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A bitter song about Armageddon. For the relevance of the title, think Joseph McCarthy

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I've been watching from the shadows on Western Avenue,
waiting for a sign, trying to pull together all I thought was mine,
picking up the pieces from the static on the radio,
killing the time, telling myself that everything is fine,
re-building all the shrines on McCarthy's Bayou.

I try to talk to Sharon, but she never makes reply.
sits there in the old rocking chair with the white dust in her eyes,
crying for the children. Oh, it was all for the children we never really knew!
those uptight, eyes right, no fight white kids digging up the bodies along McCarthy's Bayou.

Call out the neighbours! Bring out the spy-glasses!
Bring out the government directives and burn them on the floor!
Bring out your bibles! bring out the prayer-books!
Bring out the flags of submission and nail them to your door!
for the Eagle is getting higher with every singe day.

Well, I turned to the truths my father said and suddenly found them gone
and found a killer in the mirror where I once had seen a son
and I remembered the words of Jesus Christ as he passed on that Winter's day
with a candle in his pocket and an old sawn-off shotgun.

He said, "Bring out the leaders! Bring out the cheaters!
Bring out your half-baked ideals and burn them on the floor!
Burn down the homesteads! Bring down the easy-life dead-heads!
If he's your only brother then turn him from your door
for your dreams keep flying higher, but still you never learn
that it's your fears burn."

credits

from Just Flying Kytes - All that Remains, released April 1, 2019
Frank Bradley: violin.
Tim Bradshaw: drums.
Jim Bryce: vocals, bass, keyboards.
Trevor Allan Davies: synth.
Mark Leventhall: guitars
John McCann: flute.

Composed and arranged by Jim Bryce.

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Jim Bryce Edinburgh, UK

Jim Bryce's music ranges from rockish to folkish to jazzish to music-hallish, to material which doesn't tick any boxes. He has also written for theatre, concert hall (squeaky and non- squeaky), film and radio programmes for the under nines.

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