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Piece Of Paper
03:24
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Capture the workings of your mind
Down on a piece of paper
Get you when you're on your own
Away from your mothers own
That day we carry about with us
Like a shadow that we can trust
Scribbled notes, scraps of paper
Something I will attend to later
A box of treasure and things much deeper
Gathered and collected
Scrapbooks of politics
To show the young some other tricks
Cuttings of wisdom
Down on a piece of paper
Down on a piece of paper
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2. |
Get Organised
03:07
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Scribbled notes and paper
Gathered on the floor
Scribbled notes and paper
Capture the workings of your mind
Down on a piece of paper
Get you when you're on your own
Away from your mothers own
Scribbled notes
Scraps of paper
Something I'll attend to later
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3. |
Deep Down In My Pockets
02:41
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Another bag that contains an adventure
One I once had that won't leave ya
Deep down in my, in my pockets
I found evidence of a forgotten locket
Do I need this reminding?
Of last years findings
Shopping lists
Old receipts
Lists of do's and don'ts
Deep down in my pockets
I found evidence of a forgotten locket
Do I need this reminding
Of last years finding
Engulfed in history's showers
Engulfed in yesterdays powers
Listening
Hindering the empowered
Pictures I kept in a box
An envelope never sent
Sitting there
Waiting to be discovered again
As I reach for my pen
Scribbled notes
On scraps of paper
A list of do's & don'ts
A list of do's and don'ts
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4. |
Eight O'Clock
02:54
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Its 8 o'clock
And you know what
Pots and pans
And wooden spoons
We clapped for you
But we let you down
Its 8 o'clock
But we let you down
We clapped for you
But we let you down
And that's what we found
Its 8 o'clock
But we let you down
We clapped for you
But we let you down
Open the windows
Open the doors
Professionals asleep on the floor
It's 8 o'clock and it's quiet outside
It's 8 o'clock and it's quiet outside
It's 8 o'clock and it's quiet outside
It's 8 o'clock and it's quiet outside
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5. |
The Savoy Ballroom
01:51
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Instrumental
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6. |
Peter Norman
02:48
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Joy & pride
Because Peter Norman was a local boy born in Coburg
Shame at the way he was treated
And the way he continues to be treated
He is a man who understood the time
A heroes life
That all human beings were created equal
Irrespective of race, gender, and class
Another time another place
No no no no
Another time another place
No no no no
If he could wear his human rights badge
In 1968
Ostracised, penalised
No no no no
Another time another place
No no no no
No no no no
Seen around the world as a symbolism
Of the inherent inequalities that existed based on race
No no no no
Another time another place
Standing on the dais
A small badge
His whole life
A heroes life
No no no no
He made a stand on the day
And when he came back to this country
He was punished
Decade after decade
No no no no
Another forgotten face
Another forgotten name
And he continued to pay the price all his life
No no no no
And in this country he continues to be a pariah
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7. |
Another Letter
02:41
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Another gig
Another poster
Another argument with a punter
Another tune
Another writer
Another medler
Another chancer
Another complaint
Another letter
Another song
Another creator
Another medler
Another chancer
For next time
Another plan
Another phone call
No audience to see you fall
The sorrow
Nobody there
The sorrow
Does anybody care?
The aftermath of the party
That we put on for you
In the end
When the lights go out
In the end
All over bar the shout
In the end
When the lights go out
In the end
All over bar the shout
In the morning
In the morning
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8. |
We Put On That Show
07:35
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He's gone he's gone
Another one
It's too bad, its too bad, its too bad
Does your mama know
This aint a picture show
Your voice has gone
North to the wind
Does anybody know?
We put on that show
He's gone he's gone
Another one
It's too bad, its too bad, its too bad
Does your mama know
This aint a picture show
Your voice has gone
North to the wind
Does anybody know?
We put on that show
Capture that energy and trap
In a bottle, let it out
No screens, no snaps, no selfies
Shoulder to shoulder
Jumping in time together
Where did they all come from?
What corners of the city?
For three hours they escaped
To capture that chill and trap
Where else are they going tonight?
Where else is there to go?
The poor, the tribes, misguided youth
A dance craze
The heat, thrown together
Where else are they going to be?
Upon a dark room
A sound, a message, a magnet
That cannot be contained
Could simmer, forever
Explosion, an earthquake
I felt it, it still remains
Tonight,
I felt it, it still remains
I felt it again tonight
He's gone he's gone
Another one
It's too bad, its too bad, its too bad
Does your mama know
This aint a picture show
Your voice has gone to the wind
Does anybody know?
We put on that show
He's gone he's gone
Another one
He's gone he's gone
Another one
He's gone he's gone
Another one
She's gone she's gone
Interested one
Nothing written down
No pieces of paper
Just pictures in the sand
And stories & song
To pass the knowledge on
Through the land we'll never own
There's a picture in the sand
You may struggle to understand
Picture in the sand
On the land
He's gone he's gone
Another one
He's gone he's gone
Another one
Just pictures in the sand
He's gone he's gone
Another one
He's gone he's gone
Another one
He's gone he's gone
Another one
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Erin Bardwell Collective UK
Reggae / rocksteady / ska styles. Est. 2003.
Played a live 'In The Hub' BBC session on 6 Music for Tom Robinson (2008). Championed by Steve Lamacq 2011 to present day (Radio 2 & 6 Music)
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