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Crashing (Like The Reds)

from The Long Haul by The Wynntown Marshals

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lyrics

Ask me what difference twenty years makes
And I’ll simply put it like this
When something you admire seems to conspire to expire
It’s disastrous

Now it’s written in the local newspaper
And it’s talked about from the hills to the sea
The farmers, the teachers, oil men and the preachers
Try to believe

And so we fall, crashing like the Reds
We have lost our general in battle
Our sabres no longer rattle
We just await the day that we will rise again

This is part of our history and our make up
It’s engrained in our hearts and in our minds
Now part of the national psyche, a testament
To failure and to our demise

And so we fall, crashing like the Reds
We have fallen from the saddle
Now we’ve been rounded up like cattle
The demarcation lines drawn out in barbed wire
These demarcation lines are drawn out in barbed wire

Are we out of our league?
What have we done for this town?
Now I don’t know if the fall is worse
Or the knowledge that we’re staying down

So try to think of our rescue
Our saviour will arrive again one day
To drag us out of obscurity
And allow us to rightfully say

That we are back, this time to stay

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from The Long Haul, released July 15, 2013

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The Wynntown Marshals Edinburgh, UK

Formed in Edinburgh in 2007, The Marshals tip their hat to The Jayhawks, Wilco, Drive-By Truckers, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams & Neil Young.

Their sound can loosely be described as ‘country rock' with powerpop hooks, but they love layered guitars, catchy choruses and have an unabashed belief in the power of rock music as a storytelling medium. ... more

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