Poet's Strike

from Poet's Strike by Lach

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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

lyrics

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!

credits

from Poet's Strike, released July 11, 2019
Lach played everything and did the artwork.
Produced and mixed it at Eden B Studios, Scotland.
Words by Lach and Nova. Music by Lach

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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 ... more

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