The Old Campaign

from Songs For A Watchful World by Beulah's Boneyard

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The Old Campaign

Our Greyhound led to nowhere , we clean ran out of track
By the pine trees next to the field , there could be no turning back
My feet were heavy with the clay, in the blood of the old campaign
And if we never make contact , please look this way again

Precious is the memory, it’s time to put the jewels away
If you thought I said I loved you, well what more can I say
I’ll hide my heart behind my face, until I look just the same
And if we never make contact - there’s no need to explain

The hares are on the hillside, and the soldiers are back in base
That old campaign is over , I return to a state of grace
If God is watching over, and he’ll take away my pains
Or if we ever make contact , or see each other again

God knows I’m full of bravado and plenty of conceit
I’m ready for my Oscar if you’ll just take a seat
I’m sorry, I look nothing like that picture in the frame
And if we never make contact, you know it was only a game

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from Songs For A Watchful World, released January 18, 2021
Martin Beek – lyrics
Jon Avison – voice, tunes, piano, harmonica
Sam Parkinson – drums
Ben Avison – electric guitars, shakers
Sam Lawrence – aqcoustic guitars, bass

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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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