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Cousin Jack
2,158
Singer/Songwriter
Cousin Jack was released on May 30, 2006 by Hands On Music as a part of the album As You Were
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Release DateMay 30, 2006
LabelHands On Music
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM96

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

Lyrics

This land is barren and broken
Scarred like the face of the moon
Our tongue no longer spoken
The towns all around face ruin
Will there be work in New Brunswick?
Will I find gold in the Cape?
If I tunnel way down to Australia
How will I ever escape?
Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground
That's where I'm headed for, that's where I'm bound
Look for me under the load or inside the vein
Where the copper, the clay, where the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood, they get under your skin
I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back
So follow me down, cousin Jack
The soil was too poor to make Eden
Granite and steel left no choice
No visions of heaven sustained us
When John Wesley gave us a voice
Did Joseph once come to Saint Michael's Mount?
Two thousand years passed in a dream
And you're working away in the darkness
Deep in the heart of the sea
Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground
That's where I'm headed for, that's where I'm bound
Look for me under the load or inside the vein
Where the copper, the clay, where the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood, they get under your skin
I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back
So follow me down, cousin Jack
Follow me down
To Canada, America, South Africa, Australia
Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground
I'm leaving the county
Must I leave my town?
Camberwell, Redruth, Launceston, Wadebridge
Padstow, Port Isaac
Remember us
Remember our names
Remember the white cross on the black flag
And the waves crash to the shoreline
I dream, I dream
I dream of a bridge across the Tamar
It opens us up to the east
In my dreams, I see the English living in our houses
I see the Spanish, fishing in our seas
Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground
That's where I'm headed for, that's where I'm bound
Look for me under the load or inside the vein
Where the copper, the clay, where the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood, they get under your skin
I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back
So follow me down, cousin Jack
Come on, follow me down, cousin Jack
Yeah, follow me down
Written by: Steve Knightley
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