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Poet's Strike

by Lach

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When a poet strikes all the walls will stand strong But when a poet strikes than there is no song for the people to sing as they carve the stone So the walls come tumbling down A poet strikes and all the banks will stay open But when a poet strikes he breaks the teller's hearts With the teller's hearts broken they forget the combination And the vaults are all shut down Cause a poet strikes and nothing's safe, nothing's right When we organise A poet strikes at first no one will notice But a poet strikes and all the mother's will cry out With a nation of mothers weeping Who can go on sleeping A change is bound to occur I hear guns under water I can sing louder I hear guns in the air I can sing louder I hear guns in Russia I can sing louder I hear guns across America I can sing louder Yeah!

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"This one goes way back. My friend, the Antifolk artist Billy Nova, had written a song called Poet's Strike. Walking home from the club where he performed it, the song kept tickling in my head. I felt there was another song under it. I kept the title and bridge and rewrote the rest. So, world, about three decades later, but just as relevant, I present... Poet's Strike by Lach & Nova." - Cheers, Lach

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released July 11, 2019

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Lach Edinburgh, UK

Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK

‘Splendid! Best of it's kind!’- Mojo

‘Incredibly bright, influential, funny, poetic.’-Suzanne Vega

‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis
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