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The Divided Kingdom
04:09
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The Divided Kingdom
My brothers my sisters are you feeling alright?
sometimes I struggle, yes i struggle to see the light
This divided kingdom, fractured and astray
Strange time these and they get stranger by the day
Lies and Hypocrisy
Fuck your false morality
Don’t expect me
to accept your authority
But our world keeps turning round
We gotta keep our feet firm on the ground
Stand up and stand proud
Don't ever let them drag you down
My brothers my sisters are you feeling alright?
How do you feel about the end of days
Its going to be a long dark night
We the human beings are branded by a state
The overlords raping mother earth
And sealing our fate
Lies and Hypocrisy
Press gang conformity
Try to fool me
with your bullshit diplomacy
But the world keeps turning round
We’ve gotta keep our feet firm on the ground
Stand up stand proud
Don't ever let them drag you down
Fuck Austerity, and Fuck your larceny, Fuck the inequality and Fuck your lack of empathy
Fuck your hypocrisy ,Fuck your depravity, Fuck the aristocracy and Fuck the royal family
Fuck the Autocracy, and Fuck your blatant thievery, Fuck all your lies There is no Democracy
But the world keeps turning round
We gotta keep our feet firm on the ground
Stand up and stand proud
Don't ever let the bastards drag you down
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Blood and Fire
04:04
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Blood and Fire
Oh blood and Fire yeaahhhh
Oh blood and Fire yeaahhhh
Well I see it in your eyes
And I see it in your brain
And I see it in the blood flowing
oh in your veins now
I’ll give you blood and fire yeaahhhh
I’ll give you blood and fire yeaahhhh
I give you all I’ve got and then you ask for more
I give you all I’ve got now and you ask for more
I give you all I’ve got huh and you still ask for more
I give you all I’ve got now and you still ask for more
I give you all I’ve got ha and you still ask for more
I give you all I’ve got yeah and then you ask for more
I’ll give you blood and fire yeaahhhh
I’ll give you blood and fire yeaahhhh
Well I see it in your eyes
And I see it in your brain
And I see it in the blood flowing
Down the drain
I’ll give you blood and fire yeaahhhh
I’ll give you blood and fire yeaahhhh
Now bleed for me
I’m gonna watch you burn
Now fire yeaahhhh
Oh blood and fire yeaahhhh yeah yeah
Well I see it in your eyes huh
And I see it in your brain
And I know I know I know I know now
We are not the same
I’ll give you blood and fire yeah
Blood and Fire
Blood and Fire
Oh Blood and Fire
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Hungry Blues
Oh well it rained all night
and it poured all day
wash my blues away
and then i wont drown
the cupboard is empty again
oh my belly cries out
I’m so hungry
I think I might die
See us working the street
begging for pennies to eat
well we’re dragging our feet
We need some sleep
I watch the girls pass by
try to catch their eye
get a warm place to sleep
Maybe something to eat
Ah well it rained all night
and it poured all day
wash my blues away
and then i wont drown
the cupboard is empty again
oh my belly cries out
I’m so hungry
That I think I might die
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Lies and a .45
06:06
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Lies and a .45
Started on the whiskey early
Leaving on the road to sin
They call that man the .45
Hope we never hear from him again
The fog lay heavy in the morning time
And they gave him till the dawn of the day
His finger on the trigger its the 45
Oblivion is his game
We’re prayed upon by human gods
And the inequity of evil men
He’s hiding in a bunker on the 18th hole
With the red button in his hands oh yeah
Behind the barrel of a loaded gun
Oh big red button in his hands oh yeah
behind the barrel of a loaded gun
The future is broken
We sit and we wonder why
Well they are cold eyed killers
And we all don't want to die
We’re prayed upon by human gods
And the inequity of evil men
He’s hiding in a bunker on the 18th hole
With the red button in his hands oh yeah
Behind the barrel of a load gun
Big red button in his hands oh yeah
Behind the barrel of a loaded gun
Lies and a .45 oh well
Plain and ugly and mean
As your kneeling by the edge of a shallow grave
I want to hear you plead
Oh Lies and a .45 oh well
Lies and a .45
Lies and a .45 oh well
Lies and a .45
Lies and a .45 oh well
Lies and a .45
Oh Lies and a .45 oh well
Lies and a .45
Lies and a .45 oh well
Lies and a .45
Oh thats how the west was won oh yeah
Lies and a .45
Lies and a .45 oh well
Lies and a .45
Down the barrel of a loaded gun oh yeah
Lies and a .45
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Fear
03:54
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Fear
They call themselves leaders
and the rule with guns
and with taxes and lawyers
and with media and with bombs
they’re all the same devices
to keep you under the thumb
Well who is in charge here?
For I see none
And do you feel fear
For I feel none
Well I see with my own eyes
And I see what’s going on
And we the people want some change
And I hope I hope that day will come
Time for to rearrange
From what we have
From what we have become
And we the people want some change
And I hope I will see that day will come
Time for to rearrange
From what we have
From what we have become
They don’t want us to think
So they tell us how how to feel
Encourage us to hate and teach us how to kneel
Same the whole world over
History of man
Time to come
And Time long gone
And we the people want some change
And I hope and I hope that day will come
Time for to rearrange
From what we have
And we the people want some change
And I hope I will see that day will come
Time for to rearrange
From what we have
From what we have
Oh from what we have
Oh from what we have
From what we have become
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Boss Man
03:56
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Boss Man
I’ve been working so hard
Tired every day
Been getting me down
I know you hear what I’m saying
I’m slipping my chains
Be a free man once again
I know what to do
I hear the open road calling
Well I roamed far and wide
For many a year
Well I lost my way
Whilst I was falling
Most of my days
Been lost in a haze
Lost in a maze
Of my own devising
The wind in my hair
Salt sea spray
Feel the sun on my skin now
Wash away my cares
Now is the time
Its coming back round
Take it all back home
Pick me up when I’m down now
Dark days done
Let the sun shine on
You will be the one
To brighten my horizon
Oh I’ve been looking for you
Search the whole world over
I’ve been looking for you
Slowly growing older and wiser.. maybe.. day at a time
With the wind in my hair
Salt sea spray
Feel the sun on my skin now
Wash away my cares
Oh I’ve been looking for you
Search the whole world over
I’ve been looking for you
Getting older
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Gonna See My Baby
05:05
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Gonna see my baby
I’m gonna see my baby
Won’t we have our fun
Well the time has come boy oh
Time has come well
Time has come well I’ll be on my way back home
And Thats alright
Thats alright now
Thats alright yeah
Well I’m going down the river now
I’m gonna catch me my rest
Ah well I’m going down the river yeah now
I’m gonna catch me my rest
Yes I know now
Yes I know now
Yes I know well It’s gonna be for the best
And Thats alright
Thats alright now
Thats alright yeah
It’s gonna be alright now
Play it to me now
I’m coming home
I’m on my way
I’m coming home now
Look out
Well I’m gonna see my baby
Won’t we have our fun
Well the time has come boy oh
Time has come well
Time has come well I’ll be on my way back home
And Thats alright
Thats alright now
Thats alright yeah
Well I’m gonna see my baby today
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I Fell Back
I fell back into that hole
From where i once came long ago
When the darkness had gone
Given to the light of the day
But I've been here all along
Burning my candle both ends
And now i sit amongst the ash
My wits and my words condemned
Should write myself a letter
Maybe ill put it in a song
To remind myself yet again
Of all that i’ve done wrong
I'm not alright as I write
I bleed from wounds that will close nor heal
And the drink and the drugs and a thing called love
Tell me how I should feel
I remember no beginning
And I perceive see no end
And it keeps on rolling over and over
And again and again and again
Oh and again
Might go back down by the ocean
Find myself a little peace of mind
Live a quiet a peaceful and a solitary life
But I know thats just a dream
From a life lived long ago
And that dream has died now
And don't i know
I'm not alright as I write
I bleed from wounds that will close nor heal
And the drink and the drugs and a thing called love
Tell me how I should feel
I remember no beginning
And I perceive see no end
Oh and it keeps on rolling over and over
And again and again and again
Oh and again and again and again
Oh and again and again and again
Oh and again
Well thats all life
One short life
Thats just life
Might have been better
Well it might have been worse
Thats just life
One short life
Feels like a blessing
And it feels like a curse
But thats alright thats alright
I served my sentence in my mind
Thats alright at the end of the day
Well it all fades away
To be a great scholar
To dream a great dream
To be life’s good student
Is the best that you can be
Balance, equilibrium
Necessity and chance
Meaningful or meaningless
Well We dance this merry dance
Oh and we dance and we dance and we dance
Oh and we dance and we dance and we dance
Oh and we dance
Oh and we dance and we dance and we dance
Oh and we dance and we dance and we dance
Oh and we dance
Don't fall back into that hole…..
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John Fairhurst Wigan, UK
John Fairhurst truly epitomises the modern day wandering blues man. Stories of hunger, listlessness, roaming and reckless
abandon are just a prelude to John’s amazing story, something that can only be fully understood in the presence of the man.
Hailed by many as the best guitarist in Britain and nominated in The British Blues Awards 2013 for Best Original Song.
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