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Beautiful Thing

by Wailing Loons

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Raw unmastered version of "Beautiful Thing" recorded at Blue Bell Knoll on 10/06/16.

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Ripped oriental carpet strewn across the floor
There's a pack of frothing hungry dogs barking at the door
The gale force wind is blowing harder than before
And the old man the piper still wants more
The old man the piper still wants more

A lone tree stands in the middle of a glen
Used to be a stand of trees but that was way back when
Before the wheezing motors and rumbling trucks of men
Metal teeth cut through the grain the forest has been spent
Metal teeth cut through the grain the forest has been spent

Beautiful thing watch it drown
Beautiful thing ripped apart by hungry hounds
Beautiful thing what time is it now?
Beautiful, beautiful thing

Giant metal monoliths march across a field
With their violent vibrant buzzing sounding so surreal
That super charge carries far, make the heathen kneel
Push ever further out the door spin that giant wheel
Push ever further out the door spin that giant wheel

Floating on an ocean reflecting rays of light
Growing new islands like a leaf with blight
From this new land mass view the brightening night
A whole new continent devoid of any life
A whole new continent devoid of any life

Beautiful thing where's the ground
Beautiful thing this concrete is unsound
Beautiful thing what time is it now?
Beautiful, beautiful thing

Grand old blue ridge well what's your tale to tell?
You used to be a mountain but we dug you straight to hell
That stream we called your sister is now a murky swale
Her lifeblood that we used to drink is poison pungent ale
Her lifeblood that we used to drink is poison pungent ale

Just another earthquake, tsunami, tidal wave
Time again we're told those reactors man they're safe
Well that nuclear threat's made it's great escape
The lives we live are short and those half lives they are great
The lives we live are short and those half lives they are great

Beautiful thing we've done you wrong
Beautiful thing we are writing our swan song
Beautiful thing what time is it now?
Beautiful, beautiful thing
Beautiful, beautiful thing

credits

released November 9, 2016
Dan Wilder: Guitar and Vocals
Emilie Hitch: Vocals
Casey Pavek: Banjo
Nick Neylon: Upright bass
Erin Manlove: Viola
Matthew Marshall: Drums

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