Sunday 25 November 2007

7 Strokes To Heaven's Edge

Taken from "Delicious Pie And Thank You For Calling" 2003

"3,4

Mother, mother it's just not fair
We were so close to death
When the snakes were at your breast
We almost took the pledge
We were seven strokes from the cliffs of heaven's edge

Mighty pillars of shaky dirt
Conceived and planned in an office
We had the power to break the spell
We had the knowledge, we just couldn't tell, oh

Mother, mother it's just not fair
We were so close to death
When the snakes were at your breast
We almost took the pledge
We were seven strokes from the cliffs of heaven's edge

You want to know practical answers
Learn something old everyday
Wish hard and hope that the dead walk the cave
Like fossil fuel in the wheelchair relays

Mother, mother it's just not fair
We were so close to death
When the snakes were at your breast
We almost took the pledge
We were seven strokes from the cliffs of heaven's edge"

A very Mersey beat type early GBV. Its amazing how much Bobs voice has changed over the years. A nice song. A simple song. But a good song.

1 comment:

What the Parrot Saw said...

Sounds like an outtake from the Steve Wilbur sessions for '89's SIAN sessions- I'd bet the green on it. Wonderful hook at the start, and the lyrics are trippy- looking towards the mythos that Pollard would effortlessly mind at his most inspired/distracted- a keeper/