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Follow As The Crow Flies LP (Full Session)

by Four Letter Word

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1.
City Of The Blind 03:16
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THE CITY OF THE BLIND We are permanently confined in the city of the blind It’s the price of security They think we’ve lost our minds in the city of the blind With illusions of liberty For we are much maligned in the city of the blind But we are misunderstood Whoever looks behind in the city of the blind Leads for the common good In the city of the blind We can’t see what we can’t fight In the city of the blind Out of mind is out of sight In the city of the blind We face the flag and sing In the city of the blind Where the one eyed man is king With our fates intertwined in the city of the blind To some golden age we cling We find ourselves resigned in the city of the blind That we will not again take wing It was cruel to be kind in the city of the blind For all our eyes still sting Then we took down the signs to the city of the blind As more visitors they’d bring
2.
20,000 Leagues Beneath The Scene 03:14
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20,000 LEAGUES BENEATH THE SCENE Here’s to all the gutless haters Whisperers, the overstaters And the shoulders on which they cry Here’s to those who wish we’d split Gave us reason not to quit Wishing we’d crawl off and die Who goes there with their nose in the air?  The hipster never was has been Scenester seeking peer approval Wishing for our swift removal 20,000 leagues beneath the scene Here’s to sympathetic ears An easy way to climb the tiers Drawing daggers inside the cloak This one’s for the shameful fakes Bobby Come Lately and the flakes Lost without a beard to stroke This one’s for the janus creed Misery loves company Sharpening their combat butter knives Here’s to the two-faced frauds All the nothing their hate affords Raise a glass to their shallow lives
3.
The Claw 02:59
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THE CLAW We met under awkward circumstance When I instigated our whirlwind romance Pretty soon you were lying in my bed Say hello to the monsters in my head I’m a bully, I’m a creep Are you fast asleep? Because it’s time for smotherly love I laugh as you weep Now you’re in too deep The claw, the claw in the velvet glove Our domestic bliss was perfect and sublime Once I’d battered you that very first time Insecure, I’m a wreck, I’m jealous and obsessed And they say that women are the weaker sex I’ll never let you leave and I know you’ve tried And if you do it again I’ll threaten suicide Even though a coward never carries it through I really am just nothing without you
4.
Bargain Bin Of History 02:34
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BARGAIN BIN OF HISTORY A day late and twenty short, just the kind of thing You don’t give a second thought You’ve heard it once, you’ve seen it all And knowing us we were headed for a fall Kinda average, lacking spark Just the sort of thing that’s always short of the mark We’ll be in cheap boxes after E Taking our place in the bargain bin of history We had some chances, blew ‘em all Hit the ground running but it ended in a crawl Of all the things, we have seen We’d probably trade ‘em for a hill of magic beans We hate to pause, and recollect Do us a favour what the hell did you expect? You’ll find three, under counters before G Taking our place in the bargain bin of history If it’s not the beat, is it humility? If it’s not the talent, is it lack of ability? Bad timing, bad luck Or is it just the fact that we often simply suck? When we’re older, looking back Hope we don’t get another panic attack Shit, there’s more copies under R, I and P Taking our place in the bargain bin of history
5.
Breakthrough Song 03:33
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BREAKTHROUGH SONG We needed a wider audience and there was no harm to try Many dozens went before us and they got hung out to dry But we’re in another league we’ll make them work for us We respect our loyal fanbase but it’s franchise rights or bust Hey, this is our breakthrough song It’s pointless to deny it, we really hope they (you) buy it Well all glory now is fleeting and our three record term is done We sold a lot of t-shirts but we didn’t get to number one We got a statement from the label and it’s fifty grand in the red So it’s a better time than any to declare that Punk is dead After the dust has setted and the books see us reform We’ll plan our comeback album get ready for a return to form We’ll get back to the basics and quench a midlife thirst We’re going through the motions but it sounds just like the first Can you hear us reinvent the pose With eyeliner and imagined foes? Can you hear us raise our voice Over loud guitars and feedback noise? Can you hear us appeal to reason With black t-shirts for all our legion? Can you hear us deliver our lectures Apathetic record collectors?
6.
Vacant Lot 03:40
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VACANT LOT Well now the rent is truly spent I give to you one last lament Of the avaricious creed and their behaviour The constant urge to tear it down Replace the face of this old town Progressively ingrained systemic failure Where did we go wrong? I don’t know Vacant lots to go There’s a corner plot regenerating A future ghetto slum in waiting When will recession flight really start to bite? There’s a sprawling mall like a funeral pall And the smog still lingers with congestion toll The cracks will start to show the urban blight Developmental land acquired For a brand new flagship gleaming spire Vacant lots awaiting breadline tenancies I remember when this was all just fields Now supermarket profit yields From a global workforce starving overseas
7.
Kid Against The Wall 02:49
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KID AGAINST THE WALL Please share it with the class you can never hope to pass You’ll never amount to anything or anyone at all In a world all of your own your chance will soon be blown You’ll never amount to anything or anyone at all You’re a man now, act your age Wake up from that adolescent daze Get your head down, realise This is it for the rest of your life Hey kid, hey kid, your back’s against the wall If only you spent your time on your books instead of rhyme You’ll never amount to anything or anyone at all Better start to make me proud get your head out of the clouds You’ll never amount to anything or anyone at all There’s a little place I reside where my time I quietly bide I dug this black hole for when your lectures take their toll In this space I can hide there’s only room for one inside It’s full music, it’s full of art, it’s full of hope and that’s a start I go there after school A dark place and a crudely fashioned tool Digging down, breaking out, I’m gone and you don’t have a clue Hey kid, hey kid, your back’s against the wall
8.
A Chink In The Armour 02:47
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A CHINK IN THE ARMOUR There’s a lot to be said, for youth and impatience Not seeking new sounds on, radio stations Looking for something, but we didn’t know “what... You rebelling against? What you got?” There’s a chink in the armour that’s letting in light But you know you’re never too old to fight Yeah, they’d all hate to admit that they’re wrong That maybe we were right all along We found there were others, across the lands So we wrote a few letters, to faraway bands We didn’t have much, so we traded on dreams And printed the results, in photocopied zines Youth wasn’t wasted on the young We still feel the same now the songs are sung And we still feel the warmth from those distant embers An idea’s never lost as long as someone remembers
9.
Unfinished Symphonies 02:50
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UNFINISHED SYMPHONIES Oh no, I’ve done it again I forgot it, before I found a pen It was right there, but then it blurred It was the best song that you never heard It had this catchy verse that would’ve grabbed you first With this great production on the introduction As the hookline grew before the chorus flew It stopped, and then it took it’s cue Unfinished symphonies - In my head, they come to me when I’m sleeping, in time and in keeping Unfinished symphonies - In my head, but when I wake up, they’ve all fled With lines so concise you couldn’t use ‘em twice And they so conveyed what I tried to say As the rhymes unfurled as around they swirled So good, they could’ve changed the world Unfinished symphonies, unfinished symphonies Well “now I guess I'll have to tell ‘em That I got no cerebellum” Along the way I just lost my thread So I wrote another average one instead
10.
Street Where I Grew Up 04:21
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STREET WHERE I GREW UP Rain rain come another day, freezing box room disarray Condensation made mold on the window pane, to the echoing late night shunting train I’d lie on my bed and stare at ceiling tiles, in my mind I'd fly 10,000 miles Count up the years to how old I’d be, that wasn’t gonna happen to me Not much changes year on year Whatever his name is may still be here There was always a storm in some teacup On the street where I grew up I found a universe in a cardboard box, on the flood plain fields by the tower blocks I'd lie on my back and stare at the sky, seeing monsters in the towering cumuli I learnt what it meant to get to know your class, sat in the cloakroom for learning too fast After that I only cared for the out of bounds, and I saved up to buy it on my paper rounds I didn’t know any punks but I knew some skins, when my old bike went out with the bins Escaping the estate had required some skill, dodging wild dogs riding up Crown hill Rejection hit the gut like the bully’s punch, crossing the train tracks walking home for lunch Counting cracks in the pavement in the summer sun, chip off the old block, my father’s son
11.
Unconditional (Revisited) (Session Bonus) 03:03
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UNCONDITIONAL Now I see it, slip slipping away Sometimes I notice, just how I have aged Drawing conclusions, in the lines on my face Run out of fingers, trying to count the days You know what really, bothers me the most I never could allow, anything that close Keep my distance, well behind the lines Everything's taken, taken away... In time, I will lose everything I care about In time, either you or me will have to learn to live without In time, the coins will overflow the wishingwell In time, maybe this will all cease to be so unconditional Unconditional, unconditional, unconditional Not so long ago, it all seemed viable But now theory's so, unreliable There's never any doubt, you can fulfill your dreams When indestructible, teenage machines I'm still angry, but now I realise I see the cycle slowly, turning in my eyes It's irretrievable, so easily won or lost Like terrafirma, lying dormant in permafrost In time, I will lose everything I care about In time, either you or me will have to learn to live without In time, the coins will overflow the wishingwell In time, maybe this will all cease to be so unconditional Unconditional, unconditional, unconditional You can only hold on, for a short time 'Til your fingers will, lessen their grip on the twine Tired muscles, find it hard to cope Before you know, you're at the end of the rope There's never gonna be, near enough time You're always gonna be, cut down in your prime I can't afford to let, let myself forget The wheel's in motion, the hourglass is set In time, I will lose everything I care about In time, either you or me will have to learn to live without In time, the coins will overflow the wishingwell In time, maybe this will all cease to be so unconditional Unconditional, unconditional, unconditional, unconditional

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Welly: Vocals
Jon: Guitar
Nick: Guitar
Dale Nixon: Bass
Glenn: Drums

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released June 19, 2009

Lyrics: Welly
Music: Four Letter Word
Design: Welly
Recorded by: Frankie Stubbs

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Four Letter Word Cardiff, UK

Punk rock band formed in 1991 in Cardiff, U.K. Released debut EP in 1995, debut album in 1998 on BYO Records. Toured U.S./Canada in 1998. Released second album on BYO in 1999 before Trade Mark issues with the first of many name claimers. FLW fought and won and soldiered on releasing two further albums and a handful of EPs, toured the U.S. again, before in 2011 they called it a day after 20 years. ... more

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