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Make you way across the wasteland grass,
Side-stepping the broken glass,
To the places where we used to play.
Sad reminders of shivering days.

From the barbed wire of my thoughts,
To the battles that were fought.
A one eyed woman who'd seen it all.
A broken man who's waiting for the call.

I never needed this,
I never wanted this.
There's no turning back in this place.

A barren landscape full of souvenirs,
A raven girl to dry my tears.
A sallow sun sinks on a dying day.
Sad reflection on forgotten ways.

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from A Day Before the War (acoustic version), released June 28, 2014
℗ 2014 by Ian Rooke at The Bunker.
© Ian Rooke 2012

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Ian Rooke Birmingham, UK

“Ian Rooke writes lyrics with bite, tunes with hooks, songs that make their point and make it well.” Folk Words Magazine 2014.

Singer songwriter from Birmingham. Has appeared at a number of folk festivals including Perthshire Amber, Harborough and Isle of Arran. Reached semi finals of UK Songwriters Competition 2012.
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