Name: Cleveland
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: Inspired by Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin.

Cleveland

from The Complete Works (Years 2 - 6) by The Bookshop Band

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NINE new albums of book-inspired songs by The Bookshop Band housed in two bespoke boxes.

Includes unlimited streaming of The Complete Works (Years 2 - 6) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Inspired by Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin.

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Quaaludes and cocktails
A story book lane
A girl with three names
A place, post Watergate
Freed from its bird cage
Where the unafraid parade
But in the sparkling mess of it all
From the back of her mind this thought
Takes to the floor
Perhaps, we should all
Go back to Cleveland
Where we know what around the bend
Go back to Cleveland
But then a shock of birds
Soar through the crystal blue sky
Citizens of Atlantis
The Madrigal Enchantress cries
All San Franciscans must return to the sea
The royal we, are just biding our time
On this far out, far flung peninsula
Where an earthquake
Waits to take us home
But for now we’ll boogie on down the road
Whilst we wonder in the back of our minds
Should we all go back to Cleveland
Where we know what around the bend
Go back to Cleveland
But then a shock of birds
Soar through the crystal blue sky
Citizens of Atlantis
The Madrigal Enchantress cries
And we decide, to stay and bide our time
On this far out, far flung peninsula

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from The Complete Works (Years 2 - 6), released May 5, 2017
Poppy Pitt - vocals, guitar. Ben Please - guitar, vocals. Beth Porter - cello, vocals. Jools Scott - Wurlitzer. Pete Gibbs - double bass. Sue Lord - violin. Ian Vorley - violin. Patrick Dunn - viola. Michelle Falcon - viola. Pete Judge - trumpet. James Watts - oboe.

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The Bookshop Band Bath, UK

The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B's Emporium. Now they are about to go on tour, sponsored by Vintage Books and Independent Booksellers Week, around other bookshops and lit fests. Catch them if you can. Details at www.thebookshopband.co.uk ... more

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