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‘God I will pack, and take a train
And get me to England once again
For England's the one land I know
Where men with Splendid Hearts may go’

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Just now the skylarks have come home to roost
The twilight quiet and midge-diffused
Backfilled with shadows emblazes the sky
With sunset low and contrails high
With the fading close of play inbound
Airliners pierce sporadic clouds
Through pink into gold and empurpling blue
And the chemtrail theorists’ poisons strew
Still tethered the neighbours’ unfed dog
At night’s fall choirs its monologue

April’s failures still ungroomed
Retiring shy have yet to bloom
But heads unbowed incline to sleep
As the ink across the garden creeps
Bats unleashed with sightless cries
On cabbage moths and silver-Ys
In vectors dance on slippered wings
And there are countless country garden things
In the heavens. The North Star is duly logged
While the grass below is still waterlogged

If I could afford it I’d get on a train
And I’d ride up and down the depleted remains
Of the lines I remember through towns I once knew
Defeated dismembered divided in two
Memories threaten slow frames pass
Steam heat high in second class
Empty stations amber lights
From the Citadel Northbound overnight
We’d measure each passing mile and chain
Then southbound change ride back again

Public relations designed to confuse
Mix bright-eyed lies with half-veiled truths
Service and quality are watchwords today
Saying ‘we’re giving you less and you’ll have more to pay’
Merchant princes come and go
Leaving footprints cast in glass and stone
Market forces yet prevail
Divisive, sly, and unassailed
And clever. We smile as we hold the door
Nor bite the hand we’re working for

So here we sit a race apart
And we’ve no one to blame but our foolish hearts
We sold the ox and plucked the rose
And now we’ve nothing to show but the Emperor’s clothes
Faithful nation set in pawn
By toothless lions and unicorns
Land of grocers windows dressed
Where Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori is still in store
And God knows not worth fighting for

In England’s green and pleasant land
Cap the arch gold plate our chains
Watch the money go tumbling down the drain
In England’s green and pleasant land

So we’ll get what we’re given, we’ll take what they say
Then we’ll clean up the mess at the end of the day
The bindweed and ivy old bicycle frames
And all that baggage and trash that you won’t throw away
But in this garden I made for you
It’s still summer 1972
The cat’s asleep the harvest’s in
So we can sit here and watch the spiders spin
Forever. The first birds waking calls
Find none astir on England’s shores

Lord of the Flies has left the stage
Lined with pyramids raised on the minimum wage
In England’s green and pleasant land

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from The Power Behind The Throne, released June 7, 2023

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Since 1984 Blyth Power have been playing and recording original music, which although regarded by many as fitting into the folk rock catergory goes so much further. Based around the lyrics of songwriter Joseph Porter, the band's sound is unique, and there is an atmosphere to Blyth Power that adds a depth to the music, and makes them more than just another pop group. ... more

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