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This song appeared on the original version of Solomon's Tump I recorded and released in 2003. It was one of the ones that the record company who signed us particularly liked. Paul, Jamie, Sarah and I bashed it about in a rehearsal room in Reading for three hours one day and improved it beyond measure. Simon got a great mix on it, like he did with all of the songs on the record.

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Is it a bird or is it a plane?
From where I'm standing they could look the same
I just hope that's birdshit falling through the sky

What's going on is there a party tonight
I've seen the rockets lighting up the night
Man have you seen the way they fly so high

But all the machine guns
They can't kill anyone
Inanimate objects don't have minds
Like humankind

You see that monkey living up that tree
It wants to live in a laboratory
Wants to give it's life so you can do your hair

You see that man who doesn't look like us
You see that child who cannot make a fuss
The world's on fire but how much do we care

But all the machine guns
They can't kill anyone
Inanimate objects don't have minds
Like humankind

And all the cynics they just laugh and sneer
Choose not to listen when they bend my ear
It's not sophistication to say that life is shit

But there's no superhero up in the sky
And there's no guru gonna tell you why
We change the situation by confronting it

But all the machine guns
They can't kill anyone
Inanimate objects don't have minds
Like humankind

credits

from What You Do Comes Back To You, released December 14, 2005
Written by Julian Pugsley. Recorded by Simon Plater at Farmyard Studios, Gloucestershire.

Blake – vocals and guitar
Paul Kench - lead guitar
Jamie Jordan - drums
Sarah Anthony – bass

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Blake England, UK

UK 60s-tinged/ lo-fi /indie pop
/psychedelic rock /jangle /power pop /singer-songwriter and DIY musician. Proudly signed to the Subjangle record label. Mailing list sign up (receive a free download of my song 'Vinyl Junkie'): eepurl.com/dV04f ... more

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