reading, UK
Roots Folk from Jersey (CI), based in Reading.
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