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The Batchain Pullers

by jd meatyard

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1.
Well I'm just out of my hospital bed you know what it was the first thing that you said? The first thing you told me the first thing you said on a motorway you wish that I was dead. You sent me my life in a box and a bag... Photographs all cut and butchered family stories you tried to change. So you cut your man right out of the picture there's still a history unchanged. You sent me my life in a box and a bag... It was a cross with a broken arm jesus... It was a cross with a broken arm jesus It was a cross with a broken arm jesus It was a cross with a broken arm jesus It was a cross with a broken arm jesus and I survived, and I survived...without you.
2.
So Far Away 02:57
Met you when my heart was broken met you when the life was through. Reflections in a head so broken nothing changes nothing new. So so far away, so close to you... Thinking as I walk the trees thinking only what will be. What could have been and should have been many stories many histories. So so far away, so close to you "disconnected broken mirrors I still have the dreams of you something deep inside of me a little broken part of you" My heart bleeds My heart bleeds
3.
"we're dancing at the vulcan with the bat chain pullers we're dancing at the vulcan with the bat chain pullers"
4.
The Outsider 02:42
I'm standing at the crossroads with a copy of the outsider in my hand. Lonely at the crossroads a stranger in my own land. I'm the outsider, I'm the outsider in my own head. I'm standing at the crossroads 54 46 ringing in my head. Head spinning at the crossroads song in my heart just full of dread. I'm the outsider, I'm the outsider in my own head. "lost standing at the crossroads seems like I've been here before. life living on the crossroads oh oh forever more... forever more. I'm the outsider, I'm the outsider In my own head, in my own head.
5.
Going away, you never can tell then she went away, welcome to hell deep song dark nights deep song dark nights. And what if I'd stayed, you never can tell a history changed, from living to hell deep song dark nights deep song dark nights. Going away, you never can tell then he went away, I'll see you in hell deep song dark nights deep song dark nights Take me home and I will stay Take me home and I will stay... forever ... deep song dark nights deep song dark nights deep song dark nights deep song dark nights "for me it's forever, for you it's a while" "for me it's forever, for you it's a while"
6.
Jo Jo 03:30
I got the photographs that I cannot see, you and me, you and me. I was told that you wanted to see me, you and me, you and me. jo jo, when I look into those eyes jo jo, when I look into those eyes, a message to you. Fixing up the playhouse in your mothers house you and me, you and me Sitting in that room in the lock in clinic you and me, you and me. jo jo, when I look into those eyes jo jo, when I look into those eyes, a message to you. I cannot write what is in my head, you and me some tragedy The memories are locked away hearts at bay, seeing you, I'll be seeing you... jo jo, when I look into those eyes jo jo, when I look into those eyes, a message to you. I'll be seeing you... I'll be seeing you...
7.
It's not the poor, of that I am sure It's not the poor, of that I am sure Who makes the wars tanks n things Who builds the war planes bombs n things? Who makes the money making wars Takes the money for killing wars? It's not the poor, of that I am sure It's not the poor, of that I am sure Who kills the planet stealing the oil Who kills the bees killing the soil? Who makes the money draining our planet Who makes the millions killing our planet? It's not the poor, of that I am sure It's not the poor, of that I am sure It's not the poor, of that I am sure It's not the poor, of that I am sure Hold my hand, let's start again Hold my hand, let's start again.
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Halcyon Days 03:42
Walking round manchester streets and the kids, kids all wrapped in rags reaching down a kid in my hand for the kid in the tracks rags. Down through piccadilly gardens, looks like a bomb hit the street bodies shaken bodies broken blood on the kids on the street. These are the days, these are the days... the halcyon days? Well a guy in a bloated bulbous beamer shouts abuse as I talk to a kid I'm a loony lefty arsehole he say's the guy in the shiny car we know him, we know him... Where did they go, where did they go... the halcyon days? 'we walk the line we walk the streets we walk the way they give us treats we walk the spectacle Guy Debord he was dead right and we ignored... Bring back those halcyon days Bring back those halcyon days
10.
Gonna write myself another history, a secret history my life will change. A halo with a Mitchum legacy, just for all to see a life re arranged. What can I say, come the day? A saint I will be, a saint I will be, the best of men, best of men, you'll see. Gonna write myself as a flier, concord energiser socialist archangel. Curate myself ever higher, star man awaiting a rocket man of certainty. What can I say, come the day? A saint I will be, a saint I will be, the best of men, best of men, you'll see. A saint I will be, a saint I will be, A saint I will be, a saint I will be, A saint I will be, a saint I will be, A saint I will be, a saint I will be,
11.
There's a man takes pictures says he's an artist pictures of girls in frocks he's an artist. He wants to make a difference got a social conscience take pictures of wars and the poor for his conscience. he's got a signed edition by Robert Capa Pictures of frocks, pictures of frocks He says he's an artist a radical a radical. Pictures of frocks pictures of frocks He wants to make a difference with his pictures of frocks. He's got the revolutionary air of a rather smug buddhist a dalai llama come futerama. He read the first chapter of black skin white masks says it makes a difference to his pictures of frocks. he's got a signed edition by Robert Capa Pictures of frocks, pictures of frocks He says he's an artist a radical a radical. Pictures of frocks pictures of frocks He wants to make a difference with his pictures of frocks. "says he wants to leave a legacy so don't fk with those apostrophes"
12.
Empire ABC 03:45
aborigine afghanistan arab atrocitiy amritsar boer bengal ballymurphy bloody sunday burma caribbean china opium chuka cork... castration...cannonading...can can can nonading delhi derry egypt ethiopia famine flogging "famine is good, they breed like rabbits" guyana gold gibetting ...gi gi gibetting look it up hong kong india ireland iraq iran irlanda jamaica kenya kaffirs kenya kaffirs libya loughin island lashes mau mau malaya nigeria ningbo opium trade oh yeah palestine bombing villages no guernica paintings here palestine queen elizabeth rape rhodesia south africa springhill slavery sudan sierra leone scorched earth tibet trevalyan "famine is an effective method of reducing surplus population" torture uganda diamonds vietnam winston water can the whip xenophobia yellow creek yemen zimbabwe

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The Batchain Pullers 5th album from Jd Meatyard on Liverpool's Probe Plus label. Proper Distribution.

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released December 14, 2018

JD Meatyard, Gary ward on drums and Tamsin A on guitar, vox. With studio guests Dave Thom cello/ piano, violin. Neil Crossley bass and Kim R. Foster bass and co author of Empire ABC track.

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jd meatyard

well, via the great lamented john peel we were given a run around europe with our rackety post punk noise... as Levellers 5 then Calvin Party,,, Peel sessions n all... now on the 5th album as jd meatyard 'solo' project... new york anti folk and regular shows around uk/europe and 5 star reviews...wow, huh! 'The Batchain Pullers' December 2018 release on Probe Plus ... A big big love to all. ... more

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