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Written by Broderick & Shepherd

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MATADOR REPENTS

Suddenly appalled and sickened
he sinks to his knees and cries - 'Where am I god?'
The sand and blood, the roaring crowd,
this field of honour, unfamiliar now to him.

Out of the blue he sees a soul,
right there, in the eyes of it!
A thing he never saw before,
in the glorious, exhausted misery.
And it asks 'Why... Why?'

A thousand battleships of blood,
he piloted and scuppered in the shameful filth.
Their grace and power, like his, admired;
a cultured sacrifice. Or so he told himself.

Now who feels brave and dignified,
taunting when its spirit's cracked?
So lowered by the Picador
and maddened by the Banderilleros.
What was it worth?

'Oh you should have seen my suit of lights
in baby blue and gold.
Oh, you should have seen my arse in it,
you should have seen my bulge.

Oh, the posters, and the TV...
and the interviews...
and the two-a-penny girls, bewitched.

Hey Toros!
Come gore me now and finish this.
Both of us were born to it.
I ask you for forgiveness. Let them
haul me out by horses. Yes, and god
can have my ears.'

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from 13 MOON SONGS FROM MERRY HELL, released September 6, 2019

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The Singing Loins England, UK

Chris Broderick started the Singing Loins with Chris Allen in 1990. Billy Childish became an immediate fan and released their first two 'trash/folk' vinyl LP's on Hangman Records. Damaged Goods Records then went on to release a further ten LP's, with Rob Shepherd joining in 06, and John Forrester in 09, until they split in 2013. ... more

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