Yesterday's Heroes

from The Early Beers by Simon Ford

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'Yesterday's Heroes' is atypical angry young man,verses the establishment.
''Their eyes upon us''.
A post revolution landscape,an executioner dispatching the old guard.

The mis-heard lyrics are better than the ones I wrote.
''No time to park the Car'' tickled me..

lyrics

Don't delay gentlemen please I know he's here
I heard a rustle in the leaves
The hour's upon us your executioner waits for your heads of state
I feel a cold wind bite almost as sharp as the axe
He will rip out your soul
so ruthless and cold
Not unlike yourselves so I've been told

Chorus:
That yesterday's heroes are tomorrow's Nero's
But who am I to have a point of view
Just follow orders loyal to the cause
No time to think no time to pause for thought

Can't fantasize if I was a poet they'd call me a spy
So who am I to speculate
It's just what you're used to
I just eat what's on my plate

Chorus:

Nobody talks everybody listens
That's what I was taught when I was christened
Before the day maybe it really once existed but before I knew

I was enlisted and those who defied
Let's just say I was never taught to cry
We only live to die.

credits

from The Early Beers, track released March 19, 2020
Music and Lyrics: Simon Ford & Simon Sewards

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Simon Ford UK

I am now based in South West of England.Still writing new material.My compositions are usually Piano based, and putting the roll back into the Rock!I write lyrics that can be a little impenetrable but tempered with self-deprecation,self-defence and self-serving.My Birmingham roots are present on the track ‘Plankton( find solace)’.Hoping you will enjoy the music I have uploaded on ‘bandcamp’. ... more

discography

Fragmenting

Dec 2021
Pure Thought

Oct 2021
Froth

Feb 2021
Home-sown demos

Jan 2021
Boogie Fumes

Jan 2021
Simon Ford Pumping Piano E.P

Jul 2020
The Fragments E.P

Jun 2020
PANTOLOGY

Mar 2020
The Early Beers

Mar 2020
Mid 70's Beard

Feb 2020
Mud Pie

Nov 2016

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