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Time is a Buffalo in the Art of War

by Andy White

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1.
Last Train 09:02
This is the last train I know the last train I know better get on it Such a long way to go a long way to go better get on it There’s a girl on the train she voted Remain she escaped from the rain from her face it is plain she got lucky Took her bag and her hat from her Jane Eyre flat told herself that she is not coming back she got lucky There’s a guy on the train by the window pane takes too long to explain why he left he got lucky Years of abuse and a nothing excuse from a man in a suit who told him he’d never get lucky This is the last train I know the last train I know You’d better get on it there’s such a long way to go we got a long way to go better get on it There’s a woman up the back under the baggage rack watching the railroad tracks by the chimney stacks she got lucky She had her fill of playing Jack and Jill she knows reminiscence kills by running up the hill she got lucky And the city lights on this lonely night are replaced by the moon shining bright oh yeah And no believes that it’s easy to speak you’re a freak if you leave with your heart on your sleeve oh yeah This is the last train I know the last train I know better get on it there’s a long way to go such a long way to go you better get on it There’s a refugee and a family who were forced to flee by the military they got lucky and a mystery cat not a he nor a she no one can tell them who they had to be they got lucky No room for abusers and cruisers and groomers domestic abusers make way for us losers oh yeah You better believe that it’s easy to speak you’re a freak if you leave with your heart on your sleeve oh yeah This is the last train I know the last train I know you better get on it there’s a long way to go we got a long way to go you better get on it It was a long time ago oh a long time ago we’d better get on it This is the last train I know the last train I know we’d better get on it This is the last train the very last train hear it coming through the pouring rain get on it …
2.
Where will we be when the shit hits the fan How can we deal with man’s inhumanity to man When will we touch all we said we could do How long will it take till we hear from you When will they know why he died on the cross When will we see all that matters is lost How can we forget all the good we can do How can we remember all the rules … What can you find when it’s written in rain What can we do when we’re programmed to fail When will we touch all we said we could do How long will it take till we hear from you How can we forget all the good still to do How long will we remember all the rules we once knew Where’s the plan for when the shit hits the fan When the shit hits the fan
3.
The boys in the band got a ticket to a one-night stand the winter’s coming in I’m drawing circles in the snow the girls in the band they understand where they wanna go and I’m running around saying I got a right to know Here we go everybody driving to the city of light the stars hide their eyes from the big moon shining bright and the girls bathe their faces in the shadow of its heavenly glow and I’m running around saying I got a right to know Swimming pool Sam got a twenty in his hand and he knows about the Holywood hills and Christmas trees long ago he says times are getting harder harder for a one-man show and we’re running around saying we got a right to know running round in circles saying we got a right to know Television Blue says she read the news tonight she said everything is possible doesn’t mean anything’s right she got a tattoo says she got a long way to go and we’re running around saying we got a right to know running round in circles saying we got a right to know running round in circles saying we got a right to know Running round in circles … The girls in the band got a ticket for a one-night stand the plane’s coming in telling us we have to go winter’s coming down my heart is at an all-time low some day soon you just gotta go or you’re running around in circles saying you got a right to know Running round in circles saying you got a right to know
4.
Late night in the big city all the trams are sleeping 7-eleven’s packed out with people buying cheap coffee and donuts hangovers in their eyes and you walk by down the street down the high street then the sun come up around your head walking down the high street walking down any street You’re one in a million baby you got style one in a million baby Tried to tell you it came out wrong you were trying to charge your phone against the wall of the bus station on your own then you’re walking down the high street walking down any street You’re one in a million baby you got style came out wrong thought about it for a while what I really wanted to say was … I’ll never forget it I’ll never forget you you got style you got style by the mile you got style walking down the high street Now it’s long after bed time and the moon is looking bright all I wanted to tell you is You’re one in a million baby you got style one in a million baby let’s talk for a while … You’re one in a million baby you got style one in a million baby you got style … You can take anything you want put it in a little brown box get on it You can take what you want from love put it in a little brown box get on it You got a car and a tambourine isn’t that enough to fulfil your dreams get on it You can have anything you want put it in a little brown box get on it
5.
Friday Night 07:33
You gotta groove Friday night gotta groove feel alright Downtown bar 8 p.m. the sun going down pints were lining up sure as evening comes around Little Jimmy with his razor blew in from outer space Little Suzie with a sailor says time is not a race Someone in the distance saw the band check in on time haven’t played here for years since 1989 Remember the days that we’re coming from you gotta get back to where you belong Brian from the head shop he got his best dress on he says he hasn’t felt like this since Hunky Dory came along Hippy Sara from the pawn shop she found her future in British Steel got a zodiac record collection she says it tells her how to feel Remember the days that we’re coming from remember the place that we all belong gotta get back to where you belong Friday night You gotta groove feel alright you gotta groove Friday night You gotta groove feel alright you gotta groove Remember the days that you’re coming from gotta get back to where we belong remember the days that we’re coming from you gotta get back to where you belong Here come the right-wing crew with their right-wing cigarettes they got a right-wing magazine that hasn’t been invented yet We threw them out so early that they couldn’t pay the price that’s what you get for wrecking our heads and putting us through things twice The girls behind the bar are dancing to the Bee Gees everything is possible no one is gonna leave Gotta groove Friday night gotta groove feels right You gotta groove this is Friday night you gotta move if it feels right you know it feels right And the vibe was in the building and time was on our side and the rainbow bomb exploding how could we ever get that high And the band was playing louder than they ever did before none of us would ever feel just like we did before Alright … Rock and roll will never die Rock and roll will be never ever die
6.
Fire engines blue trains and trucks fill all your days with your mother’s love this life’s excitement enough with fire engines blue trains and trucks Post boxes toy cars and bricks I heard you last night crying in your sleep sometimes the hurt gets too deep for post boxes toy cars and bricks Smart bombs explode on TV innocence killed in the name of you and me the hurt reaches endlessly when smart bombs explode on TV … Religion corruption and drugs what were we thinking of haven’t we all had enough of religion corruption and drugs Anger and ego goodbye I watched you sailing off into the summer sky Man will be over soon in chaos and infinite doom and when we have all left the room and the sun is replaced by the moon there’ll be fire engines blue trains and trucks Fire engines blue trains and trucks
7.
I’ll be who you want me to be though that might not include love I’ll do what you want me to do though that might not be enough Girl if you need somebody that’d be alright girl if you need a friend these arms could hold you tight Fly if you want to cry if you don’t bump everybody don’t if you don’t Sitting in a bar beside you Halloween cross-rhythms in your hair early evening vinyl DJ playing Something in the Air Girl if you want some body you’ll find it anywhere girl if you need somebody here’s someone who cares Fly if you want to cry if you don’t bump everybody don’t if you don’t … Behind you is the rising moon disturbs the stars above you traded in for flowers all the things you love Girl if you want it it’d be alright girl if you need somebody we’re here tonight Fly if you want to cry if you don’t … Fly fly fly if you want to cry cry cry if you don’t you gotta bump everybody don’t if you don’t
8.
Goodbye everybody Armageddon never seemed to get this close it’s something could happen to anyone even you and me and the Holy Ghost Well we knocked down barriers on the way freedom marching all the way Goodbye everybody Armageddon never seemed to get this close Some of you believe in the government smoking cigarettes by the factory walls they don’t care they don’t listen to anyone till the last tree in the very last forest falls We knocked down barriers on the way freedom marching all the way some of you believe in the government they don’t believe in any of you at all Farewell my darling little one you deserve the future the most birds fly free in spite of everything they’ll be shot down if they get too close We knocked down barriers on the way freedom marching all the way farewell my darling little one you deserve the future the most Goodbye everybody Armageddon never seemed to be this close All of us are stuck in purgatory some of us know it too well those who perpetuate global larceny deserve to burn in hell We’re freedom marching on the way to a better future than today Goodbye everybody Armageddon never seemed to get this close It’s something could happen even to you and me and the Holy Ghost Jesus Christ old Muḥammad Buddha himself Mahatma Gandhi Mary Wollstonecraft MLK and the Holy Ghost All of us and the Holy Ghost Freedom Marching to freedom Freedom Marching to freedom
9.
Why did we come here Why did we come here Why did we come If not for love Why did we come here why did we come here why did we come if not for love Everyone’s gone to France everyone’s got some fine romance but Why did we come here why did we come here why did we come if not for love * Why did you come here why did you come here why did you come if not for love Why did you come here why did you come here why did you come if not for love Everyone’s gone to France everyone’s got some new romance but Why did you come here why did you come here why did you come if not for love it’s all we’re thinking of … Why would you come here why would you come here why would you come if not for love Why would we come here why would we come here why would we come if not for love Everyone’s gone to France everyone’s got some new romance and Everyone dies everyone cries everyone looks for love it’s all we’re thinking of It’s all we’re thinking of All we’re really thinking of … Everyone’s gone to France

about

Belfast songwriter Andy White’s new album takes over from where his previous release The Guilty & The Innocent left off. It zooms out to come to terms with the big picture we’re all facing. The album’s subtitle is, 'It’s our world, and this is how I see it'.

The album features electric guitars, an orchestra, a brass section, Andy’s son Sebastian on drums and Rod McVey - multi-instrumentalist and co-producer of Andy’s early albums - for the first time since 1996.

“I had finished throwing things at the telly and found myself looking up at the sky. I was listening to Imagine, feeling the power of truth being able to turn around an apparently hope-free situation. The strength of our aspirations towards freedom. I was listening to The War on Drugs’ big sound, guitar solos, songs stretching out as far as they wanted to. If you have a lot to say, take all the time you want to say it. That’s what I’ve tried to do here. This is the big picture.

Making this album was intense. Thanks to Sebastian for great drumming and design - and of course to Rod. It was very emotional hearing him play these songs - so much heart, so many great ideas. Enjoy the record. Play it loud!"

Andy, Melbourne, October 2019

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released November 1, 2019

Andy White - vocals, guitars, basses
Rod McVey - piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, accordion, saxophone
Jonathan Dreyfus - strings
Sebastian White - drums

with:
Kelly O'Donohue - brass on Last Train
Renn Picard - saxophone on Armageddon #4 and Everyone's Gone to France

Recorded and produced by Andy White
Mixed and mastered by Simon Polinski
Design by Sebastian White

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Belfast songwriter, has guitar wants to travel. Latest album - Good Luck I Hope You Make It

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