Name: All the Birds are Gone
Duration: P00H01M50S
Description: Fracking terrifies me. That anyone thinks it's a good idea appals me. I can't be in Balcombe just now where the protests are growing in numbers and strength, so this is me doing what I can to spread the word. Listen, share, link and sing this, please...

All the Birds are Gone

from FREE ALBUM: Songs of Common Ground by Talis Kimberley

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Fracking terrifies me. That anyone thinks it's a good idea appals me. I can't be in Balcombe just now where the protests are growing in numbers and strength, so this is me doing what I can to spread the word. Listen, share, link and sing this, please...

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ALL THE BIRDS ARE GONE

Land beneath my feet; the rock and soil of England
Cornflowers and wheat; our childrens’ futures here
What will burn, will burn, and the great machines are hungry
Oh, and this shall cost us dear

All the birds are gone, and all the stones are shaking;
On and on and on, every day in turn
What will burn, will burn, and they dare to call this ‘needful’
But the birds do not return

Sleep’s a beggar’s dream, the great machines are roaring
Thirsty for the fuel the land had stored away
What will burn, will burn; our rights are bought so cheaply
What does England have to say?

Seize the ancient light, poison all the water
Crack the ground apart that all of us stand on
What will burn, will burn, money shouts the loudest
And all the birds are gone

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Words & music by & © Talis Kimberley 11th August 2013

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from FREE ALBUM: Songs of Common Ground, released February 23, 2012
Talis, in the kitchen with the Tascam and the Bailey-cat. Edited and made infinitely better by Mark Long.

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Talis Kimberley UK

"I'm a songwriter and singer; my songs are spun from folklore and history, stirred well with a hazel wand and served with cake. I'll sing you ravens and bones and the story behind the story, I'll sing you bread and apples, ghosts and knitting, and bring you home with a pocketful of feathers and hope"

Voice / guitar / English concertina

Festivals, folk clubs, libraries, museums, & protests... ... more

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