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Cygnet Committee

from BOWIE : DECADE by Eric & Jeff Clayton

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ascensionofheroes I have been listening to these guys for years and am super excited for this new incarnation. This track, like all of their material, is a treat for the ears. Enjoy!
Nicholas Violo
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Nicholas Violo I haven't heard EC sing with this much urgency and emotion since the LEGEND trilogy days. Oh my goodness!! David Bowie would be so honored and proud for what Eric&Jeff...the core of Saviour Machine have done. This is an essential track for any SM fan. Eric Clayton prides himself in having a ton of influence and inspiration from the various works of DB.
This is an essential listen. A&R is superb as well. 24-bit download in FLAC/WAV.
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Patrick Maiwald A 10+ minute epic kicks off the Bowie Decade! The Claytons seem to have decided to tackle the not-so-approachable songs from Bowie's first 12 albums as only they could - a great choice! Eric makes the greatest use of his enormous vocal range in years - the result is a tribute that is both true to the original in spirit AND adds something unique, as good cover songs should... With all the extra instrumentation, one almost wonders why this is not officially a Saviour Machine track. I'm hooked!
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Founding members of Saviour Machine, Eric and Jeff Clayton begin their year long tribute to David Bowie with the release of Cygnet Committee from the 1969 album Space Oddity. This 12 song tribute celebrates the most influential decade of his career.

lyrics

I bless you madly,
Sadly as I tie my shoes
I love you badly,
Just in time, at times, I guess
Because of you I need to rest
Because it's you
That sets the test

So much has gone
And little is new
And as the sparrow sings
Dawn chorus for
Someone else to hear
The Thinker sits alone growing older
And so bitter

"I gave Them life
I gave Them all
They drained my very soul
...Dry
I crushed my heart
To ease their pains
No thought for me remains there
Nothing can they spare
What of me?
Who praised their efforts
To be free?
Words of strength and care
And sympathy
I opened doors
That would have blocked their way
I braved their cause to guide,
For little pay

I ravaged at my finance just for those
Those whose claims were steeped in peace, tranquility
Those who said a new world, new ways ever free
Those whose promises stretched in hope and grace for me"

I bless you madly,
Sadly as I tie my shoes
I love you badly, just in time,
At times, I guess
Because of you I need to rest, oh yes
Because it's you
That sets the test

So much has gone
And little is new
And as the sunrise stream
Flickers on me,
My friends talk
Of glory, untold dream, where all is God and God is just a word

"We had a friend, a talking man
Who spoke of many powers that he had
Not of the best of men, but ours

We used him
We let him use his powers
We let him fill our needs
Now we are strong

And the road is coming to its end
Now the damned have no time to make amends
No purse of token fortune stands in our way
The silent guns of love
Will blast the sky
We broke the ruptured structure built of age
Our weapons were the tongues of crying rage

Where money stood
We planted seeds of rebirth
And stabbed the backs of fathers
Sons of dirt

Infiltrated business cesspools
Hating through our sleeves
Yea, and we slit the Catholic throat
Stoned the poor
On slogans such as

'Wish You Could Hear'
'Love Is All We Need'
'Kick Out The Jams'
'Kick Out Your Mother'
'Cut Up Your Friend'
'Screw Up Your Brother or He'll Get You In the End'

And we know the flag of love is from above
And we can force you to be free
And we can force you to believe"

And I close my eyes and tighten up my brain
For I once read a book in which the lovers were slain
For they knew not the words of the Free States' refrain
It said:
"I believe in the power of good
I believe in the state of love
I will fight for the right to be right
I will kill for the good of the fight for the right to be right"

And I open my eyes to look around
And I see a child laid slain
On the ground
As a love machine lumbers through desolation rows
Plowing down man, woman, listening to its command
But not hearing anymore
Not hearing anymore
Just the shrieks from the old rich

And I want to believe
In the madness that calls 'Now'
And I want to believe
That a light's shining through
Somehow

And I want to believe
And you want to believe
And we want to believe
And we want to live
Oh, we want to live

We want to live
We want to live
We want to live
We want to live
We want to live

I want to live
I want to live
I want to live

I want to live
I want to live
I want to live

Live
Live
Live

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from BOWIE : DECADE, track released January 10, 2017
David Bowie. Bmg Blue, Emi Music Publishing Ltd, And Rzo Music Ltd

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