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A13
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A13 was released on January 1, 1990 by 30 Hertz as a part of the album Without Judgement
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1990
Label30 Hertz
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jah Wobble
Jah Wobble
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jah Wobble
Jah Wobble
Songwriter
David Harrow
David Harrow
Songwriter

Lyrics

A13
The ancestral trek eastwards
The spiritual path
From the crumbling shop facades of Commercial Road
Many flyovers to marshland of Essex
Land reclaimed
My soul reclaimed
A13 ceases to be an arterial road
Becomes a guideline, a pathway of the astral plane
A way of life
A way of death
A giant metaphor for nowhere
Oh land of my fathers
Ancient Celtic warrior race
How are your tomatoes doing?
A13 forever 3am
Around and around the Rainham roundabout in gentle rain
Absence of hope
Absence of pain
A13 cars race thrusting back to back
Like a ritualistic symbol of the sexual act
These brave men, sales rep
Overseers of the Ford production line
Frontiersmen
Their wives wear blue eye makeup
And drive a smaller car
To see mum in Poplar
When they have Thursday off from their job in Asda's
Oh A13
I don't want to move to higher spiritual planes
I want to forget destiny
I want to travel the A13 for eternity
I love your oil refineries
Motor factors, motor works
Sewage plants, factory farming
Theme pubs, launderettes
Transport cafes, haulage firms
Betting shops
People who look so down
Swaggering aggressive young men who hate themselves
A carbon copy of dad who really passed it on
And their sisters, bleached blonde
Already typecast in the role of victim
And it's perfect
Oh so perfect
It makes me feel so cold inside
And that's familiar territory
Oh barren hopeless highway of Essex
I love you
Written by: David Harrow, Jah Wobble
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