Name: Ghosts of the Village
Duration: P00H04M55S
Description: Words and music: John Jones

Ghosts of the Village

from Never Stop Moving by John Jones

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Words and music: John Jones

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GHOSTS OF THE VILLAGE

The hidden village sleeps well tonight
Caught in the peace of an imagined eye
That never blinks as prices rise
And rise and rise and rise and rise...

Beneath these walls men bend in line
Children stare through tired eyes
And carry out all the things we need
The lead, the copper, the limestone scree
To carry on this English dream

Chorus
But maybe the time is coming when
Maybe the time is coming when
The ghosts of the village will rise, will rise again
Maybe the time is coming when
Maybe the time is coming when
The ghosts of the village will rise, will rise again

All is meant as it's meant to be
Safely gathered in the key of G
And beech trees tumble in autumn gales
All neatly stacked and in their place
Council houses tired and worn
It's hard to live in the place you were born
And voices raised in muffled pain
But above the ground no one ever complains

Chorus

And the walls will breathe and the dust will clear
The museum will shake into life again
And the pub and the church, they will sing as one
And a child will dance down the road, dance down the road
Dance down the road, dance down the road
Dance down the road, dance down the road
Dance down the road again

A man from the city has bought these hills
Where we played as kids and wander still
And locked in time his rural dream
Locked out life and a chance to breathe

...But maybe the time is coming when
The fields and streets will come alive again
And the village is where you work and play
Not build your dream and hide away

Chorus

credits

from Never Stop Moving, released September 4, 2015
John Jones - lead vocals
Al Scott - bouzouki, backing vocals
Benji Kirkpatrick - bouzouki, backing vocals
Dil Davies - drums
Tim Cotterell - fiddle
Lindsey Oliver - bass
Rowan Gödel - harmony vocal, backing vocals
Boff Whalley, John Jones - backing vocals

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