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Shot Down
The story of this song: the world we face today and all it's perils.

The recording of this song.. had this track and vocal hanging about, and like I do, I couldn't go any further with it. So I say to Van.. 'Hey Van' have a shot at this one then.. Man, he did and this is the result.. a mega rich track, that is miles on from the rough thing I sent him. Thanks to VG once again. I'm blown away....

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Shot Down

All the things that this life teaches
Rules and regulations, tattered, shot to pieces,
Even the good, even the true, even the pure,
Every question, healing answers, even the cure
It lies around the earth I walk,
It inhabits the thoughts that I think, the speech that I talk
It steals the life, the air, even the view,
Everything that I thought I once knew

Turn on the TV, the adverts hit you
Like a shot of sippin' whiskey, 'Hey man, you want one too?'
Every corner, every street, every soul you meet,
Like chocolate, candy, cakes, things oh so sweet
It's under my feet,
It's workin' it's way to my head
It's in the clothes you wear,
In your mind when you lie in your bed

Money, £'s, Euro's, $'s, every currency
So much wealth and affluence, that your eye can see
You look at your neighbour, and you want what he's got
I tell you man, you're better off happy with your own lot
Chase the dream
It will steal your soul
You're better off living
Just to Rock 'n Roll

On another channel there's sex on my TV
I lie and I think of you and what you mean to me
I ought to tell you, I ought to sort it out
But my mind is dressed in rags
And I'm full of self doubt
I pray, I pray, I pray
For you, My God
To drive these blues away

Hey have you heard?
Have you been told?
There's a message that's so full, so full of gold
It's in your breathin', It's in your thinkin'
You don't need drugs, cigarettes, you can even quit drinkin'
Cos this whole world is gonna be taken apart at the seams
There is another way
Wilder than your wildest dreams.

All over this my beloved town
I'm lying here in pieces
I've been shot down
Shot down, gunned down
I'm lying here in pieces on the ground

credits

from Across the Atlantic LP, released April 11, 2013
released 13 June 2012
Guitars, harmonica, vocals : Simon Dwight
Edit, engineering, production : Van Gabriel


Written and recorded by Simon Dwight
Great Linford, Milton Keynes, June 2012

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