A song about a building that is usually used for religious purposes, a church!
lyrics
The old church is still standing
Brethren come and brethren go
But that old church will stand while the surrounding houses fall
He caters for the business man, the homeless child any prostitute and all, within it's walls
Inside they all hold hands, and love dances freely around the room
Yes the old church he's much wiser than any mountain
And the only way to Heaven's through his door
Priests are born and priests do die
But the old church he employs them for their long and useful lives
To welcome in any vagabond, the pensioner who as a child chalked his name, upon it's wall
And the organ and voices ring with lust, and the magic within their minds is all set free
And the head that bounced three times to form a fountain
Smiles on them the calm forgiving
Yes the old church he's much wiser than any mountain
And the only way to Heaven's through his door
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An essential listening experience; quintessentially English, sounds of the countryside, overlapping with ambient piano and woodwind instrumentation. shenzhenbrit
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020
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John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP.