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A Town Called Iron Strike

from HOBOHEMIA by Simon Scardanelli

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A TOWN CALLED IRON STRIKE

Even as the daylight comes to a west end road
Where there’s nothing more to choose
And a war breaks down due to lack of support
In a party run by fools
And the talk is all of the faces seen by candlelight
Still the lights keep burning in the middle of a town called Iron Strike

And as the police come a-knocking and the ladies
wear ballroom gowns again
And they haven’t got time unless they move along
In a steady way
Someone shouts out a warning and a poster on a wall starts to peel
Still the lights keep burning in the middle of a town called Iron Strike

And they’re rusting falling slipping and crawling home tonight
And they’re rusting falling skipping and whoring all the night
And then another day comes

There’s a ship in the desert with a captain
Who’s been drinking hard
By the light of the moon in a place
Now called murder park
And the rats are running as the ship is sinking fast
Still the lights keep burning in the middle of a town called Iron Strike

And they’re rusting falling slipping and crawling home tonight
And they’re rusting falling skipping and whoring all the night
And they rust like steel as they’re broken on the wheel like butterflies
And they rust like steel as they’re dying in the fields half hypnotised

Somebody’s crying and somebody’s dying
Some people are living and they’re not even trying
Somebody’s crying and somebody’s dying
Some people are living without even, without even trying

And she’s wrapped in cigarette smoke and a thousand broken dreams
And then the dawn is frozen while her lover’s chosen to be out all night long
And it’s a hard sell for a living hell In Paradise
Still the lights keep burning in the middle of a town called Iron Strike

And they’re rusting falling slipping and crawling home tonight
And they’re rusting falling skipping and whoring all the night
And they rust like steel as they’re broken on the wheel like butterflies
And they rust like steel as they’re dying in the fields half hypnotised
And they cry like thunder
Love like anger lives a lie
In a town called Iron Strike

Words and Music © 1990 Simon Scardanelli/Musica Scardanelli

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from HOBOHEMIA, released January 1, 2005

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Simon Scardanelli Merléac, France

Simon Scardanelli is an English singer, songwriter & composer now based in Central Brittany, France.

Currently working on his next album - a folk-opera which he will launch in early 2023.

A great live performer who has toured extensively, available for solo acoustic & amplified concerts as well as in trio with accordion & percussion.. ... more

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