Breakthrough Song

from Follow As The Crow Flies LP (Full Session) by Four Letter Word

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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?

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from Follow As The Crow Flies LP (Full Session), released June 19, 2009

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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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