Liz & Martin ostensibly run Spalding Folk Club, but in effect they create a community. I had managed to leave my phone in their house when I was leaving after a gig, and while we were waiting for Martin to find my phone, Liz talked about her first guitar, and that frames this otherwise fairly bleak piece of reportage about trying to find a decent pub in Spalding, welcome, community, in most places in Anytown nowadays
lyrics
LIZ GOT HER FIRST GUITAR FOR CHRISTMAS
HER DAD’S ON STRIKE, SHE’S 17
MUM BOUGHT IT FOR HER ON INSTALMENTS
REPAID 10 FOLD EACH TIME SHE SINGS X2
THERE’S 3 DEAD PUBS AT SPALDING STATION
EACH PLACE I GO LOOKS MUCH LIKE THIS
COMMUNITY IS NOW A CONVENIENCE STORE
WHERE ENGALND GOES TO JUST GET PISSED X2
A PUB’S REOPENED BY THE RIVER
THEY GOT NO BEER, HAVE I GOT CASH?
THERE’S LAGER, SHOTS & IN THE WINDOW
THEY’VE SELLOPTAPED A UNION JACK X2
I FIND THIS PUB THAT’S GOT REAL KEG BEER
HERE YOU SEE ENGALD AT ITS EASE
STILL BANGING ON ABOUT POOR BORIS
THE EARTH IS FLAT, THE MOON IS CHEESE X2
(INSTRUMENTAL)
& IF OUTSIDE A STORM IS RISING
JUST LOCK YOUR DOOR & WATCH TV
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IT’S ON YOUR SIDE
THE EARTH IS FLAT & THE MOON IS CHEESE X2
BRING ME MY INKPEN & MY 6 STRING
BRING ME THOSE ARROWS OF DESIRE
& WE WILL BUILD AGAIN COMMUNITY
WHERE THE EARTH IS ROUND & THE MOON IS BEAUTIFUL X2
LIZ GOT HER 1ST GUITAR FOR CHRISTMAS
REPAID TENFOLD EACH TIME SHE SINGS
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