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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 Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, by Ben Fountain.

lyrics

Come here you motherf%$?er
You sold us out for
A measly few dollar
You know the stories gold-dust
And you’re playing for us
So are your words hollow?
Fall in, this show makes you a man
If you offer more, we’ll come back if we can
So call me, when you know
At least you’ve got my number on your phone
I hear we’re beating terRor,
what’s it like to pull a trigger
We’d love to come and shoot ‘em (with you)
I hear that we are winning,
we appreciate what you’re doing
We’ll have a beer when you get home
Fall in, this war made me a man
Falling, I’ll come home if I can
Lady luck has played her hand
I’m a hero, and lucky that I am
And if falling, is all I’ll know
Well, at least I’ve got your number
on my phone
I know I’m fodder for the show
But the sergeants calling
and if I’m honest I’d rather go.
But the sergeants calling
and if I’m honest I’d rather go.
Come here you motherf%£@ers,
You signed up to protecting all the others.

credits

from The Complete Works (Years 2 - 6), released May 5, 2017
Ben Please - vocals, guitar. Beth Porter - cello. Poppy Pitt - vocals. Jools Scott - piano. Pete Gibbs - double bass. Pete Judge - trumpet, cornet. Song sponsor - Ben Fountain and Canongate.

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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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