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Unkind Question
02:52
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Unkind Question
Such an unkind question
I realised you had no class
Such an unkind question
For all your pomp and circumstance
As the string quartet you’d hired
Started to flag and perspire
Forcing down doughy canapes
How old, such an unkind question
It's difficult to understand why you need to know
I stared in the mirror in your antique floral bathroom
And I questioned why you put me on the spot
Growing up I was told some things you never ask
In one fell-swoop I'm on the back-foot
Eyes heavenly cast
Such an unkind question
How old am I
Why on earth do you need to ask
Such an unkind question
How old am I
Why on earth do you need to know
Do you resent that I'm youthful
And really still quite beautiful
Or my high sense of self-esteem
Or that I'm doing things you daren't dream of
It's obvious material wealth
Drew your ex till he quit the scene
Leaving you alone and bitter
A most comfortable victim
And unkind questioner
How old, why do you need to know
So when you fling off your shoes
And dance as you say a peasant might do
Around your office bureau blue room
A spectacle guests must endure
It's obvious irrelevance you prize over truth
Why else would you place such emphasis on youth
With your unkind question
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Habeas Corpus
03:12
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Habeas Corpus
There's only one law here
There's only one law here
There's only one law here
There's only one law here
To go out every day
And catch the sun’s rays
No matter what, come what may
Oh habeas corpus
Bring me to see
The sun riding high in the sky
There's only one law here
There's only one law here
There's only one law here
There's only one law here
This is no dictate
I received from the sun
There ’s only one law here
And if this town were taken
Fell under a strange regime
I may not complain
And if my mind was shaken
Thrown into strange routine
I’m sure I would be restored
There's only one law here
There's only one law here
To go out every day
And catch the sun’s rays
No matter what, come what may
Oh habeas corpus
Come bring me to see
The sun riding high in the sky
Habeas Corpus
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I Stand Alone
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Tess Callaghan
Singer Songwriter from Ireland with 17 electric and acoustic collections since 2015. See review (louderthanwar.com/tess-callaghan-he-walks-in-beauty-single-review/). From indie, blues, rock and pop ('Big Heart', feat. Barrie Cadogan guitar, Simon Little bass) to home-spun acoustic, folk and celtic. ... more
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