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Another Jerusalem

from The Heat of Molten Diamonds by Kevin Hewick

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I call on the spirit of William
We need another Jerusalem
Another one better than this one
This one is undone
This one is all done

Upon being informed of our nation's decline
The government frontbenchers all laughed

Until the balaclava boys came bursting in
To give them an early bloodbath

Now there's no politicians
To politicise
No authority
To authoritorise

You must self help yourself to help yourself
To the things that you once used to buy

The price is very right
At £0.00p

The hand in the till thrill
Is adrenalin intense

Take it from the system
You've learned to resent

Take it from the twisters
Who've always been bent

But make yourself scarce
On Uneasy Street at the very first sign of the dusk

Because that's when shadowy Sheeranesque figures
All come out to busk

Strumming on the bricks
That they'd love to throw
Through supermarket windows

Light up that rag
Lift up that bottle
And throw throw throw...

It's Crystal Night revisited
At Asset Stripped UK Limited

Insecurity guards desert their posts
They can't hold back the tide of scarf faced ghosts

Holding up the bricks
That they love to throw
Through supermarket windows

Light up that rag
Lift up that bottle
And throw throw throw...

Hitting the town even harder than it's ever been hit before
Because there is no law at all
No there is no law

In the sink estate concrete forest
Robin Hoodie is blowing his horn

Him and his not so merry men
Will make the rich wish they'd never been born

Hitting the town even harder than it's ever been hit before
Because there is no law at all
No there is no law

The smell of smoldering banknotes
The heat of molten diamonds

As the normally placid cattle
Turn psychotically violent

They trample Farmer Giles to death
Then moove on to whoever's next

Ermentrude has had a change of mood
Her peaceful meadows are all ablaze

No cowboy can stop the mad stampede
The hooves of vengeance are coming this way

They trample all the farmers to death
And then moove on to whoever's next

Am I next?
Are you next?
Try to send a text
Warn whoever's next
Send a warning text

But there's no signal
No service
No coverage
No hope

No TV
No radio
No internet
No joke

Should we grab the kids
Should we grab the pets

Before the heavy metal crows
Come to tear up our nest

Should we flee, babies, you and me
Run from the young guns of anarchy

Shall we grab what few possessions we can
And load up this abandoned ice cream van

Shall we make our great escape
Should we be the ones that get away

But the paradise where
The bread could be equally shared

The paradise where
Nobody has to be scared

Where the ruins
Could all rise up repaired

Is under our feet
Is everywhere

If we can find the heart to build a new Jerusalem

This desecrated ground on which we stand
Could be a new promised land

In this the hour of our nation's collapse
Many a nerve may totally snap

So either put on your Guy Fawkes mask
Or run for the pills and don't come back

But some will stay to try to
Build another Jerusalem

Enlightened minds and creative hands
Will build a new promised land

I call on the spirit of William
We need another Jerusalem
Another one, better than this one
This one is undone
This one is all done

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from The Heat of Molten Diamonds, released December 24, 2013

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Kevin Hewick Leicester, UK

Kevin Hewick (born 4 February 1957, Leicester) is an English singer-songwriter who was an early member of the Factory Records roster. Today he is known for his recordings on Pink Box Records, an independent label based in Leicester, and his recent work with Venetian collective Unfolk. ... more

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