Name: Ballad of a One Horse Town
Duration: P00H02M52S
Description: A song for anyone that's ever lived in a dead-end town surrounded by angry people who are frustrated by their lives.

Ballad of a One Horse Town

by Jacob de Berker

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A song for anyone that's ever lived in a dead-end town surrounded by angry people who are frustrated by their lives.

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If the wind should change direction right now
Judging by the facial expressions 'round here
We'd all turn to stone
And if you stick around this town too long
The fumes that you breathe in
Will choke your soul

Why do we do this?
Stick around a one horse town
When all the dog foods been put down
They'd have us believe that this is some concrete Eden
The devil made work for idle mums
And watch out here their offspring comes

Well you've never fallen far enough
To see your dreams truly bit the dust
This country's run by the kind of men that put coal in stockings
And claim they're handing out diamonds in the rough

Why do we do this?
Stick around a one horse town
When all the dog food's been put down
They'd have us believe that this is some concrete Eden
The devil made work for idle thumbs
And watch out we're coming undone

Why do we do this?
Stick around a one horse town
When all the dog food's been put down
They'd have us believe that this is some concrete Eden
The devil made work for idle mums
And watch out here they come.

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released August 4, 2014
Guitar & Vocals - Jacob de Berker
Recorded by - Larry Curr & Jacob de Berker
Produced - Jacob de Berker
Photograph courtesy of: www.henryslim.co.uk

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Jacob de Berker UK

Itchy footed, heart-on-sleeve troubadour originally from the south west of england and now back in the west country after 6 years of living in Amsterdam. My songs are as honest as I can make them and couple my love of lyrics with guitar and banjo

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