Reel Men

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"One of the coolest things to happen to me this year was reconnecting with my old writing partner and original member of The Proper Id, Marc Davison. Last month I released a reworking of Silent Reigns, a tune we wrote together decades ago. This time around we're releasing a Reel Men, a song we wrote together...this week!" - Cheers, Lach

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Reel Men

Crazy kid with a cowboy head
Smoked and drank, fought and bled
Beat his love back with blues and reds
‘Cos this is what reel men did

Stupid kid you believed what they said
And now you only lie in bed
You threw away all you had
By being so good at acting bad

You believed all the lies
About how men never cry
So you slowly died inside
with no sunsets for you to ride
When no woman would be the bride
Of society’s Mister Hyde

Silver screen
Silver times
Silverheels
Rides behind
But no one told you of the danger
Of living like the Lone Ranger

Media kid swallowed it whole
Traded away his very soul
Prayed to the god he was told
Lived forever in a land of gold


Reel men of projected light
Cast their shadows dark as night
Until we all lost sight
That evil can also dress in white

You believed all the lies
About how men never cry
So you slowly died inside
with no sunsets for you to ride
When no woman will be the bride
Of society’s Mister Hyde

Hi Ho Silver
So bewildered
Please deliver
Us from itchy fingers
No one warned us of the danger
Of living like the Lone Ranger

Hi ho and away
die to live another day
Reel men always fade away

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from Reel Men, released July 27, 2019
Lach - Vocals
Marc Davison - Guitars, Beats and all other music
Words by Lach
Music by Davison
Mixed at EdinB Studios, Edinburgh

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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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