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Thomas Orchard Is No Longer Around

from The Nerves by The Cut Ups

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lyrics

Thank God for good coppers.
I wish the rest of them would do their jobs first.
Thank God for good coppers.

I wish I’d say something that’s so profound,
But that lad Thomas Orchard’s no longer around.
And the paving stones know that there’s truth to be found,
But that lad Thomas Orchard’s no longer around.

He climbed the hill, now a journey profound,
I heard the sirens like everyone else,
The policemen came to lay the law down,
Now that lad Thomas Orchard’s no longer around.

Thank God for good coppers.
I wish the rest of them would do their jobs first.
Thank God for good coppers.

Locked in a cell half a mile from the town,
With a bruise on his head that hadn’t gone down.
Pinned to the floor under two hundred pounds.
Now that lad Thomas Orchard’s no longer around.

The doctors and nurses could not understand
As the ambulance sped, so as not to compound
What they’d done to stop all his sounds,
Now that lad Thomas Orchard’s no longer around.

I wish I could say something so profound,
But that lad Thomas Orchard’s no longer around.
And the paving stones know that there’s truth to be found,
But that lad Thomas Orchard’s no longer around.

And the Minister prayed for a proper account,
As they laid Thomas Orchard’s bones in the ground.
Justice declared, but injustice abounds
Now that lad Thomas Orchard is no longer around.

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from The Nerves, released January 1, 2017

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Jon, Dan, Rez and Pippa are a punk rock band from Exeter.

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