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"A coldly furious diatribe." Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6Music.
lyrics
Here
Here’s the real cost of living
These dead
In their cold houses
In their ambulances
In their hospitals
Their fire engines
Their post vans
Their trains
Their homesless tents
Their tentless homes
Their immigration centres
Their small boats
Their cold streets
Their food banks
Their starvation
Their disease
The real cost of living
The real cost of living
No public service
No public service broadcasting
No independent news
No education
No living wage
Epidemics
Pandemics
Failing healthcare
Here
Here’s the real cost of living
Profits
In billions
Public lies
Overflowing gutters
Sewage in seas
Seas in drinking water
Governments breaking the law
These dead
Try to save lives
Do their duty
But duty doesn’t pay
The real cost of living
The real cost of living
Ghettoes next to palaces
Gates where streets should be
Castles where hospitals should be
Here
Here’s the real cost of living
These dead
In piles
In their mortuaries
In their uniforms
In their PPE
In their stiffened poses
In their body bags
In their cold houses
In their ambulances
In their hospitals
Their homeless tents
Their tentless homes
Their immigration centres
Their small boats
The real cost of living
Ghettoes
Palaces
Gates
Body bags
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released March 18, 2024
Lyrics - Richard Pierce
Music - Richard Pierce
Poet Douglas Kearney and composer/producer/drummer Val Jeanty link up for a a compelling LP that feels like the written word come to life. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2021