away litlr by oldrottenhead

[Oldrottenhead]

recorded live in the living room on the ukelele. lyric inspired by the death yesterday of six young british soldiers in afghanistan. the scottish daily record had 9 pages on the financial crisis at glasgow rangers football club but hardly anything about the young soldiers.

for the record i am neither anti rangers or pro war

                                    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M6isGmNzaA

two minutes silence
that's all they get
a paragraph
in the daily rag

their lives before them
their every dream
all wiped out
in just one moment

well what you gonna
tell their mums and dads
their sisters and brothers
they where just young lads

they could be your sons
i hope their not
they had so much
they gave it all

away
they gave it all away

away

written and prformed
live in the living room
by
oldrottenhead
ukelele and voice
recorded via onboar mic
on a boss micro br

[Gritter]

powerful stuff Jim. Top notch song and a gripping performance.

[Geir]

oh yes ! This is the goods ! Heavenly music from an atheist !!! <2mins litlr protestsong !

[Oldrottenhead]

does that mean i qualify for 3 fest

oh yes ! This is the goods ! Heavenly music from an atheist !!! <2mins litlr protestsong !

[galestermusic]

Jim absolutely awesome. So short, simple, and to the point; yet so powerful. Would love to see this put into a pic or video montage to go viral as a tribute to all the young men that gave their lives for all of us!

[Oldrottenhead]

Jim absolutely awesome. So short, simple, and to the point; yet so powerful. Would love to see this put into a pic or video montage to go viral as a tribute to all the young men that gave their lives for all of us!

doing it now

[Oldrottenhead]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M6isGmNzaA

[djbride]

Very strong and emotional song.
Outstanding vocals.
Simply awesome.

Dave

[dobrodaddy]

What w beautiful and brutally powerful song.  Straight to the heart.   Uke sounds great and your vox is perfect for this.  The media focus does seem awry.  My condolences on a sad day.   Geo

[henwrench]

Simply wonderful chord progression and melody, performed with a fitting fragility. I'll stop now, because the subject matter is a little hard to stomach, and I'll say something I shouldn't...

                                                                      henwrench