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The Ancient Britons

from Only Two Can Play by Doug Murphy/Paul Hamilton

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Our glam-them. Dedicated to all those daft sods who willingly made themselves utterly ridiculous in order to bring some magic sparkle into our childhoods.

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THE ANCIENT BRITONS

That old song you played, Used to make you feel great,
Used to shout it with your mates, Now only alienates
Isolated... Backdated
And all that pie in the sky, Well, you never got a slice
You got old before you died, There's so much you never tried
The dreams of youth - They've gone, just face the truth

First they laughed with you, then at you
Now they don't laugh at all
How do you feel after a lifetime climbing the ladder
And you're still so small
And asking, "Is that all?"

Stopwatching every step, Clocking who you met
Stacking up the debt, The hands of time are round your neck
And the mind state police - Choose when to say 'Release'
Friends one by one fall away, Were they friends anyway?
Your kids couldn't wait to escape, There's no return to yesterday
Just a cul-de-sac to travel on - Inching towards oblivion

Fly in any direction but all roads
Lead to an old jokes home
Stick your gods in the ground and stop crying
Over what you could never own
It's worn you down to the bone

ROLL UP, ROLL UP,
ROLL UP, JOIN THE ANCIENT BRITONS
ROLL UP, ROLL UP
ROLL UP, JOIN THE ANCIENT BRITONS

credits

from Only Two Can Play, released July 4, 2011
Doug: bass, acoustic, electric rhythm and lead guitars
Paul: drums, lead, harmony and backing vocals, maracas, handclaps
Jason Emberton: piano, organ

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