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Ring Your Bells

from Blitz Spirit by Jess Silk

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It’s rare I ever hope for rain
But I’ll keep my fingers crossed it rains today
I hope the river bursts its banks
And it washes that smug smile from your face

Yes I’m bitter, yes, you won
And it seems that there is nothing to be done
But sit and wait pen in hand
And write it all down in another pointless song

You see I falter now and then
And I think of giving up and giving in
Throw down the gauntlet, join the ranks
Worship the clown behind the door of number ten

It could be easy, I could be free
But I couldn’t live with who I’d have to be
I can’t ignore it, I’m not like you
I can’t watch it topple and pretend that I don’t see

So you ring your bells, you ring ‘em loud
‘Til they’re drowning out the roaring of the crowd
Ring them for peace, ring them for hope
For this country you’ve left broken and alone

I’m scared of what’s to come
And I’m scared of what my country has become
But we’ve got it back now let’s celebrate
Forget we’re staring down the barrel of a gun

The world’s on fire, the right’s on the rise
And they’d love to take us back to nineteen-thirty-nine
There are people starving, people lost
And all you’ll give them’s empty promises and lies

So you ring your bells, you ring ‘em loud
‘Til they’re drowning out the roaring of the crowd
Ring them for peace, ring them for hope
For this country you’ve left broken and alone

So it’s done. I understand
I’ll let you have today, I’m holding up my hands
So raise the colours, raise a toast
To our new Jerusalem; this green and pleasant land

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from Blitz Spirit, released August 30, 2021

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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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