Make the Distance

from Standin' on a Rock EP by Julian Gaskell & his Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

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In a town where there's two roads in but just one way out
We sit here in silence but wild words climb the walls and shout
My leftover sentences might be built for speed
But these hand me down efforts they don't fit the need
When they can't make the distance
They can't make the distance home

When your head tips back and you sigh and you pour the glass long
Your stray eyes and wandering thumb put the word out you're gone
I never had myself down as some kind of raconteur
But every mumbled attempt collapses in a blur
And it can't make the distance
It can't make the distance home
It can't make the distance home

Another night full of wisdom and whiskey and stars on the steps
Did you put out your love with the bottles to collect
A boy racer speeds off up the hill
And I can't help but think there's a way but no will
When you can't make the distance
You can't make the distance home
You can't make the distance home
Yeah, you can't make the distance home
You can't make the distance home

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from Standin' on a Rock EP, released December 22, 2018
Julian Gaskell - vocal, piano
Thomas Pooley Tolkien Sharpe - banjo
Nigel Parsons - bass
Matthew Collington - drums

Words and music by Julian Gaskell (c) 2018

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Julian Gaskell UK

Described by angry locals as the bastard son of Waits, Strummer, Reinhardt and Rachmaninov, Julian Gaskell’s music over the last 20 years has followed a wayward path of withering agricultural-folk, klezmer accordion, overly-lyrical punk, gypsy-jazz guitar, tangos, waltzes, rhumbas and skiffled-up boogie-woogie piano. ... more

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