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Hark, The Badman and the Angel Sing!

from Hark, The Badman and the Angel Sing! by Lach

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Pine rolled like reefers lie on Avenue A
Winds whipping pant legs and needling cheeks
Hipsters walk with holy shoulders shrugged round bowed head
Looking freshly plucked and ready to be tucked into bed

Christmas ain't nowhere when yr down to a dime
Day's pay away from the church breadline
Hungrily watching people spend a c-note a pop
And you got less than half of what the have-nots have got

And this ain't a sad song about class and Jesus Christ
It's a plain look in the face of a dark night
A trifle that the wife'll understand
It's hard to be an angel when you love a bad, bad man

My hands're shaking now and it's no longer cold
Remembering Christmas when I was but a few years old
And all those happy hopes and dreams felt like they could come true
If only I believed now in the things I then knew

You and me bub, shall we sing a jolly song?
Maybe get some of these bastards here to join in and sing along
It's a hard world where cash is king and true love is on the wane
But we're all less different than we are all the same

Can we get it back, is it too late?
Can tonight be the start of new and better days?
It won't take a miracle just something small and sincere
Can it happen now, can it happen here?

Hark, the bad man and the angels sing

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from Hark, The Badman and the Angel Sing!, released December 26, 2021
Lach - Guitar, Voice, Organ, Piano, Vibes, Tuba, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Trombone, Bongos, Tambourine, Shaker

John Wayne as John Wayne

Produced & Engineered by Lach at EdenB Studios, Edinburgh

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