In The Village (LATA)

from Live At The Amphitheatre by Tim Hassall

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Said in the village a long time ago
Said people living with little more than clothes
In the flat lands with a handful of pearls
Till they discovered all the riches in the world

In the village everybody got themselves a maid
In the village everybody build real high gates
In the village they say, "Smile while you slave"
Keep your face out of the papers and collect your pay

In the village

Now to the village prospectors came for gold
Bought the king flowers exotic gifts untold
And from the flatlands a city did rise
And from a grain of sand the tallest tower touched the sky

In the village everybody knows your name
In the village everybody wants you to think the same
In the village they say "opinion is greatest tool"
First they stone you then congratulate you as they change their rules

In the village

Now the village is hard to generalise
To get the real gist get up on the inside
See there's more to this picture than meets the eye
See there's more to this story than just one side

Now in the village something is being lost
In the village they drawin' a line that you can't cross
They say this is just how it goes
I got mine and he got his for the rest who knows

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from Live At The Amphitheatre, released December 19, 2020
Performed at Dubai Amphitheatre by Benjamin Coutts, Francy Correa, Dean Pratt, Mark Thompson, Paul Spaccavento, Stanislav Fedyuk and Tim Hassall.

Music and Lyrics by Tim Hassall.
Recorded by Robert Eatock.
Mixed by Benjamin Coutts.
Mastered by Anthony Carr.

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