You parade those poppies with unthinking zeal Knowing nothing of how we feel We, the unseen and untouched Who bought their lies and paid so much We, the dead, are always here And we awake this time, every year To watch with sadness and dismay The flowers placed, where we lay And still the lies [...]
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Never Again
Posted: 3rd November 2011 by Harry in Poetry & LyricsTags: Armistice Day, Peace, Poppies, Remembrance Day, War
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This started life as a set of lyrics that never really made the grade. The band I was with went tits up before I’d finished the music and the chorus never really worked anyway. Went back to it a while after our spectacular demise and after some hacking, slashing and re-jigging, it seemed to work better as a [...]
Tommy’s Got A Gun
Posted: 31st May 2011 by Harry in Poetry & LyricsTags: Orgreave, Poetry, Saltley Gate, The Miners' Strike
Tommy Smith turned fifty-two, the day they shut his pit, Emphysema with his pay-off, the fuse had just been lit. From the heady days of Saltley Gate and Orgreave in ’84, Tommy Smith had done it all and then gone back for more. The cave-ins and the danger, Tommy took them his stride, A Wife, [...]
Days Of Wine And Roses
Posted: 23rd January 2011 by Harry in Poetry & LyricsTags: Days Of Wine And Roses, Lyrics, Songs
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Inspired by the film of the same name. It was one of those that, seemingly, just fell out of the ether. Lyrics were done in about five minutes and the music took about ten (yeah, I know; it shows, right?). From another life. A long time ago… We usually meet in an alcohol haze Safe and secure [...]