Name: Between The Wars
Duration: P00H02M40S
Description: Billy Bragg cover

Between The Wars

from Of Course They Do by Croy And The Boys

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I was a minor
I was a docker
I was a railwayman between the wars

I raised a family
In times of austerity
With sweat at the foundry
Between the wars

I paid the union
And as times got harder
I looked to the government to help the working man

But they brought prosperity
Down at the armory
We’re arming for peace my friends
Between the wars

I kept the fight
And I kept voting
Not for the iron fist
But for the helping hand

For theirs is a land with a wall around it
And mine is a faith in my fellow man

There’s is a land of hope and glory
Mine is the green fields and the factory floors
Theirs are the skies all dark with bombers
And mine is the peace we knew between the wars

Call up the craftsmen
Bring me the draughtsmen
And build me a path from
Cradle to grave

And I’ll give my consent to any government
That does not deny a man a living wage

Call up the young men
Never to fight again
Bring back the banners from the days gone by
Sweet moderation
Heart of this nation
Desert us not
We are between the wars

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from Of Course They Do, released April 20, 2021
Originally recorded by Billy Bragg
Written by Stephen William Bragg

Vocals - Corey Baum
Guitar - Corey Baum
Bass - Amy Hawthorne
Accordion - Joe Cornetti
Drums - Casey Seymour

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