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Black Friday
02:48
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The time of year has come to bear the weight of trees
And we will walk among the Christmas lights
Can you see the people all around the square?
Some more as though they walk on air
While others live upon the street.
Some sleep in beds, some sleep on boxes, some sleep in bunks
Some sleep in mansions in cities, then sleep in tepees in fields for fun.
I saw in every hand a tiny window screen
Where everyone can buy their dream
Those electric squares will guide them all the way
Todays the day it’s Black Friday.
Some sleep in beds, some sleep on boxes, some sleep in bunks
Some sleep in mansions in cities then sleep in tepees in fields for fun.
Today is Black Friday.
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The Third of December
03:25
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The 3rd of December, the streets shine white, red and green
Pennies in your pocket to buy all the things that you see
They’re calling all the good people round to the steeples of late
While I’m building new churches to hide great injustice in case
I do not want to believe that you lied
Walking down York Road the man with the monkey is there
He’s a believer and he runs a show ‘cause he cares
He writes the titles for all of these songs that I sing
While the zombie pass by like in paintings of David Wilkins
And I see frowns upon their faces.
People make the places
Councils on our cases and I don’t know
Years upon their faces
People make the places
Councils on our cases and I don’t know
Oh, the snow is becoming me.
Oh, the snow is becoming me.
Oh, the snow is becoming me.
Oh Lord, the snow is becoming me.
The 3rd of December, the snow falls and I am unseen.
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Advent Opens Many Doors
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Caught in the middle where I am.
From the birth of the garden in The Dawn of The Age of Man, to The Eve of The Swan Song
There’s been a devil in the shape of a man.
Winter lives through evergreens
The blanket snow, the silent show of dreams.
Advent opens many doors
We’ll take in turns - you steal mine, I’ll steal yours.
These are times of the tyrants, they’re nailing shut their own precious doors
There was a call for the culling of the weak, the infirm, and the poor
Winter lives through evergreens
The blanket snow, the silent show of dreams.
Advent opens many doors
We’ll take in turns - you steal mine, I’ll steal yours.
This is not what you were put here for
Drink poison and expect your enemies to fall?
Let go your pride killing you inside
Let go and show your love.
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Ben Calvert & The Swifts Birmingham, UK
Influenced by British folk, early 90s Indie and US Psychedelia, Ben’s post-folk sound has melody, stories, and lyrics at its heart.
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