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Old Dog Fast Car

from Little Black Classics by Duncan Batey

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    Comes in a lovely gatefold card sleeve, featuring on the outside cover a photo of the artist in performance by Bradley Moogan, and on the inside cover, credits and photos of the main players, plus full lyric booklet in pastiche design tucked into one side, with the compact disc featuring the same design in the other.

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lyrics

6. Old Dog Fast Car

Hot girl in a red top, blonde hair in a braid
Red roses are blooming, nineteen in the shade
Just give me the barmaid and no-one gets hurt
I'll give you my credit card, I'll give you my shirt

The things the mind takes hold of, the body too
An old dog chasing a fast car – if he caught up
with it, would he know quite what to do?

There's something in New York, there's something
in Rome. There's something all over the place, by
the scent of my phone. Well I ain't going easy – I
want back to the feast, shake of this collar, slip the
leash (swipe RIGHT...)

The things the mind takes hold of, the body too
Like an old dog chasing a fast car - if he caught up
with it, would he know quite what to do?

There's life in this mongrel yet, new tricks to be learned
Plenty of fuel to be lit, dry tinder to burn
So hand over the barmaid, and the keys to that car
I'm sure it'll come back to me when I've remembered
where all the levers are...

The things the mind gets hold of, the body too
An old dog in a fast car - head out the window,
looking for mischief to do. Ah, the things the mind
takes hold of, the body too, like that old dog driving
his fast car - head out the window, looking for more
mischief to get up to. Head out the window, baby,
looking for more mischief to get up to...

credits

from Little Black Classics, released January 18, 2020
Duncan Batey - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Daniel Shaw - upright bass
Steve Ross - cajon
Wild Willy Barrett - slide guitar
Sarah Griffiths - backing vocals

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Duncan Batey Glastonbury, UK

Winner of the 2012 Somerset Songwriter competition, Duncan released his first EP, ‘Blindsided’, in February 2013.

Accompanied by Daniel Shaw on upright bass, Gerry Barnett on cello, and Caelia Lunniss on violin, his beautifully crafted 'epic acoustic' songs explore love and hope in the face of adversity.

His debut album 'Little Black Classics' was released 18th January 2020. ... more

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