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The Engineer's Paris

from Into the farthest reaches by The Bookshop Band

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    This is The Bookshop Band's 4th album of 2012. It represents the songs inspired by Season Four of the author events at Mr Bs Emporium of Reading Delights, and contains songs inspired by books, including Alexandra Fuller's two autobiographical works - "Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight" & "Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness", Carol Birch's seafaring adventure 'Jamrach's Menagerie', Andrew Miller's Costa winning novel 'Pure', and 'Dark Matter' by Michelle Paver.

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This song was inspired by Pure, a novel by Andrew Miller.
See our performance here: vimeo.com/34459747

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The Engineer’s Paris


















Exhausted Earth
Shadowed by an empty church
Lit through the October light
A deathly quiet

Do do do – da da da da

An Auburn Girl
Gently passes through her world
Pressing on the stiffened grass
A well trodden path





But he is led in a merry dance
Through the streets of merry France
A French Parisian
His New acquaintance
And he finds himself a suit to suit the trend
And he finds himself a suit to suit the trend

Deep the men
They dig the earth
Hard and steady as they work
Heavy air and heavy ground

Moving on, the future is, (fast)
The only sound
Immortal
As it fills the ground

And he is led in a merry dance
Through the streets of merry France
A French Parisian
His New acquaintance
And he finds himself a suit to suit the trend
And he finds himself a suit to suit the trend

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from Into the farthest reaches, released June 18, 2012

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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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