It's My Country As Well

from Follow The Gleam by The Boo-Hooray Theory

	/

Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

12. It’s My Country As Well

He looked like an exile, adrift from bar to bar,
stumbling a sad mile,
he’s lost without his guiding star.
His eyes sang his history,
a tale that no-one grieves,
a file full of mystery
written on storm-blown leaves.

He stared at the corner,
where all the shadows lurk.
He seemed full of secrets,
a Father Christmas out of work.
I wanted to tell him, the vagrant or the saint,
that I was no different,
I suffered from the same complaint.

Well, I’ll buy you a drink
if you’ll tell me your sorrows,
‘cos it’s not your tomorrows
that I want to hear tell,
but the tales of your homeland,
every word, no digression:
here’s my confession,
it’s my country as well.

I waited for ages for him to come again.
I lived all the pages
that go to make the book of pain,
a life without meaning, adrift from day to day,
and where is that sorrow to drive my sorrow
clean away?

Well, I’ll buy you a drink etc.

credits

from Follow The Gleam, released January 22, 2013
composed by Heneghan & Lawson

Ben Heneghan vocals, keyboards
Ian Lawson piano, rhodes
Mike Heneghan bass
Andrew Lawson drums
Sylvia Strand backing vocals
Kat Squire backing vocals
Hwyel Maggs guitar
Dan Jones guitar
Gethin Liddington trumpet
Gareth Roberts trombone
Lee Goodall alto sax
Osian Roberts tenor sax

license

about

The Boo-Hooray Theory Cardiff, UK

The Boo-Hoory Theory is led by composers Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson. The band records and performs original Heneghan & Lawson songs with a 'classic' 11-piece, line up.

contact / help

Contact The Boo-Hooray Theory

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Boo-Hooray Theory, you may also like:

9 Sad Symphonies
by Kate Nash

20 years into her career, Kate Nash returns with her debut for Kill Rock Stars, full of the rich songwriting for which she’s known. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 20, 2024
go to album
Rooting for Love
by Laetitia Sadier

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 23, 2024
go to album
Hey Panda
by High Llamas

On the first new High Llamas record in 6 years, Sean O’Hagan creates abstract tracks that reflect the kaleidoscopic palette of modern pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 13, 2024
go to album
Hearth Room
by Frost Children

New York duo showcase an enigmatic blend of math rock guitars, pop-punk sing-a-longs, emo confessionals, and even rave-ready synths. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 15, 2023
go to album
tiny injuries
by Tamar Berk

Tamar Berk's effortlessly hooky power-pop arrives with as much bright polish as it does effervescent energy. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 22, 2023
go to album
Pickle Boi
by glee crime scene

Giddy and ramshackle bedroom indie pop bursting with buoyant guitars and summery vocal hooks. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 24, 2023
go to album
Diamond Violence
by Marker Starling

featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 20, 2022
go to album