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The Great British Coup

from ANTI LOVE SONGS by JAMES COOK

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I feel this song is pretty self explanatory. Can be applied to any country or any time. But was specifically written after the May 2015 UK General Election. What a mess, we have to clean this crap up and punish the perpetrators. We know who they are/have always been. We need to stop participating in their world, and live in our own.

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Remember the day of 'The Great British Coup'?
You were asleep when it happened to you
Aggression presided, divided and ruled
Contrarians derided, branded 'a fool'

We traded in arms and designed all our foes
Payrolled the schemes that provided our woes
As we victimise scapegoats, legitimise crooks
Corroded our culture and burned all the history books

Remember the day of 'The Great British Coup'?
Remember the day when it happened to you?
Election results were our terror alarms
We closed all the borders to keep us from harm

See human rights disappear in a day
The false opposition is fading away
As controlled social media feeds the mainstream
This culture of chaos will fuel national socialist dreams

We won't be lost, we won't be scared
Make no mistake, they put you there
When will it end? Where do we start?
Wear no more scars...

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from ANTI LOVE SONGS, released April 5, 2016
Song by JAMES COOK. String arrangement ANNE MARIE KIRBY.
Vocals and Acoustic Guitar. JAMES COOK
Violins and Viola. ANNE MARIE KIRBY
Cello. Rhiannon Lock
Drum Loop. Tom Marsh

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James Cook made 3 albums between 2004/8 w/London indie electro outfit NEMO. 2010's' The Dollhouse' project preceded 5 solo albums. 'Arts and Sciences' (2012). 'Adventures in Ausland' (2014) 'Anti Love Songs' (2016). 'tHE nEW nORMAL' (2020). Compilations JAMES NEMO (vol one), JAMES COOK (vol one) plus two covers albums lead to a 5th solo studio album proper in 2024 ... more

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