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Paradise Lost and Found

from Last Farewell · Paradise Lost and Found by Louis Rive

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'Paradise Lost and Found' follows pilgrims around the world as they seek to shake off systemic oppression, by being systemically oppressive to new people.

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Born in old Masachussets, a pilgrim's gussets, a lady fair
Life is toil and struggle, the belt and buckle, the debonaire

Came on the Mayflower, hour after hour, the ocean wide
Standing, on the topside, the Plymouth Rock tide, comes o'er the topside

Well the lord promises paradise and the Devil stands for sin
While all the naked eyes in the meeting hall grin a grin ear to ear
Stuck on your uniform, you're hard tack biscuit
Without, within, without, within

Bunyon, a pilgrim's progress, I do declare the Wife of Bath's a Chaucey maid
Devotion, and a world in motion, some magic potion, makes memories fade

From the greying sprawl of Clydeside, to the picture postcard perfect Minch
While all the traffic on Dumbarton Road isn't given in an inch
It's instant entertainment anyway
Without, within, without, within

Within, within, my friend

No mover nor a shaker, for this dear Quaker, this au contraire
Chains, and the ties that bind so, mundo antiguo
A pilgrim's prayer, a pilgrim's prayer

Completely Calvinistic way to end your days
Diplomatically dodging just what anybody says
You'll take it, from the cradle to the grave
Without, within, without, within

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from Last Farewell · Paradise Lost and Found, released November 10, 2023
Producer/backing vox/shaker: Sophie Dodds
Masterer/keyboard: Reuben Dodds
Drums: Bob Irving

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Louis Rive Glasgow, UK

Louis plays folk music; not the kind about orcs, glens, wizards etc, more about people and places. Like Tom Waits and Judy Collins if either of them wrote about Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire. Closer tae home he wants to follow on from top lyricists like Michael Marra, Liz Lochead, and Hamish Imlach. ... more

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