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Once the Land is Gone...

An ageing band of disillusioned battle weary eco-warriors sing their plight...progress is fine, but hold up, mate!

In the distant future every City, town and street in the World could end up looking the same with no open spaces at all...it mustn't happen!

Incidentally the snow landscapes in the video are half a mile from my house, every year developers apply for building permits on them and we fight them off...but for how much longer I don't know... )-:

I'm joined by the Royal Middlesex County Itinerate Hobo Gospel Choir ( Prince Harry on bass drum) on this song, PLAY LOUD, and GOD SAVE THE QUEEN...hip hip...HOORAY...! (-:

Guitar - Comedy & Tragedy G+D+G+b+ / Flatpup 4
Drum - Roland TD-12
Amp - Marshall ASD50D
Boss SE70, Shure SM58.

BACK IN THE 50's EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT,
BLACK WAS BLACK AND WHITE WAS WHITE.
MEN WERE MEN AND GIRLS WERE FAIR,
FIELDS OF GREEN AND SPACE TO SHARE.

CHORUS - ONCE THE LAND IS GONE, IT'S GONE, ONCE THE LAND IS GONE, IT'S GONE... x2

PLANNERS AND DEVELOPERS NOW HOLD SWAY,
DESTROYING OUR ENVIRONMENT EVERY DAY.
PROGRESS IS FINE , BUT HOLD UP, MATE !
DON'T LEAVE OUR CHILDREN IN A CONCRETE ESTATE.

CHORUS

HS2 GOIN' PAST MY DOOR,
GM CROPS - WHAT'S IT ALL FOR..?
ANOTHER AIRPORT RUNWAY WE DON'T NEED,
IT'S JUST ABOUT DEVELOPERS UNLIMITED GREED.

CHORUS

OUR LISTED BUILDINGS SWEPT AWAY,
"IT 'LL CREATE MORE JOBS" OR SO THEY SAY.
VERDANT TREES BENEATH TARMAC,
YEARS OF NATURE WE'LL NEVER GET BACK.

CHORUS

A NEW HYPERMARKET IN YOUR TOWN,
THEY'RE PULLING OUR FAVOURITE PUBS AND CINEMAS DOWN.
POPULATION INCREASE, PANIC-BUILT FLATS,
WE WON'T EVEN HAVE ROOM FOR THE FRONT DOOR MAT.

CHORUS

Music Copyright Steve Trowbridge June 2012.
From forthcoming album "Playin' Out of the Box - The Slowpaw Old-Time Traveling Medicine Show".

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Comment by Phillip Robert on September 10, 2012 at 12:51pm: important and serious job Steve...nice sweet voices (duet works very well)...

thanks for lyrics... i love words and tone...°<[:-) [---]==={...

Comment by Bluesheart on July 16, 2012 at 10:09am: Super job on that all the way around! Great song and lyrics, excellent playing and superb video production! Great message, sad but true.

Comment by Jason Mills on June 5, 2012 at 9:08am: Great song Slowpaw!!!!!!

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on June 5, 2012 at 5:11am: Thanks everyone for your great comments...and pictures! (-;

...that's the songs for the new "...Box" album finished, so off to the printers this week - unfortunately due to illness in the family i've had to cancel my holiday trip, but have used the time between nursing duties to make songs and finish the album... Keep Calm and Play Blues...! (-;

@ UJ - multi-tracking is a wonderful thing! (-: