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When I was younger I would always ask the questions:
“Is this okay?” or, “Does this sound right to you?”
But now I’ve realised that it doesn’t really matter
After all, it’s me who’s playing this, it’s what I always do

But now I’ve hit a question in everything that I’ve found
What would this all become if I wrote it all down?

I ask you
Is this poetry?
These words I sing have come to me
through what I’ve done and what I’ve seen
and who I want to be
Yeah, is this poetry?
Because I don’t know what that means
It seems I can’t write anything
except for what I see
Well, is this poetry?

Nowadays it seems the lyrics just don’t matter to them
It’s all just record deals and who judges like the best
But I need something that articulates a message to me
something that makes me feel the beating in my chest

Well I’ve found that there’s still something that really hits me in my heart
It’s when someone sings their own words to the sound of their battered old guitar

I ask you
Is this poetry?
These words I sing have come to me
through what I’ve done and what I’ve seen
and who I want to be
Yeah, is this poetry?
Because I don’t know what that means
It seems I can’t write anything
except for what I see
Well, is this poetry?

Poets of old well they put their words to music
It brought us all together and we danced
Now all that’s left is computer effects
They just don't give the words a chance

Well is this what’s become or poetry? If it is I want no part
And there may not be crowds in front of me but I still sing this from my heart

Well I ask you
Is this poetry?
These words I sing have come to me
through what I’ve done and what I’ve seen
and who I want to be
Yeah, is this poetry?
Because they don’t know what that means
To some this won’t mean anything
But it means something to me
Well, is this poetry?

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from Don't Tell Me What To Sing About, released November 24, 2019

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Jess Silk Dudley, UK

Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country. Her shouty but melodic brand of folk/punk music often has her being likened to a female Frank Turner or Billy Bragg, and it gets people sitting up and listening. Armed only with an increasingly sticker-covered acoustic guitar and a distinctive, gravely voice that many don’t expect, Jess plays to audiences up and down the UK. ... more

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