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One More Glass

by The Grail Brotherhood

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1.
please don't sweeten what you say by using fancy words that make it all sound better than it is i don't need it sugar-coated or dressed in something nice made to feel like it's a hit when it's a miss it ain't the angels crying it's just rain, rain, rain when you were thinking ribbon i was thinking string and that was used and had both frays and knots while you imagine pearly white it's something i can't see because black is the only shade i got it ain't that heaven's sobbing it's just rain, rain, rain flowers nod their heads to you to me they wilt and die and i just hate your fluffy clouds as the fuckers float on by if it's romance that you want then you can walk on past and that road you'll take ain't yellow, made of bricks with your verbal sleight of hand you colour all you see i'm not taken in by pretty words and all their tricks it ain't the angels crying it ain't that heaven's sobbing it ain't the gods a-weeping it's just rain, rain, rain it's just rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain (flowers nod their heads to you to me they wilt and die and i just hate your fluffy clouds as the fuckers float on by)
2.
everything is broken got myself a 404 where your picture used to be pay is no longer my pal as far as i can see truck just wouldn't start this morning seems it's choked up over you me and it ain't got no fire we just don't know what to do everything i own is broken nothin' seems the same everything i got is busted no insurance son, no claim everything i own is broken my watch can't tell the time no more except for twice a day and they both just mock and remind me of the time you went away the toilet's cracked, the taps all drip and the shower scalds my skin it ain't hard for all to see the shitty state i'm in everything i own is broken nothin' seems to work everything i got is busted my life is just a joke everything i own is broken superglue, duct tape and bits of string ain't holding it together no more everything i own is broken nothin' seems the same everything i got is busted no insurance son, no claim everything i own is broken nothin' works quite right everything i got is busted my day has turned to night everything i own is broken everything i own is broken everything i own is B. R. O. K. E. N. bust
3.
Bellyful 01:54
5 years, 10 years, 20 and more you've rubbed me up the wrong way rubbed me raw gave you and inch, you took a mile i've walked that long road with a plastic smile bellyful of you stopped believing bellyful of you a lifetime grieving bellyful of you can't eat no more bellyful of you there's the door these 2 eyes are sore from life seen too much of struggle and strife these 2 legs are walking away there is nothing left that you can say bellyful of you stopped believing bellyful of you a lifetime grieving bellyful of you can't eat no more bellyful of you there's the door bellyful of barbed wire bellyful bellyful of ire bellyful bellyful of fire bellyful bellyful bellyful 5 seconds, 10, 20 no more i've stopped the clock closed that door bellyful of you bellyful of you bellyful of you
4.
some stuff you'll give away and some stuff you won't some stuff you'll wanna lose and some stuff you don't other stuff gets in the way while some stuff is right the big stuff can have its say but the little stuff can bite everything under the sun it's just stuff when all is said and done it's just stuff it's just stuff some stuff is unexpected some stuff it just creeps in some stuff stays uncollected and other stuff you win stuff keeps on coming and going stuff just builds and grows stuff will sit there gathering dust stuff it just ebbs and flows everything under the sun it's just stuff when all is said and done it's just stuff it's just stuff right there at the start for the blink of an eye you really had nothing then you started to cry the stuff started coming and before very long stuff started to gather then just kept rolling on stuff will be with you of that there's no doubt right up to the end until it's over and out everything under the sun it's just stuff when all is said and done it's just stuff it's just stuff it's just stuff
5.
we saw it together we both watched it fall but i didn't wish on that star no, no nothing at all so far down in the deep and the dark blacker than black couldn't see the spark i didn't wish there was no point i didn't wish no i didn't wish you crossed your fingers i know that you did it's what you do it's all in your bid… …to make it all better not throw it away you make me wonder but what can i say? i didn't wish i don't have it in me i didn't wish no i didn't wish you pull the wishbones and every time you sneeze you whisper the words that get snatched by the breeze but me i'm struck dumb there's no words to say coz all of my wishes have been blown away believe me it's true that i hope and i pray that all of your wishes are answered one day but i never wish they never come back no i never wish no i never wish
6.
you and me and all of us regardless of colour or creed here together for ever and ever regardless of actions or deeds under one roof with hope and despair under one roof you can find us all here under one roof we stand and we fall under one roof come one, come all sun and rain on land or sea we live our days under skies and the light of the moon promises morning soon new life likes a babys first cries under one roof with hope and despair under one roof you can find us all here under one roof we stand and we fall under one roof come one, come all there's a light in the window to guide you home you can see it from every direction so wherever you're coming from you and me and all of us whether you're young or you're old here together for ever and ever all of us living in the same ancient fold under one roof with hope and despair under one roof you can find us all here under one roof we stand and we fall under one roof come one and come all come one and come all
7.
i light my way with words that shine like diamonds and who's to say that they won't cut the same i hold them up i use them like a beacon illuminate my path keep a course through driving rain letters fall like showers that i catch and re-arrange and the words become my armour a skin of solid steel and the words describe my life time creating fantasy and real these are my words these are my words i build a wall and every brick a story there's so more to tell and so much more to build and the cement that holds it all together is yet more tales until every crack is filled letters fall like showers that i catch and re-arrange and the words become my armour a skin of solid steel and the words describe my life time creating fantasy and real these are my words these are my words every day i'm here the words pour from my tongue some i've worn and some i've not and some i've only sung my head is filled with language the words that shape my world i'll hoist them up the flagpole see my banner there unfurled i'll keep a word a word that's just for you i'll keep it short but you'll know what i mean it's got shine and all the beauty you could need and it's got life love is all there's ever been letters fall like showers that i catch and re-arrange and the words become my armour a skin of solid steel and the words describe my life time creating fantasy and real these are my words these are my words
8.
sitting here thinking about all that i know about what makes us tick and what makes us grow and the longer i sit here the more that i'm sure that i really know little about what it's all for but i'll raise one more glass to life and its turns and another to love and the passions that burn for the kids that come after maybe just one more coz it's gonna get tougher they'll need it i'm sure it's just life but oh what a ride rushing in with the rise then away just as quick with the ebb of the tide watching leaves fall i lose count as they go tomorrow bare bones are all that will show they'll point to a sky that is heavy and cold another year closing as we rush to grow old call me sometime don't leave it too late time is passing and more leaves fall while i sit here and wait
9.
it's a habit i can see but not the sort that brings me joy and it's hard upon the knees i'm stumbling home half broken (whoops i did it again) clutching walls and hugging trees gravel burns and grass stains and bruises just appear i guess it's drinking whisky when i should've stuck to beer gravel burns and grass stains and that ain't all it's true gravel burns and grass stains since the day that i met you you'd think i was a skater when you see all the protection i've got to help me through pads upon my knees and elbows (but what about my heart?) still i'm black and blue drink sensibly they say but sense left long ago i can't see it coming back i can hardly see the piss stains on my boots (i know they're there) my train keeps coming off the tracks bit by bit i fall apart beating, breaking, bruising it's you that caused this slide to start well that's the excuse i'm using gravel burns and grass stains and bruises just appear i guess it's drinking whisky when i should've stuck to beer gravel burns and grass stains and that ain't all it's true gravel burns and grass stains since the day that i met you
10.
When I 06:24
when i go down i'll take you with me when i go down we'll sink like stones when i go down i know where you'll be when i go down i'll drag your bones mm mm mmmmmm i'll drag your bones when i catch fire you and me will meet when i catch fire that's what we'll do when i catch fire you'll feel the heat when i catch fire oh you'll burn too mm mm mmmm oh you'll burn too got me a grudge that's heavy as stone it's a lover and a friend, it's all that i've known when i leave here we're chained together when i leave here we're stuck like glue when i leave here birds of a feather when i leave here i'm taking you mm mm mmmmm i'm taking you mm mm mmmmm i'm taking you

about

Paddy Stratton and Ian Harvey are pretty much the same age.
It seems they're pretty similar people too.
And they write songs pretty well.
But not always pretty songs.
Songs with little bits of barbed wire, bones and rain in mostly but some beautiful rays of sunshine do occasionally break through.
A bit like the English weather.

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released April 4, 2014

all songs written by ian harvey & paddy stratton
words: ian harvey
music: paddy stratton

produced by ian harvey
recorded at Pan Music - www.panmusic.info

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The Grail Brotherhood Diss, UK

Paddy Stratton is an established writer & performer + long time collaborator with The Levellers, writing 4 of their tracks. Paddy currently performs live with his band Coyote Wrecks & as Serious Times with poet John Row.

Ian Harvey is a mandolin player & singer with The Harvs and Them Harvey Boys. He runs a small studio setup at his home where he and Paddy have recorded One More Glass.
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