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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

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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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