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Destitute's Lament

from Swinging for England by JD and the Longfellows

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Track 6: Destitute’s Lament

I’ve got no money in my wallet and they’re outside now for the rent (don’t look at me now, I’m all lost at sea)
Six months arrears and a lifetime’s regret that it went (hypermarting, shopping carting on and on)
Swashbuckling cross the channel on a Calaisan cruise, van full of contraband, of cigarettes and booze

Joined the underground, alternative, middle England welfare state (ne’er-do-wells and rascals, wanton reprobates)
Those trinkets and glasses for the car booting classes just the bait (baubles and bling, shiny threads of string)
Tax avoidance schemes, for the gentlemen of means, Rhett Butler for the here and now, d’you know what I mean?
Oh, my Lord this is my song of repent; my Lord, I thought it was heaven sent; my Lord,
The Destitute’s lament!

I thought the tide was going to flow my way, a little luck washed on the shore
(I thought I could beat the law)

The cliffs white and mighty, we raised a glass to Blighty at the dock (land of hope and glory)
No inkling, no alarm, foreboding in the calm before the shock (you’re all feckless, reckless, devil may care, on a wing and a prayer)
Then the Spanish Inquisition, the Customs imposition, the whole damn caboodle the bastard’s requisition

Never told the woman, thought I’d better let her stay in the dark (I knew that something was a going down)
She may seem quite serene but her bite is just as deep as her bark (I’ve told you before, I always know the score)
Her looks can kill (and you know that they will) when the loan shark hits her with that liquidating bill

It’s easy to be sorry when you’re sorry for the way that it went (seemed such a breeze now I’m down on my knees)
No commonsense no recompense you had that money all spent (I have to confess I always seem to transgress)
Living the life (having a ball), crunching out the credit card, no cares at all

(c) Dr Josh P Davis

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from Swinging for England, released January 1, 2012
JD and the Longfellows

Josh P Davis (JD Longfellow): Song-writing, vocals and guitar
Clare Portman: Vocals, guitar, percussion, washboard, keyboards
Gemma Gayner: String arrangements, violin, vocals
Supported by.....
Greg McDonald: Mandolin, harmonica, accordion, vocals
James Boston: Piano, keyboards
Harry Perry: Bass
Nathan Persad: Drums and vocals

Recorded at the Music Complex, Deptford
Engineered: Chris Mansell
Producers: Josh Davis, Chris Mansell
Artwork: Ann-Marie Mullarkey

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JD and the Longfellows UK

From SE London, JD and the Longfellows perform a cocktail of original dynamic musical folk theatre - Oscar and Hammerstein meets Johnny Cash. They have released 3 albums, played over 200 gigs sometimes as an acoustic trio (violin, guitar, percussion and 3 vocals) or as a full band with up to 8 members and harmonies, while they “sweep the place with joy, with their off-the-dial feel-good factor". ... more

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