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Something the songwriter Kathy Mar said to me a few weeks ago sparked this song - the concept of 'leaving it all on the field' was too strong to pass up. I debuted it three days later as an encore at the Soul Food Bookshop in Redmond, near Seattle, to an audience that included folk from Occupy Seattle; it was so new my band hadn't heard it yet, but they and the audience were all there with me from the first kick, and it brought them to their feet.

It's a protest song, a gut-punch of a thing that wanted out. I suspect it's already growing new verses out there where people are singing it...

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LEAVE IT

It's: one more kick at a splintered door (Leave it all on the field)
One more battle in a bloody war (Leave it all on the field)

Leave it all on the field now, leave it all on the field
Leave it all on the field you got to leave it all on the field.

It’s: up all night so the email’s sent (Leave it all on the field)
Zucotti Park in a freezing tent (Leave it all on the field)
It’s swinging the poll with a single vote (Leave it all on the field)
It’s the Selkie’s shawl and the goodbye note (Leave it all on the field)

Leave it all on the field now, leave it all on the field
Leave it all on the field you got to leave it all on the field.

It’s the last best hope when the rest are gone (Leave it all on the field)
It’s all or nothing on the final song (Leave it all on the field)
Speaking out because who else will? (Leave it all on the field)
It’s the birthing push, it’s an act of will (Leave it all on the field)

Leave it all on the field now, leave it all on the field
Leave it all on the field you got to leave it all on the field.

Don’t say ‘can’t’ say ‘Show me how’ (Leave it all on the field)
Don’t you go giving up on me now (Leave it all on the field)

Leave it all on the field now, leave it all on the field
Leave it all on the field you got to leave it all on the field.
Leave it all on the field now, leave it all on the field
Leave it all on the field you got to leave it all on the field.

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Words & music by & © Talis Kimberley 28th January 2012

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from FREE ALBUM: Songs of Common Ground, track released February 23, 2012
Talis Kimberley, in the kitchen, with the hand-held Tascam. It's a rough track, that's why it's free!

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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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