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At the gaslight café there’s a poet with a leather bound black book who preaches the blues
All the cool kids play fight with puppets and try on ideas like they’re buying new shoes
Plucking their lofty ideals from an online buffet
They say “war is hell and freedom ain’t free"
“As such is life... it’s a mystery”

At the back end of town
there’s a mother who can’t afford food
Her rented house has leaky windows
and no heated rooms
It’s the children who go without at the end of the day
But the landlord he squeals “oh woe is me."
"If the bank should foreclose then I’m history”

A banker stands 50 floors up on a ledge thinking of
How he bought low and sold high
but never did learn how to love
As the ground sucked him closer
The last thought he could find was
“Is it too late to change my mind?”

A young thirsty student
Pays for a future with help from those behind the vale
Desperate for knowledge craving answers
The taxman took the wind from their sales
So many lonely old people, sick and poor
When will profits fall to those who Ill afford
Instead if those sat in the House of Lords

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from Lockdown Demos + with commentary (2020) - Free download, released December 31, 2020

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The Quicksilver Kings Hull, UK

Acoustic trio weaving elements of country, blues and pop over vintage rootsy songwriting.

New album out 2023...

"Every once in a while you’ll come across a group of musicians that inspire you to find every scrap of music that they have created – The Quicksilver Kings is one of those groups." Jampshere Magazine. ... more

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