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The Beast

by Ray Cooper

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The Beast 04:19
The Beast ( Words and music by Ray Cooper) Welcome to the Middle Ages Where the past bites back through history's pages Back to a world of plagues pirates religious wars beheadings and slaves We thought the past was buried and there it would stay Locked up in tombs old stones and graves Not reaching out with it's skeletal hand to break the earth where it was laid But it's back It never left We're beginning to see the future And it's too much like the past And we're looking at a future We didn't build to last The past should stay where it was In ruined castles old folk songs or buried in the ground But it's not It's up and moving about like some awful beast come to tell us it never went away It let us think that It never listened to those speeches by well meaning politicians On the aspirations of post-war Britain Our grandfathers paid the price in blood and gave us this world for free So we could dance in the rain at Glastonbury It's a wake up call, that's all, we just got lazy with it all There was no war to end all wars there is no drink to end all drinks Of course the beast is back It never left. We're beginning to see the future And it's too much like the past And we're looking at a future We didn't build to last We got an overclass an underclass And behind that another underclass We got untouchables somewhere far away Who tread the mill that turns our wheel of luxury We got Nazis, in the school yard, and in the streets Something we never thought we'd see We got contract hours back down to zero Leaders with the hobbies of Nero Not much talk of a minimum wage What do we do? Comfort is the enemy of rage We take selfies in the looking glass And buy stuff that's not made to last We got robots that will take our jobs, and all the temptations of Pandora's box The beast Is back We're beginning to see the future.. And it's too much like the past We're looking at a future We didn't build to last We're looking at a future
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Eyes of Mercy (Words and music by Ray Cooper - April 19th 2020) I hear you coming from the rustle of your clothes The sound of plastic slippers on a polished floor Check the signs read the charts down the line and then check mine Can't turn my head but I hear what you said I wish I could answer 'Just fine' I want to breathe...I want to breathe How long have I been here hours turn to days There's an angel by my bedside with a covered face I'll try to be your small success and I hope you make it too Eyes wide awake night and day tired eyes That watch for signs Stay awhile Lead me through to the front door or to the back Lead me through Through to the light or to the black I need someone to hear my tale or it will stay with me This one wants to run and needs someone to set it free It's only when the days grow short I see the course I've run It's only when I stopped the race I saw that long ago I'd won Goodbye to the past And if the flames leave just us Those who make it through will remember you And thank the few Eyes of mercy tired eyes  Eyes of angels by my side ….stay awhile Eyes that work night and day Eyes that watch eyes that pray stay awhile Eyes of mercy tired eyes  Eyes of angels by my side ….stay awhile Eyes of mercy tired eyes Stay awhile
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This is folk with an edge, and it doesn't sound like anybody else. - These tracks are currently only available online and as limited physical edition (Digipak) on concerts. And here are the concerts (confirmed):

August 2020 - Germany
22. 8. - Bad Doberan Kornhaus (Rostock)
25. 8. - Bad Elster Koengliche Kurhaus
26. 8. - Wiesenburg Mal's Scheune
29. 8. - Atlandsburg

September 2020 - Germany
3. 9. - Göttingen Ratskeller
4. 9. - Coswig Simonetti Haus
5. 9. - Stralsund St Jacobi

October 2020 - Germany
2. 9. - Bremen Arberger Hof
4. 9. - Leverkussen Notenschlüssel
6. 9. - Köln Lichtung
9. 9. - Reidstadt Bücher Bühne
10. 9. - Gutach House Concert
11. 9. - Denslingen Kirche

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released August 7, 2020

All songs written by Ray Cooper
Ray Cooper - guitar, cello, mandolin, harmonica, harmonium, kantele, bass guitar, percussion
Additional vocals by Rowan Godel
Produced by Ray Cooper at The Love Shack, Sweden
Mixing, executive production and mastering by Al Scott in Brighton
Artwork by Neomania Design / Stockphoto by Alessandro0770

www.RayCooper.org
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Label, Production- and Publishing Company, founded 1987, based in Cologne, Germany. Releases are CDs, Vinyls, DVDs, sheet music and biographies. Mainly concentrating on music from North of latitude 40. - means: roughly the area above the latitude that goes through Paris. ... more

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