A song written about the shop and beyond - performed at the final Live at the Apollo night on 25th June 2009. With encouragement and backing guitar by Laura Kidd -aka She Makes War. This song is dedicated to my amazing family for all their support. JH
La Loop
Empty shops and broken glass
Bus stop conversations past
Set your widescreen, test card, memory
to play.
High street, ghost town, sun god, muse
Retail fail on local news
The homeless painter’s looking in,
through someone else’s eyes
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It’s time to turn your TV down
The fail whale economic shock
Pour oil onto depleted stock
The way out sign, now showing
Til ten
Dead system addicts, overflow
A plastic coloured afterglow
If you think that we went to the moon,
You’d better think again
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We took one small step today
The ugliness keeps creeping in
Force your perspective in the bin
The river flowing underground
Re-bourne
Final credits, end in sight
Supermarket after-life
The bay tree keeps on growing
And seeking out the light
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Because every little helps
The internet killed the video star
Soundtrack looping silver bar
The only thing that’s permanent
is change
To everyone and everything
For all the weightlessness you bring
When people, popcorn, power
Come walking through the door
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Did we make you miss your bus?
Lovely!