Cold Grey English Skies
​This song was written by Headsticks and features on their amazing album Feather and Flame. When our sets were more cover-version heavy we used to play this and run it straight into Curtain Call. Headsticks very kindly gave us permission to continue this tradition on our first release!
​Verse
Standing on the corner of a dead end street​
Begging for some coppers to buy something to eat
The sun it never shines in the shadow of the fat cat's greed
And all he ever dreamed of is a warm bed and a bloody good feed
The sun it never shines in the shadow of the fat cat's greed​​
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Pre-chorus
Feeling down, feeling down, feeling agitated
Maybe it's time that this town was painted
Red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time?
Painted red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time
Feeling down, feeling down, feeling agiitated
Maybe it's time that this town was painted
Red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time?
Painted red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time
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Chorus
Under cold, grey, English skies​
See the roses as they wither and they die
Under cold, grey, English skies
See the roses as they wither and they die
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Verse
In the darkness of an alley, she swallows her pride​​
There's a few quid in her pocket helps to stem the flowing tide
It's a price she's gotta pay, there's a child and a habit to be fed
On the other side of town lies a child covered lowly in a bed
It's a price she's gotta pay, there's a child and a habit to be fed
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Pre-chorus
Feeling down, feeling down, feeling agitated
Maybe it's time that this town was painted
Red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time?
Painted red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time
Feeling down, feeling down, feeling agiitated
Maybe it's time that this town was painted
Red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time?
Painted red, painted red, painted red maybe one list time
​
Chorus
Under cold, grey, English skies​
See the roses as they wither and they die
Under cold, grey, English skies
See the roses as they wither and they die
Under cold, grey, English skies
Under cold, grey, English skies
Under cold, grey, English skies
Under cold, grey, English skies
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