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The Coal Road E​.​P.

by Oliver Young

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1.
I'm walking the Coal Road home With its ancient walls so high I cannot see not left nor right But I'm walkin' the Coal Road Prayin' these old stone walls lead me home tonight Many come this road before Made their way under the orange lights But who's to say their way is mine? So I'm walking the Coal Road Prayin' these old stone walls lead me home tonight
2.
She is a tower she is tall Head and shoulders above the world And there is strength inside her walls But some would say she's got no soul But I've been there when the night comes down And the last four wheels disappear from sound Out of the dark the wind shook the trees I could have sworn that I heard her speak She said: 'You weren't supposed to see me like this With my mighty streets filled with emptiness When the workers all go I ain't got much left But you weren't supposed to see me like this' She is a rock, oh she is strong Rooted to the same old spot for so damn long And she won't be moved one inch There she'll remain just as long as she lives But I've been there when the night comes down And no one's impressed when there's no one around Out of the dark the wind struck my face I coulda sworn that I heard her say: 'You weren't supposed to see me like this With my mighty streets filled with emptiness When the workers all go I ain't got much left But you weren't supposed to see me like this.'
3.
Down on the fast road out of the city Driving like you're out of your mind You don't see nobody else You're gonna leave them all for dust behind Cos this old town's been driving you crazy You're heading for an early grave And you've been so high strung they say You'll have a heart attack some day So get on out of here, south of the river No second thought, no rear view mirror Don't stop, don't look, don't think Just drive over me But I'll stick around, at least for a while Listen to the sound of your motor fading out And i'll try not to think about you Don't you think about me And you will go just to be replaced Another soul to be sacrificed You catch a glimpse of their eye as they pass you by A-heading for the city lights So get on out of here, south of the river No second thought, no rear view mirror Don't stop, don't look, don't think Just drive over me But I'll stick around, at least for a while Listen to the sound of your motor fading out And i'll try not to think about you Don't you think about me
4.
He was born to this world of another time Some would say a crying shame Roaming like the last lone buffalo on the plains But never did I see him down upon his luck Never once in all his days Did I see that old smile fall from his face And he said 'nothing lasts for long only the earth and mountains are bound to remain And I am setting like the sun Won't you dance in my shadows to see me on my lonesome way' So I take my chance and sail as far as I can go There's no time to hesitate For there is not a single moment left to waste Cos you can spend a life-time searching up and down Keeping your good eye closed Tell me who you gonna blame if you stay and miss that boat Cos you know nothing lasts for long Only the earth and the mountains are bound to remain And I am setting like the sun Won't you dance in my shadows to see me on my lonesome way
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Out on the river bank Two men running from the law They were caught in quite a fix I couldn't help but help um out of it And that night these vagrants told me They'd a secret to declare Said that they were born of royal kin One was a duke and one a king So don't you wave your pride around no more You can lay them airs down at the door Cos you never know which low down folk May turn out to be nobles after all And pretty soon they started to Act the way nobles do Had me serve them night and day For no food and for no wage And once every dirty drop Of their luck it had run dry They were mighty quick to up and flee Took everything they could from me So don't you wave your pride around no more You can lay them airs down at the door Cos it seems to me these dukes and kings Ain't nothin' much but low down cheats and frauds

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released February 23, 2013

All songs written and performed by Oliver Young.

Recorded and mixed by Olsi Rama at Artspace Studios, Brixton.

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Oliver Young Auckland, New Zealand

Oliver Young howls his home spun folk and blues yarns, backed by his trusty slide guitar and harmonica. For his latest EP, he's backed by the dynamic group of London musicians known as The Powder Keg - Martin Holliday, Ian Siddy and Amanda Larsson. It was all going swimmingly then Oliver fucked everything up by moving to Auckland. ... more

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