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The Little Fat Bird of the Barley

from Derelict by The Brooms of Destruction

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    50% of the sale profits from each CD Album sold will be donated to the RSPB, a registered charity in England and Wales, number 207076, and in Scotland, number SC037654, and 50% to The SPEAK Network via the SPEAK Trust, Registered Charity No.1112979.

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lyrics

You followed us all summer long
And sang to us your jangling song
But winter ravished and burnt the earth
We forgot you in our pain

Out with hedgerows, grass and trees
Banks and boundaries, flowers and weeds
Restless hands with nothing to do
We left the land and you fled too

You need rest and a place to sleep
And some nice plump grubs for your chicks to eat
A grain-rich corner of an English field
For the little fat bird of the barley!

We think that we have simple needs
Cheapest food at cut-price deals
But the real cost is hidden from us
Counted in vanishing creatures
And a countryside empty of jobs

We’re stealing from our future selves
Pulling the carpet from under our feet
Denying the birds what little they need
A little support’s the least we can do

You need rest and a place to sleep
And some nice plump grubs for your chicks to eat
A grain-rich corner of an English field
For the little fat bird of the barley!

And all that we have made
Will crumble into dust
Did you ever see a skylark with an iPhone?
A soft breeze blows
The summers coming in
And every atom stands in wait of redemption

You need rest and a place to sleep

(corn bunting song)

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from Derelict, released March 24, 2014

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Passionately silly musicians, writing & playing an eclectic bunch of songs about world issues and cookies. Met while reading at Reading Uni.

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