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Seventeen years old learning a trade for gold
When I found out how to lie
Amongst the hammer blows in a basement cold
I listened as they tried
To convince themselves that from this hell
They surely would escape
But all the while I drily smiled
Consigned to my fate

Ian was old at thirty eight
That much I knew
And at the end of his working day
To a drinking hole he flew
He would go and his words would flow
But they'd never be the truth
It was all just whisky talk
He had nobody fooled

Seventeen years old learning a trade for gold
And Ian was there to teach
His face it glowed with cigarettes he rolled
A slight slur in his speech
He'd tell me of his glory days
And all his friends back home
I had no reason to disbelieve him
I was naive and young

Tender and green at seventeen
I met a girl who knew
How to play, the way the cards were laid
I didn't have a clue
What she took from me, you cannot view
Thru' careless lines an' tell tale signs
I've learned to see the truth

So if you're going to lie to me
That's your choice
If I don't see it in your eyes
I'll hear it in your voice
You can tell me all I want to hear
You can tell me 'til you cry
Go on tell me some more
About your slow suicide
Go on tell me some more
About your slow suicide

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from High on the Mountain Line, released September 10, 2017
Neil Barraclough on vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica;

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Neil Barraclough England, UK

Neil was fascinated with the recording process from an early age and has been writing songs for almost 30 years. His varied styles of songwriting are tied together by an undercurrent of melancholia and unflinching honesty in his lyrics. Other big influences have been other self producers, Elliott Smith, Mark Linkous and Mark Kozelek. ... more

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