Tom MacKenzie: Listen

• MP3 play whole song, hi-fi (broadband)
• MP3 play whole song, lo-fi (modem)

HOPE YOU DON’T MIND IF I STAY FOR AWHILE
AND SHARE THIS HOLE IN THE GROUND
ITS LONELY OUT THERE WITH DEATH EVERYWHERE
LAYING CLAIM TO THE SOULS GATHERED ROUND

WERE YOU SOLD ON A CAUSE BOTH MORAL AND JUST
WITH TRUST DID YOU ENTER THE FRAY
NO NOTION OF COST NO MENTION OF LOSS
NO THOUGHT FOR THE PRICE TO BE PAID

DID YOU SHOUT FOR COUNTRY AS YOU ROSE ONCE MORE
OR WAS THE CRY FOR MOTHER AS YOU FELL

WITH THE PASSION OF YOUTH I MOVED TO THE DRUM
ADVENTURE IT CALLED OUT MY NAME
MARCHING IN TIME TRUSTING THE LINE
SEARCHING FOR GLORY AND FAME

THE SCENE IT WAS SET THE LINES THINLY DRAWN
OLD FRIENDSHIPS QUICKLY ERASED
AT THE END OF THE GAME THE PLAYERS REMAIN
HELD IN ETERNAL EMBRACE

DID I SHOUT FOR COUNTRY AS I ROSE ONCE MORE
OR WAS THE CRY FOR MOTHER AS I FELL

THE OFFER IS TAKEN THE DEAL IT IS DONE
LOST LESSONS NOW SLOWLY ENTWINE
TWO SIDES OF A COIN TWO FATES EVER JOINED
TOSSED ON THE LAYERS OF TIME

WILL WE SHOUT FOR COUNTRY AS WE RISE ONCE MORE
OR WILL WE CRY FOR MOTHER AS WE FALL