Live at The Red Lion, Cardigan

I played four songs at the Red Lion, Cardigan last night:
Here Today
The Seeds Of Wrath,
Life Goes On
Sights & Sounds.

A Song A Day #4 - A Very English Civil War

With a starched stiff upper lip
a cold unseeing eye
everything is in its place
the spider devours the fly





A VERY ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
ROSES ON THE CHINA PLATES
DOILIES ON THE LINEN
A COSY ON THE TEA POT
HALLMARKS ON THE SILVER
NOW THE TOADS ARE IN THEIR HOLES
THE HARES ARE IN THE JUG
WITH FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS
ALL BAKED WITHIN THE PIE
A VERY ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
IN A CULTURED SMILING WAY
I SAY WOULD YOU MIND SO TERRIBLY
IF I TOOK THE SHIRT FROM OFF YOUR BACK

I HOPE YOU’LL COME TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IT REALLY HAD TO BE DONE
FOR THE GOOD OF THE BRITISH POUND
AND TO PRESERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE
WICKER CHAIRS OUT ON THE LAWN
A GAME OF CROQUET SHARED
SANDWICHES WITHOUT THEIR CRUSTS
A GLASS OF LEMONADE
WITH A STARCHED STIFF UPPER LIP
A COLD UNSEEING EYE
EVERYTHING IS IN ITS PLACE
THE SPIDER DEVOURS THE FLY
A VERY ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
OH WE MIND OUR P’S AND Q’S
WE TAKE NO PLEASURE JUST YOUR LANDS
AN IMPOSITION WE REGRET

WITH GOD UP IN THE PULPIT
OUR BAYONETS IN YOUR GUT
WE WEAR THE BUTCHERS APRON
STEAL JEWELS FOR OUR CROWN
WE HOPE YOU’LL COME TO REALISE
THAT WE ARE THE CHOSEN RACE
WE REALLY MUST APOLOGISE
BUT ONE HAS TO KNOW ONE’S PLACE

A Song A Day #2 - Speak Only Of Flowers

Powerless ?
Oppressed ?
Frightened ?
Events beyond your control ?
Bide your time.
Speak only of flowers.




SPEAK ONLY OF FLOWERS
IN THE CLOAK OF NIGHT
THERE’S THE HYDRA AT THE DOOR
HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING OUT OF TURN ?
IS THE FORK IN YOUR TONGUE
THE ONE THAT THE POWERS TO BE
THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO TAKE ?
IF YOU MUST SAY ANYTHING
THEN FOR PITY’S SAKE
SPEAK ONLY OF FLOWERS
IF YOUR VOICE IS TO BE HEARD
FOR YOUR CHILDRENS SAKE
SPEAK ONLY OF FLOWERS
IN THE STILL OF NIGHT
FORCE AND VENGEANCE ON THE PROWL
THEY’RE SEEKING OUT THE INDISCREET
DOES THE TRUTH THAT YOU SPEAK
SAIL THE POISONED SHIP OF STATE ?
SAIL TOO CLOSE TO THE WIND
IF YOU MUST SAY ANYTHING
THEN FOR PITY’S SAKE
SPEAK ONLY OF FLOWERS
IF YOUR VOICE IS TO BE HEARD
FOR YOUR CHILDRENS SAKE
SPEAK ONLY OF FLOWERS

One World

A video in support of iPeace.
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Golden Handshake Shuffle

An, unapologetic, sarcastic exposition of deregulated, free market, 'laissez faire' economics.

Or to put it another way - it's a bit political - and it contains one expletive in the text - so please be warned.

Picking Bones video

My good friend Dylan Henderson has produced a film to go with my instrumental Picking Bones - here's the result:





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