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Topsoil

from Songs by Ed, Will and Ginger

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This song is from unobtainable girls and a soft fruit harvest. It is our own, the odd one in the mix.

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And if they were alive today...
All of our good kin would be erased,
And closed in doors, under that reign,
Each sudden early leaping flame

For here on the topsoil fresh seasons do meet
Feeding and flaying us, dancing through our feet,
And in times like these, folk do merrily greet
All fellow travellers under blessed sol’s heat.

So with hearts atuned to minds we’ll a gather in the time,
I’m told was sweeter in days that aren’t mine,
But I swear to dwell never in such hasty lies,
For now is the fairest time to be alive.

For here on the topsoil old stories still fight,
Playful and bitter, our souls to ignite,
And in times like these manfolk just really might,
Whisper their dark tales to welcome in the light.

O the oldest of laws says it’s wicked to love
the givers of order who can’t take enough,
They rant at our raves and they huff at our puff,
With smooth bloody promises, the snake eats the dove.

For here on the topsoil sharp spells have been said,
Fact fable fiction blending in this cauldron head,
And in times like these, each folk do really tread,
Most gentle, most certain, on the bones of their dead.

For the ploughshare and the swordblade are one and the same,
Rose petals and iron bombs play but one game,
For the oldest of legends did not bear your name,
And death grows to greet us, that rare tasteless grain.

For here on the topsoil our words gather might
Quicken all hastening never to take fright
And in times like this, dearfolk know well by right,
Each other strange one, near by the night.

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from Songs, released January 1, 2010

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Wayfaring songs from journeys on foot around Britain.

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