Cold Grey English Skies
This song was written by Headsticks and features on their amazing album Feather and Flame. When our sets were more cover-version heavy we used to play this and run it straight into Curtain Call. Headsticks very kindly gave us permission to continue this tradition on our first release!
Verse
Standing on the corner of a dead end street
Begging for some coppers to buy something to eat
The sun it never shines in the shadow of the fat cat's greed
And all he ever dreamed of is a warm bed and a bloody good feed
The sun it never shines in the shadow of the fat cat's greed
Pre-chorus
Feeling down, feeling down, feeling agitated
Maybe it's time that this town was painted
Red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time?
Painted red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time
Feeling down, feeling down, feeling agiitated
Maybe it's time that this town was painted
Red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time?
Painted red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time
Chorus
Under cold, grey, English skies
See the roses as they wither and they die
Under cold, grey, English skies
See the roses as they wither and they die
Verse
In the darkness of an alley, she swallows her pride
There's a few quid in her pocket helps to stem the flowing tide
It's a price she's gotta pay, there's a child and a habit to be fed
On the other side of town lies a child covered lowly in a bed
It's a price she's gotta pay, there's a child and a habit to be fed
Pre-chorus
Feeling down, feeling down, feeling agitated
Maybe it's time that this town was painted
Red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time?
Painted red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time
Feeling down, feeling down, feeling agiitated
Maybe it's time that this town was painted
Red, painted red, painted red maybe one last time?
Painted red, painted red, painted red maybe one list time
Chorus
Under cold, grey, English skies
See the roses as they wither and they die
Under cold, grey, English skies
See the roses as they wither and they die
Under cold, grey, English skies
Under cold, grey, English skies
Under cold, grey, English skies
Under cold, grey, English skies