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Keeping My Head

from Releasing The Sheep by Latin Quarter

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Keeping my head down

This song was originally written in the 80s in response to Margaret Thatcher’s aggressive privatisation policies - selling off public companies like water, gas, steel etc. For this album the lyric has been tweaked to take a dig at streaming companies like Spotify. They pay musicians so little but are difficult to boycott because it means you can disappear from public attention. (unless you are Ed Sheeran!)
Steve Skaith

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KEEPING MY HEAD
SKAITH & JONES

Your telephone is ringing, it’s playing you my song
One that seemed so special way back when
Now there’s a million on your playlist, just cents to sing along
Manhattan’s gone for pretty beads again.
Manhattan’s gone but the penny drops for people now and then.

Oh oh oh oh I’m keeping my head right down
Just look at me now, my eyes to the floor
Oh oh oh oh I’m keeping my head right down
Oh someone’s tied a wolf to the door.

Here’s a crumb of comfort for the wretched of the earth
Here’s the greatest story ever told
It’s got the Jordon river and a virgin giving birth
Wood and nails and pilgrim trails gone cold
And a simple but so enterprising kiss that got him sold.

The world we used to know is now a world of risk
We watch the chaos from the safety of this disk
But oh no oh no, the firewall’s paper thin
Oh no oh no the government’s breaking in
Oh no oh no we haven’t got a prayer
Oh no oh no, they’re selling off this air we breathe.

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from Releasing The Sheep, released October 29, 2021

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Latin Quarter are celebrating the 40th anniverary of their 'Modern Times'-album this year. They first burst onto the scene with their singles "Radio Africa" and "New Millionaires" – songs that stayed for months in the German single charts in the 80s. The band split up in 1998. In 2011 five of the original musicians got together again. 7 new albums released after this reunion. . ... more

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