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Falling Like Thunder - folkpunk mix

from Falling Like Thunder by Ray Cooper

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Falling Like Thunder
(Words & Music: Ray Cooper)

And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder

We were taught that we finally broke free
Shook off the chains of history
We climbed out of the mess that was World War II
And made the world brave and new

Justice for all and homes for heroes
Lets start again from a new year zero
They said we learned from our mistakes
We built the UN and the welfare state

But as Castro said the revolution never ends
We never thought about it then
But democracy and the things we hold dear
Can never be won outright
You have to carry on the fight
Cos if the reins go slack
Things have a way of sliding back

And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder

So yes, let's keep the taxes low
Then complain about the hospitals the police and the roads
But what you get is what you pay for
That is what taxes are made for

And every few years we a chance to chose
Another chance to make it all new
But when the smoke clears it's the same old scene
We've been asleep too long to remember our dreams

What the Gods love, is chaos
What the speculators love
Is a crash

One jump ahead with an eye to the main chance
A stash of bitcoins and a house in France
Never mind the pound is tumbling
Never mind the nation's crumbling

And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like soldiers Falling like snow

The jungle is never far away
It can never be defeated just held at bay
What the Gods love is chaos
What the bankers love is a war

First destruction then reconstruction
Contracts loans and more production
Destroy a nation’s air defences then sell them new ones
We take oil credits

Armies and arming the cost is alarming
Arm for peace arm for a warning
But like a box of fireworks forever unlit
What is the point you might as well use it

It's like a football team that never plays a match
Needs a game sometimes to keep it up to scratch

And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like soldiers Falling like snow

What the Gods love is chaos
What the Gods love is chaos

credits

from Falling Like Thunder, released December 5, 2023
Ray Cooper - vocals, cellos, piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar
Recorded at The Love Shack, Malmköping, Sweden

Folkpunk mix arranged, recorded and mixed by Henning Nugel at Nugel Bros. Studio, Schwielowsee, Germany
With additional instruments by Henning Nugel - fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, Irish bouzouki,programming
Mastered by Al Scott at The Dream Room Brighton, England

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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.

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