UK APPEARANCES UPCOMING…
"On a Shingle Near Yapton"
the new album by David Francis
featuring “Anthem for Green England”
the single played on BBC Radio & discussed in Parliament
was released December 9
and is now available on CDBaby —
Who are these people
That are leveling the wheat fields
Are they friends of the earth
They seem so underhanded
They leave us empty-handed
Like enemies of the planet
How sweet they make things look
Like a con man or a crook
Trying to pull the wool over our eyes
But it’s our values they despise
Wolves in sheep’s clothing their disguise
And it’s all happening again
Like you did across the ocean to the Red Man
And it fills me with dread and deep emotion
Our world is getting too built-up
Like a glass that’s getting too filled up
Soon it will be just a spilled cup
And we have no other
We have no other world
Maybe you think that you don’t have to care
Just maybe there’s another green England out there
But I don’t think there is a spare
Anywhere around
Oh my unborn baby do not frown
Say no to Eco-town
What has happened to this land
It’s all been built-up, spoiled and planned
Some deal’s been done under the table
They did it ‘cause they’re rich and able
But without consulting the people who must live there
They don’t have a share in the democracy
Eco-town is not for them, you see
And you don’t have a right to disagree
We’ve been done for
Like a thief in the night
They call it “eco”—sheer hypocrisy
Oh my little baby do not frown
Say no to Eco-town
“Anthem for Green England” © 2008 David Francis
Produced by John Mono of Monochrome Museum
Oilcan Press presents a limited edition of ALWAYS/FAR, a book of song lyrics from the first two albums, illustrated with drawings by the author in glorious black and white, with different colored hand-stamped covers.
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