Recorded in February 2009 at Rancho Deluxe, Willesden Green, N.W London.
All playing, performance and production by Steve Swindells apart from drums and bass programming by Stephen Meade and guitar by Jerry Richards. Mastered by Jean-Raphael Dedieu.
Words and music by Steve G Swindells (c). All rights reserved.
If you wonder why it's so hard to simply to survive,
there's a theory in a nutshell that you might just analyse.
It's a truthful supposition that's both depressing and deprived -
that warlords and gangsters and mafias rule our lives.
Where the loves lies...
Warlords and gangsters and mafias rule our lives.
You get corrupted and disrupted when you trusted in the truth,
with the innocence of artistry and the spirit of some youth.
It got lost in others' nonsense and incompetence and greed,
towards some higher ground that disappeared in clouds of seedy decadence.
Warlords and gangsters and mafias rule our lives.
You made your choice - now use your voice.
You made your choice, now use your voice.
Decision for the bland is ruled by all the criminals
from their yachts in Soto Grande.
You've got the ormolu, the residue, the 'chavpain chaviar',
the rags and hags, the fags and drags, the cars and bars and scars…
All those disciples who might hang on every word,
working trifles and tittle-tattles - all the rumours that they heard.
You made your choice - now use your voice.
You made your choice - now use your voice.
Your voice, your voice.
Rule your lives? Well, you decide under nasty twisted psychos
who will take you for a ride - rule your lives…
You made your choice, you're a flower to be cut-and-dried
or a truly powerful voice.
Loved Bridget with Hawkwind and Spirits Burning. This is an enthusiastic collection of songs with great performances and melodic and lyrical detail to fascinate.
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