Where The Dirty River Flows
from Live at Very Fine Solutions by Daniel McBrearty
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This song takes you on an imaginary flight, over city and country, and eventually the planet, looking down and questioning the works of humankind.
lyrics
(Verse 1)
“Take your psychic airplane
High above the city
Look down on the black veins
With their clots of steel
Look down on the money man
Thinks that he gets there faster
Poor Mr Commuter Man
Stuck behind a wheel
(Chorus)
“Is there a sweeter feeling hidden in the heart of it
Suppressed in case the water level rose
Is there a deeper healing charity no part of it
Somewhere Where The Dirty Flows
(Verse 2)
“Take your psychic airplane
Take it high up above this country
Look down on the rivers
Flowing through the bitter fields
Look down on the farming man
Ploughing endless furrows
Poor old agricultural
Worrying over yields
(Chorus)
(Verse 3)
Take you psychic airplane
Take it high up above this planet
Look down on the rivers
Flowing into seas
And look down on the short love
That we give to the poor and the needy
Given out like wire
To the down at heel
(The dirty river haunts me in my dreams
The dirty river, everywhere it seems)
“Take your psychic airplane
High above the city
Look down on the black veins
With their clots of steel
Look down on the money man
Thinks that he gets there faster
Poor Mr Commuter Man
Stuck behind a wheel
(Chorus)
“Is there a sweeter feeling hidden in the heart of it
Suppressed in case the water level rose
Is there a deeper healing charity no part of it
Somewhere Where The Dirty Flows
(Verse 2)
“Take your psychic airplane
Take it high up above this country
Look down on the rivers
Flowing through the bitter fields
Look down on the farming man
Ploughing endless furrows
Poor old agricultural
Worrying over yields
(Chorus)
(Verse 3)
Take you psychic airplane
Take it high up above this planet
Look down on the rivers
Flowing into seas
And look down on the short love
That we give to the poor and the needy
Given out like wire
To the down at heel
(The dirty river haunts me in my dreams
The dirty river, everywhere it seems)
credits
from Live at Very Fine Solutions,
released October 6, 2019
Daniel McBrearty (guitar/vocals, composer) Jon Birdsong (cornet)
Composed by Daniel McBrearty
Daniel McBrearty (guitar/vocals, composer) Jon Birdsong (cornet)
Composed by Daniel McBrearty
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Daniel McBrearty Ghent, Belgium
I write and play music for fun and to stay sane. Mostly saxophone, occasionally clarinet, but I do the singer-songwrtiter
thing as well.
I do it for my own satisfaction and pleasure, but if people (you) like it, well, that’s great. I’ve also messed around with making music videos too (but these days I don’t have time), and those you can find on YT (link is at the top).
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