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The Beast

by Ray Cooper

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The Beast 04:19
The Beast (Ray Cooper) Welcome to the Middle Ages Where the past bites back through history's pages Back to a world of pirates religious wars beheadings and slaves We thought the past was buried and there it would stay Locked up in tombs old stones and graves Not reaching out with it's skeletal hand to break the earth where it was laid But it's back It never left   We're beginning to see the future And it's too much like the past And we're looking at a future We didn't build to last   The past should stay where it was In ruined castles old folk songs or buried in the ground But it's not It's up and moving about like some awful beast come to tell us it never went away It let us think that It never listened to those speeches by well meaning politicians On the aspirations of post-war Britain Our grandfathers paid the price in blood and gave us this world for free So we could dance in the rain at Glastonbury It's a wake up call, that's all, we just got lazy with it all There was no war to end all wars there is no drink to end all drinks Of course the beast is back It never left.   We're beginning to see the future And it's too much like the past And we're looking at a future We didn't build to last   We got an overclass an underclass And behind that another underclass We got untouchables somewhere far away Who tread the mill that turns our wheel of luxury   We got Nazis, in the school yard, and in the streets Something we never thought we'd see We got contract hours back down to zero Leaders with the hobbies of Nero Not much talk of a minimum wage What do we do? Comfort is the enemy of rage We take selfies in the looking glass And buy stuff that's not made to last We got robots that will take our jobs, and all the temptations of Pandora's box The beast Is back   We're beginning to see the future.. And it's too much like the past We're looking at a future We didn't build to last We're looking at a future
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Eyes Of Mercy (Ray Cooper) I hear you coming from the rustle of your clothes The sound of plastic slippers on a polished floor Check the signs read the charts down the line and then check mine Can't turn my head but I hear what you said I wish I could answer 'Just fine' I want to breathe...I want to breathe How long have I been here, hours turn to days There's an angel by my bedside with a covered face I'll try to be your small success and I hope you make it too Eyes wide awake night and day tired eyes That watch for signs Stay awhile Lead me through to the front door or to the back Lead me through Through to the light or to the black I need someone to hear my tale or it will stay with me This one wants to run and needs someone to set it free It's only when the days grow short I see the course I've run It's only when I stopped the race I saw that long ago I'd won Goodbye to the past And if the flames leave just us Those who make it through will remember you And thank the few Eyes of mercy tired eyes  Eyes of angels by my side ….stay awhile Eyes that work night and day Eyes that watch eyes that pray stay awhile Eyes of mercy tired eyes Stay awhile
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This is folk with an edge, and it doesn't sound like anybody else.

Upcoming gigs.
GERMANY
21. 5. 2021 Freitag - Winsen-Scharmbeck, Hofkunst Bergbühne, Winsen an der Luhe
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 0157-389 384 95. Address: Hofkunst Bergbühne, Winsen an der Luhe. Venue phone: 0157-389 384 95. You must book. Bring chair and drink. Anmeldung/booking: Farmer George hofkunst@gmail.com 0157-389 384 95

25.. 5. 2021 Dienstag – Bremen, Hopfenfänger
Time: 7:00pm. Box office: +49 176/80182006,. Address: Hopfenfänger, Auf der Muggenburg 30. Venue phone: +49 176/80182006,.

27. 5. 2021 Donnerstag – Göttingen, Kleiner Ratskeller
Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: No Minors. Box office: 0049.176 56954375. Address: Jüdenstr. 30

28. 5. 2021 Freitag – Hemer, Ebbergkirche
Time: 8:00pm. Address: Kirchstraße

UNITED KINGDOM
Wednesday, July 7th 2021 – Eastbourne, The Lamb Folk Club
Time: 8:00pm. Box office: (01323) 728268. Address: The Lamb Inn 36 High St,. Acoustic show

Thursday, July 8th 2021 – Bretforton, The Fleece Inn
Time: 8:00pm. Box office: 01386 831173. Address: The Cross,. Venue phone: 01386 831173

Friday, July 9th 2021 - Bury St Edmunds, The Milkmaid Folk Club
Time: 8:00pm. Box office: +44 1284 488279. Address: Risbygate Sports Club, Westley Road

Saturday, July 10th 2021 - Holybourne, Alton, Hants, Holybourne Theatre
Time: 8:00pm. Address: London Road. Special night sharing the stage with Rowan Godel. We will play some songs together as well as our own sets.

Sunday, July 11th 2021 - Shalfleet Calbourne, ISLE OF WIGHT, Rhythm Tree Festival
Time: 2:00pm. Admission: £125/50 weekend. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Three Gates Farm. Stage time not known at this point. Didge Café Stage

Tuesday, July 13th 2021 – Birmingham, The Kitchen Garden Café
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: £12. Age restrictions: No Minors. Box office: 0121 443 4725. Address: 17 York Road, Kings Heath. Venue phone: 0121 443 4725

Wednesday, July 14th 2021 - Settle, North Yorkshire, Settle Victoria Hall
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: £14. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 01729 825718. Address: Kirkgate. Venue phone: 01729 825718

Friday, July 16th 2021 – Sunderland, The Peacock
Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: No Minors. Box office: 0121 443 4725. Address: 287 High St West. Venue phone: 0121 443 4725

Saturday, July 17th 2021 – York, The Black Swan
Time: 7:00pm. Address: Peasholme Green. Joint show with White Sail

Sunday, July 18th 2021 – London, The Green Note
Time: 2:30pm. Address: 106 Parkway. Venue phone: 020 7485 9899. Matinée starts 2.30pm Doors 1.30-2.00pm Londons favourite music venue. Small but perfectly formed.

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released August 7, 2020

All songs written by Ray Cooper
Ray Cooper - guitar, cello, mandolin, harmonica, harmonium, kantele, bass guitar, percussion
Additional vocals by Rowan Godel
Produced by Ray Cooper at The Love Shack, Sweden
Mixing, executive production and mastering Al Scott in Brighton
Artwork by Neomania Design / Stockphoto by Alessandro0770

www.raycooper.org // www.facebook.com/raycoopermusic

© 2020 Westpark Music, Cologne, www.westparkmusic.de

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Ray Cooper is a singer/songwriter and multi instrumentalist currently residing in the depths of Sweden where he moved in 2000. He left Oysterband in 2013 after a year in which they picked up 3 BBC2 Folk Awards and appeared live on the "Later..with Jools Holland' show. Since then he has carved out a successful solo career.

Photo by Kerstin Maier
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