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Barfly

Every night he sits alone
In a shabby down-town bar
He watches people come and go
And never says a word
Every night he drinks as if
Today will be his last
The only time his world looks good
Is through an empty glass

He sits and listens as the beer-guts
Talk about their lived
They’d rather piss their money away
Than spend time with their wives
Impotent and powerless
They all bemoan their fate
Thirty years of marriage
And it ends in mutual hate

He watches all the likely lads
Who come up from the sticks
Every Friday night they come
And drink until they’re sick
They only like the things they know
They don’t want nothing new
Small-town boys with small-town minds
They haven’t got a clue

At closing-time the streets are filled
With all the rival gangs
They square up for the usual fight
As police arrive in vans
He doesn’t even look back
As he sets off through the rain
Today has been no different
And tomorrow will be the same

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from The Shopping Malls EP, released August 20, 2014

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Slow Faction London, UK

“Slow Faction is a 1st generation-influenced punk band with a real London 77 sound. The aim of Slow Faction is simple – to make the music they want to hear; politically-charged songs with big hooks and choruses, reminiscent of the 1st wave of British punk. Slow Faction’s live sound has been described as a cross between The Clash and The Buzzcocks.” ... more

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