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In The South West

from Last Of A Dying Breed by Mäkkelä

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about

A song for Haller, who used to run an arts cafe in what I reckon is one of the most desolate places to do this. A good, stubborn man.

lyrics

the cops they were nervous
and they called in the Mounties
and the boys with the truncheons and dogs
I marched with the students and I
ran with the crowd 'cause it
felt like the right thing to do

who are you to critisize
in your uptown estate
with your handbook of dos and of don'ts
these are hearts filled with anger
all righteous hearts
don't try to stop them you won't

and the air was on fire
and some oil drums were too
in those days down in the south west
you can't stop the flood once the levee is down
that's what happened down in the south west
you better start running once the fuse has been lit
you better acknowledge you better admit
they were right
you were wrong

we cursed at the coppers
and we spat at the dogs
and we ran from the mounted police
I remember you barefoot
in that flowery dress
in the fountain across the cafe
between all the smoke
and blood covered faces
I remember it looked kind of strange
that day we all knew
there were walls coming down
and we sensed it was time for a change

the sky it was crying
and the most of us too
in those days down in the south west
you can't stop a fire
if you fuel the flames
that's what happened down in the south west
and you better start running once the fuse has been lit
and you better acknowledge, you better admit
we are right
they are wrong

no one is running though the fuse has been lit
it's time for a change again
time to admit
something's wrong

credits

from Last Of A Dying Breed, released September 4, 2015
Mäkkelä - acoustic guitar, vocals
Andy Conrad - accordion

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Mäkkelä Germany

Finnish-German, Papua-born singer-songwriter performing solo and in numerous collaborations. Mäkkelä, Folk's Worst Nightmare Collective, Maekkelae & Orkesteri, Church Of The Blue Nun, Maekkelae & Grae J. Wall, The Anglo German Low Stars, The Très Biens, The Goho Hobos... ... more

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