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A Sinking Ship

from Smiles and Guns - EP by Sinking Ships 1980

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Recorded spring 1980 at Studio Playground, Wragby, Lincolnshire. Engineered by Rick Woolgar and Andy Dransfield. Produced by The Sinking Ships.

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A Sinking Ship

Stopping for breath, he surveys the scene.
But word-for-word, picture-for-picture it’s all the same.
But will it ever change? Next time, he won’t pause for air.
Next time, he’ll just pass us by.
Believing is seeing and I’m seeing it all.

Each pause for breath in his conversation.
Reveals yet another side to him.
Another breakdown, in, conversation.
Another breakdown, in, his concentration.

Lyrics by Terry Welbourn © 1979.

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from Smiles and Guns - EP, released December 8, 2018
A Brighton/Welbourn composition - © 1979

Simon Brighton – Guitars
Nick Green – Drums
Colin Hopkirk – Vocals
Terry Welbourn - Bass

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Sinking Ships 1980 Lincoln, UK

Terry Welbourn and Simon Brighton formed Sinking Ships in 1979 with Colin Hopkirk and Nick Green. In 1980, the band recorded: I Start, Smiles and Guns, A Sinking Ship, Third World and Weight Loss. After Colin left they recorded, The Cinema Clock and Strangers, released as a single in the autumn of 1980. Tracey Horseman, Steve Orient and Charlie Anderson then joined for the single Dream in 1981. ... more

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