Wilderspin-Ribbons and blows

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Ribbons and bows are curling my toes
When I realise that they're not meant for me
And dressing up to the nines for another's blue eyes
Is bringing me down to my knees

So tell me where do I stand?
In this lie of the land
Should you tell me what I want to hear?
Or just pretend to be cool when I'm nobody's fool
Should I turn a blind eye and an ear?

Hear me, hear me,
Take it from someone who knows
I've spent half of the time being out of my mind
Cut to ribbons and felled by the blows

Well you can pray everyday for the saints and the sinners
For the hearts and the souls and the losers and winners
You can look for compassion so deep down within us
But they'll never choose love over gold

After all of this time
I can still remain blind to those things that I'd rather not see
I can still turn an ear, though the words remain clear
Forever locked in bitter sweet memory

I can see where I stand
In this lie of the land
But it's not where I wanted to be
And though I know I'm a fool
Still I play by the rules
That's the way it was destined to be

Hear me, hear me,
Take it from someone who knows
I've spent half of the time being out of my mind
Cut to ribbons and felled by the blows
Cut to ribbons and felled by the blows

Copyright (C) 2012 Wilderspin - All rights reserved.

Music and words written by Mark Wilderspin
Sound-track and video recorded, arranged, mixed and produced by Paul Bryant at South Tythe Studios, Bisley, England between October 2011 and August 2012.

'Ribbons and Blows' is taken from the first Wilderspin album 'Something to crow about' - available on CD, or digital download.

This sount-track recording features:

Mark Wilderspin - lead vocals and 12-string guitar
Paul Bryant - backing vocals, bass, drums
Heather Bristow - backing vocals
Tim Fish - pedal-steel guitar
Julian McNicholas - piano
Matt Gryspeerdt - violin

Also, big thanks to our good friends Sarana Verlin (fiddle) and Richard Lloyd (piano) who appear in this video.

The live/touring Wilderspin line-up also includes Robert Holmes (guitars), Pete Griffin (mandolin) and Andy Hutt (drums).

Also to be found here on YouTube, is the offical video for the quirky Wilderspin hit track 'Stroud life' - check it out now.