Shabby Road - Acoustic

from Shabby Road (Album) by Pat Orchard

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I've been walking down your city streets
Talking to a man that I happened to meet
He took me aside.
He said "I've seen all the workings close
The foreign flags bring in cheaper coal
And whole communities die
You dig for a life-time and what do you get?
Death by armchair buried in debt
Wont you take a walk with me down Shabby Road
Where an Englishman's home is his castle in the air
Cos you cant find houses for everyone anywhere
But who really cares
A shanty town sign says no vacancies
The homeless hid away in their B&B's
Their children play on the stairs
And you work for a lifetime and what do you get?
No pretty pearls just beads of sweat
Wont you take a walk with me down Shabby Road
And everybody's talking about the state of the nation
The need for investment and education
It's time for a change
But everyday the divide it grows
I see the rich getting richer while the poor get videos
And the story's the same
And you vote for a lifetime and what do you get?
A different coloured lie from a new rosette
Wont you take a walk with me down Shabby Road
Let me take you down 'cos I'm going to Shabby Road

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from Shabby Road (Album), released September 15, 2019

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Pat Orchard England, UK

Newborn. Africa. Child. Rebelled.
Exmouth. School. Fool. Expelled.

Homeless. Drifter. Dole. Broke.
Guitar. Busker. Dreamer. Hope.

Support. Headline. MTV.
Touted. Guest list. VIP.

No Deal - Big Deal. Life's a Song.
My Voice. My Choice. Moving On.

Goodbye Smoke. Westward Bound.
Devon. Heaven. Ancient Ground.

Builder. Home. Catherine. Wife.
Fern. Dylan. Father. Life ... more

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