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Expectations - Woodsmoke (Demo)

from Presenting: The Dancin' Machine by Various

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It's a sliding scale from tapping your feet to rocking out;
from those who choose to whisper, to those choosing to scream and shout
Rich tapestry to patchwork city,
to scattered rags all torn and shitty
The seamstress works long into the night,
red eyes under bright fluorescent lights

Forgiveness or retribution, a birds eye view of revolution
Tucked safely behind TV screens, comparing everything to western dreams

And I've been trying so hard, to come to terms with this rule,
but if I had to pick I'd always side with the dancers from Kabul

Those born to dance, they're not packing their bags or getting out
The drones are lighting fires, smoke out the guards with their protest pyres
Once was a right and not a privilege, soon to be labelled sacrilegious
A faint shadow of its former self, freedom of speech went rotten on the shelf

I've been trying so hard, to come to terms with this rule,
but if I had to choose I'd always side with the dancers from Kabul

I love the smell of woodsmoke in the morning down in Parliament Square
In Cairo, Manama and Tripoli, in spirit I was there.

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from Presenting: The Dancin' Machine, released January 18, 2012
Mike Chivers

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