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Stop The World In Its Tracks

from Hold On To That Flame by Carol Hodge

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Stop The World In Its Tracks

A nation of miniature dog lovers
Who weep for the death of a lion
But spit vitriol neat at the thought of defeat
By a few desperate refugees
The minister’s cuts to the LCD
Are rabidly rejustified
He’s a person inside
Had a young son who died
Not a victim of ATOS crimes

If you listen closely in the night you’ll hear them
Cry themselves awake
I can’t be the only one around here
Who’s losing sleep and
Face the facts
We’re underwhelmed and overtaxed
But that won’t stop the world in its tracks

A city of commerce and factories
Now tall with apartments and cranes
But the word on the street is now mute and replete
‘Cause we don’t know each other’s names
In the house at the end lives an OAP
Forced to choose between eating and heat
No-one knows that she’s there
And it’s not like they don’t care
It’s just that they never meet

We’re overwhelmed and full of lack

One day we will dance round a brand new flag
When George and his Dragons are slain
We can melt apathy if we keep disagreeing
And promise you’ll always change
I cling to my hopes ever positive
I believe in a future that’s bright
We’ve a long way to go and
God only knows
That it won’t happen overnight

There’s one way in and no way back

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from Hold On To That Flame, released June 24, 2018
Vocals, piano - Carol Hodge
Drums, bass, guitar - Dave Draper

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Carol Hodge Huddersfield, UK

Carol Hodge is a 7-fingered, piano-pounding, Yorkshire-dwelling Singer-Songwriter. Think Regina Spektor meets Billy Bragg, but with fewer digits and a continuous existential crisis, sandwiched between bitter irony and relentless optimism. You won’t know whether to laugh or cry, but will definitely feel something.
Long-term collaborator with Steve Ignorant (CRASS); Ginger Wildheart.
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