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Holding a Rose

If I looked myself squarely eye to eye, I know I’m at fault
I can’t go far, this road has come to a halt
If there was something I could do or say to lessen the blows
I’m whistling that showtime tune - tonight I’m holding a rose

The city has gone quiet and the highway’s an empty track
Might turn you to a pillar of salt if you were to look back
Andromeda’s tied to those rocks at this day’s close
I’m feeling out and I’m reaching out, I’m holding a rose


The radio signal is static, and my coffee has gone cold
I hate to admit it here but yes I’m feeling old
What on earth are we to do, what do you suppose
I’m looking at the crystal vase which is - holding a rose

I know I’m going somewhere soon but it’s much, much too late
It beggars belief that you might pierce this breastplate
You’ve got your lance and your spear, but I’ve got my arrows and bows
I’m feeling out off sorts right now, holding a rose

Holding a rose - that’s the way it goes
I’m walking on that lonely street, that you all know
I’m rowing my boat up stream always against the flow
And I’m shattered like a crystal vase - holding a rose

I climbed up slowly to the place where the bargain was agreed
I couldn’t stand the heat and I fell down on my knees
Smoke billowed everywhere, clinging to my face and clothes
The mountain top is clouded but I’m - holding a rose

I’ll work it out like Sherlock Holmes when I get there
Running down empty Baker street, I know it wouldn’t be fair
Now as I wander your little lane I hear a murder of crows
I listen to their chatter as I’m - holding a rose F
I’m whistling that showtime tune - tonight I’m holding a rose

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from Songs For A Watchful World, released January 18, 2021
Martin Beek – lyrics
Jon Avison – voice, tunes, harmonica
Ben Avison – banjo, banjo percussion

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Beulah's Boneyard Oxford, UK

In the turbulent Summer of 2020, we found ourselves dazed, bewildered and locked in isolation in Beulah’s Boneyard. In our bubble of semi-consciousness, we vowed to never let our experiences be forgotten and solemnly pledged to chronicle our time in the boneyard somehow ... more

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