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Ice Cream Sundays
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Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right
prog acoustic folk british quirky folk rock english mellotron seventies strawbs
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Folk-Rock from five corners of England
The Strawberry Fools are David Claridge - vocals/guitars/ukuelele/dulcimer/percussion Les Cotton - vocals/bass/guitars Dick Greener- vocals/guitars/mandolin/bouzouki/percussion Peter Rand - keyboards Ralph Tonge - vocals/guitars/banjo
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Genre
Rock • Folk Rock
Charts
Peak #12
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Les Cotton (Music) Peter Rand (Words)
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Peter Rand/Les Cotton
Uploaded
February 06, 2012
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MP3 6.9 MB • 238 kbps • 4:04
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Les - Guitar/ Bass/Percussion/Vocals Pete - Piano/Synth Additional Piano/Mixing/Bass by FEX from Reaper Forums
Lyrics
Hands up in the classroom for some Sunday School religion Teacher smiling kindly quoting parables of wisdom God is speaking through him of an otherworldly kingdom And everything that's wrong down here is righted by his system Hands up in the supermarket bargain basement prizes Chemicals and sugar coating fancy dress disguises Instant answers on the shelf to fit a range of sizes The retail gurus mark us down with money off surprises Give the poor contempt and envy to the rich Bow to priests and charlatans and burn the bloody witch Buy your way to heaven using credit card receipts Walk the other way past the scum under your feet Hands upon the moneybags and fingers in the pie The users and the usurers escape the hue and cry While cities sleep the city keeps a baleful open eye on short-term opportunities too juicy to pass by Hands up for the lawman and the organ grinder's monkey The judges free the guilty and the innocents go hungry While children look in vain for Jesus' picture perfect country The bitter pill is swallowed with a month of Ice Cream Sundays Let the world go by day by unjust day It's only human nature to keep it all this way Call yourself unworthy Worth no more than a thief Call yourself believer in a life without belief Hands up for the lawman and the organ grinder's monkey The judges free the guilty and the innocents go hungry While children look in vain for Jesus' picture perfect country The bitter pill is swallowed with a month of Ice Cream Sundays
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peterand
Feb 04, 2012
Different (updated) version can be found here: http://kompoz.com/p/29852 Now uploaded new version to Soundclick - thanks to FEX for all his work on this.
strawbette
Jan 21, 2012
Love it!