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Released under my old name, Kid Charlemagne

From 2008 e.p. 'Harvest Moon' by Kid Charlemagne. Available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Napster and other such sites.

Simon Gutteridge: Vox, piano.
Mat Roberts: Bass, guitar.

Still never been completely happy with this song, despite being lyrically very proud of it, and was never quite sure how to treat it. I vow to go back to it one day and re-attempt it properly.

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I crossed paths with Jesus, his hands were all bleeding
He said "There’s hundreds of mouths and they all need feeding"
I’ve got fish and bread, everything that’s needed.
Then there’s the Garden of Eden, and it needs to be weeded.

That’s how heavy the weight is that you put on my shoulders,
Like a ton of bricks, like ten thousand boulders

Like the featureless beast that crawled out of the lake
It’s the future now; it’s for all our sake
And still you want legs, you want arms, you want wings to sprout,
To lift us all from this eternal drought.
You want all of this now but so much is in doubt,

That’s how heavy the weight is that you put on my shoulders,
Like an army of tanks, like ten thousand boulders

There’s a shelf full of albums of dusty old photos,
And you blow off the dirt and what do you see,
There’s a stutter, a croak, and just shadows of me

What do you want from me, is there something there that I can’t see?
Throw it all in the air when you’re in distress
And then hope it lands in a beautiful mess

Trying to save the little boy stuck down the well,
Trying to reach the swimmer pulled out by the swell
Trying to save a little girl who’s just stopped breathing,
And I’m holding a newborn who’s constantly teething.

It’s six of one half-dozen the other,
And it seems that you’d even betray your own mother
You don’t seem to know what’s right from wrong
And all I’m trying to do is just sing my song

That’s how heavy the weight is that you put on my shoulders
Like a deadweight, like ten thousand boulders

That’s how heavy the weight is that you put on my shoulders,
Like a run-away train, the fact you might never grow older
That’s how heavy the weight is that you put on my shoulders
Like a stricken ship, like ten thousand boulders

Like an army of tanks pressing down on my shoulders
Like ten thousand boulders

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from Harvest Moon Ep, released September 15, 2008
Written & arranged by Simon Gutteridge.
All copyright belongs to Simon Gutteridge/ Sunsinger

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Sunsinger & the High Seas Bedford, UK

Sunsinger, aka Simon Gutteridge, is a Bedford-based songwriter. Expect alt-country, folk and Americana tinged songs with a hint of pop, with tunes packed full of catchy melodies and soaring choruses.

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