Name: LONDON
Duration: P00H03M19S
Description: A song about occupying an empty building, Coronation Buildings Vauxhall, in this case and forming a housing Co Op. The work required skill sharing and much work oneself. A ballerina, of Royal Ballet stock got stuck in and made the gutted shelled out apartment, comfortably habitable.

LONDON

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A song about occupying an empty building, Coronation Buildings Vauxhall, in this case and forming a housing Co Op. The work required skill sharing and much work oneself. A ballerina, of Royal Ballet stock got stuck in and made the gutted shelled out apartment, comfortably habitable.

lyrics

A story I know thats seldom told,
it was a longtime ago

I came to the city with a girl called Annie
She built us both a home

begged and borrowed till it was done
it was not tumble down

with her ballet girl arms she fixed it up
next to the church where the whale bones are

she build a home
she build a home
when we came to london town
I was gone for sometime when i returned
there were windows in holes
the water was running telephone ringing
we made love amongst the rubble and foam

in the day shed be at the garden
dancing at the bar
when she got back in the evening
DIY Annie ripping at some floor

she build a home
she build a home
when we came to London town

now the building has gone I saw inside
the days they brought it down
our snakeskin paper and lavender walls
exposed for all of Vauxhall to see

She was so sweet you'd never know
her spirit was so damned high

with delicate fingers she built our home
it was not tumble down
she build our home
she build our home
when we came to London town

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released March 22, 2024
Rolo McGinty vocals Guitar , Mal Darwen double bass / acoustic guitar & backing vocals, Simon Mawby electric guitar, Paul Ashby drums, Flakey Jake accordion. Luca Santucci extra vocal.

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