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The Ballad of Moss Side

from To The Mountain by Matt Hartless & the Maverick 7

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My bones creak like a country house
Under the October sky
But the house fell apart years ago
God forbid you understand why

So you treat me like an infidel
Disregard all that I say
I came to you when I was desperate
But you turned me away

So we've crossed to the other side
When there's nowhere left for us to hide
And do you know what you've done
Ask yourself can you cope when I'm gone

So you treat me like an infidel
Disregard all that I say
I came to you when I was desperate
But you turned me away

You think I'm being lazy and I find all of this fun
And my barren moral landscape is the smoking gun
That someone fired in Moss Side as I lay in Platt Fields Park
Counting my blessings but dropping them in the dark

Oh there ain't no hope like music
If you've got it then you might as well abuse it
Oh the outlook is poor but I've got harmony as a cure
Everyone else ran out terrified when the wolf kicked down my door

I'm firing on all cylinders and flying on the run
Give me back my voice I can't control what I've begun
I'm a vagabond, a rogue, a dog without a bone
Will someone please help me, I'm a king without a throne

I'm firing on all cylinders and flying on the run
Give me back my voice I can't control what I've begun
I'm a vagabond, a rogue, a dog without a bone
Will someone please help me locate my home

So you treat me like an infidel
Disregard all that I say
I came to you when I was desperate
But you turned me away

This isn't fantasy
This isn't heresy
It's just all the hope that I've got

Cos there ain't no hope like music
No there ain't no hope like music
No there ain't no hope like music
No there ain't no hope like music

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from To The Mountain, released February 11, 2022

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Matt Hartless & the Maverick 7 Manchester, UK

Many moons ago, Matt Hartless rode into town from across the Sea on horseback with nothing but a guitar and a song in his heart.

Selling an aquatic horse would have made life easier, but that's not the Maverick way and Matt soon found himself recruiting troubadours from across Manchester to give the gift of Gypsy-ska-flamenco-folk-punk-rock to the world. ... more

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