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The Last Rites

from Cause Of Causes by The Ragamuffins

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lyrics

I'm tired
My eyes are wide awake but I'm dreaming
I read what you believe and felt like screaming
I never thought that plots could come thicker than this
And i'm done
Your nails are worn from clinging onto power
Looking out the window of your ivory tower
You started wondering why your legacy's been falling to bits

Oh
You've been facing the music so the notes have got somewhere to hide
But now you're feeling the pressure
Will your friends in the press
Want a slap on the wrist or a kick up the backside

I'm picking up where I left off
Before the iron cools down and reality bites
I'm picking up where I left off
Before the ink begins to dry
Why don't you read me the last rites

I'm down
You rode your luck over ditches and fences
From the streets to the Westminster benches
But now you've started getting battered at this battle of wits
So I'm done
But i'll die happy if I think I've made a difference
You made a fortune sailing off into the distance
So why've you suddenly started staring back into the abyss?

And oh
I guess I never saw the truth so cold cut crystal clear
'Cos when the champagne's flat and the gold dust settles
Are the upper class struggling way up here?

You thought the vultures were circling
But these look like nothing but crows
I heard you're sleeping with the fishes
But the sharks are barely nibbling at your toes
And if ignorance is honestly bliss
You must be overjoyed at all of this
But if I'm going down
I guess I'll be taking you with me....

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from Cause Of Causes, released February 2, 2018
Written by David John Jaggs
Bass - Alex Pearson
Drums - Will Graham
Saxophone - Caitlin Laing
Keys - David John Jaggs and Sam Parry
Guitar - David John Jaggs and Tom Fripp
Vocals - David John Jaggs
Engineered by Tom Fripp
Produced by The Ragamuffins
Mastered by Elliot Dryden at Audio Den Recordings

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The Ragamuffins are a little bundle of joy of a band with vocal melodies soaring high above swirling organs, soulful brass, chiming guitar, driving bass and heart-pounding drums to deliver perfectly packaged, virtually irresistible indie-pop songs that have earned wholehearted recognition and airplay far and wide and continue to put beaming smiles across faces. ... more

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