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Hob Nobs, Cheddar And Tea

by LS Hamilton

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1.
At last the peace comes upon the breeze A susurrus breath of machine gun death What were we fighting for, and what did we win? An end to all dissent, to all resent and national pride Your little garden, so beautiful An island among the ashes Paint your high fence a lovely blue No-one on the other side will bother you A warm sun free of birdsong And a house you're proud to own Why would you live in the fallen lands When God himself put this place in your hands?
2.
You didn't write a set list You don't know what the song is Shut up and play your guitar You didn't sort the tuning Didn't even restring Shut up and play your guitar You didn't note the changes Haven't played for ages Shut up and play your guitar I don't wanna waste time anymore I don't wanna, I ain't gonna You haven't got the Look right Why don't you get stage fright? Shut up and play your guitar I didn't check the action Is this song in fashion? Shut up and play your guitar I need to get the beers in To get my playing eased in Shut up and play your guitar Hey... ain't you got a solo to play? You can't play an acoustic Sounds like you ate a glue stick Shut up and play your guitar You're tryjng all the switches A whiter shade of shit, just Shut up and play your guitar Feeding back and noisy Boys and their six-string toys, eh? Shut up and play your guitar
3.
Take my hand and smudge the yellow In a line across the early morning sun Take a deep breath and blow the dark away With the heel of my palm we can introduce some orange You've gone a little quiet these last couple of streets We're nearly there Spend the day at my work with me And you'll see how we form things into life It's just a little patch of green in the sky It's nothing to worry about Nobody looks at that part these days It'll be gone before you know it Late this afternoon, we'll have rhubarb streaks Heavy grey and shimmering gold Perhaps some chips that we can share if you hold them On the crossbar home You might think you've messed it all up You might think it's all gone wrong But you can make the day just how you want it Don't get unstuck on your crossbar blues In the night I put some mint-green stripes From the patch you made Some say it's the most beautiful thing I say it reminds me of you
4.
Wax And Bone 03:22
One man stands alone Heeded by no-one I know He did me no wrong I'm sure Still he's there alone And I know His hands are dry and cold Fear left him alone and so Did everybody else The lights of this town The panorama's his now But all the doors are locked to him And he ain't getting in Holds a scythe in his hand Turns it this way and that And they say he's got the best jokes That you've ever heard Sat in place in his celestial home A thousand years on a throne of wax and bone Till he got a recliner from Warhol
5.
It shouldn't require courage to just be careless and free. Without backwards glances to guarantee safety. It shouldn't require laws to enable basic living. Public affection shouldn't get antisocial sieving. The contents of my underwear and the feelings of my heart and The way I see myself is not for you to take apart. If you think the way I am is against the will of god Then ask yourself how such a powerful being could also be such a clod. I am a vehicle - for change - in this world. Take my hand. Will you join me? Self-determination, self-assertion and pride Are the rights of all, and not things for which to chide The identity I have is the crest upon my soul And if I wish to make adjustments that's within my control I may not speak for you, but there are so many who feel a need to hide themselves for fear of reprisals in the name of preserving a homogenised society which has never existed. I can't change the whole world, but I can start with me If you stand with me, together perhaps we can start making peace together. I am a vehicle - for change - in this world Take my hand. Will you join me? For millenia we have stepped upon the rejected And those we see as other than the norm We have persecuted and then reflected upon the barbarity of what we inflicted on We admire the wondrous tropical birds of multicoloured hue And then mourn the world is drab grey and permeating gloom But we are a beautiful species of every colour size and sexuality So let's light up the world with the spectrum of humanity. I am a vehicle - for change - in this world Take my hand Join me. I can't change the world, but I can change me
6.
Tinted red, the sun began It's slow path over Prestonpans She looked over the painted world I knew right then she was my girl Four autumns later, I saw the light Illuminate her dad and my approaching bride Frozen moments lost in time So many through the years but this one's mine Doesn't matter that it's autumn sun When you think of all the summers still to come I went riding with my girl Her hair streaming out on the wind On a scooter with my girl Her hands stretched out to catch the wind She turned my sky upside down Rain fell away and the sun walked the ground Hunting trips for Wild Snuggles A night flight on a black gondola 1 and 2 combined for 3 Clearly made of Hob Nobs, cheddar and tea And so a new path reveals itself All roads lead to home, but wjere to dwell?

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released July 6, 2021

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LS Hamilton UK

LS Hamilton was born in the mid 1970s and is still not dead. He writes mostly indie pop, folk and punky noisy stuff, but writes more melodic stuff when he gets distracted, which is often.
A native of the central belt of Scotland, he spent many years in London with bands and as a solo musician, but now is based in the southwest of England. He likes real ale, UK comedy and things with chili in them.
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