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Great Day For Living

from The Prince that Nobody Knows by COPPINS

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lyrics

the soldiers' they are dying and the bets are jacked up high
this property's worth more than the air that's in your sky
the big players got their heads down, you never see their face
pushing all the buttons that manipulate the race
the cellphones crowd the airwaves and the cars they choke the street
airplanes they hit buildings that crumble at your feet
the leader of your country's taking cash in paper bags
huddled in hotel rooms for which you probably paid

chorus
and it's a great day for living
for living up to what we're given
can i say i love the light that's in your eyes
it's a great day for living

big industry is shifting man the shift has hit the fan
now china's gonna make you wish you never left Japan
you know i think we shagged too much we should have just held hands
but on the odd night in a dream you know i'm still your man
and then the sun is coming up like a cruise missile head
i'm looking for the blue sky but there's a yellow film instead
the glaciers are melting and the earth is heating fast
but to stop production would just be too much to ask

chorus

there's dead leaves and pine cones in this country lane
since the fall has fallen the hills are blue again
you know i love you lady and i'll love you 'till the end
i know that you're a wilderness but i feel that you're my friend

and it's a great day for living
for living up to what we're given
can i say i love the light that's in your eyes
it's a great day for living

credits

from The Prince that Nobody Knows, track released April 11, 2014
ayron mortley - guitar
chris staig - skank guitar
jesse whiteley - B3 organ
terry wilkins - bass
choir - collen hodgson, jim bish, ayron mortley
railside horns:
jim bish -tenor sax / Steve Donald - trombone/ Michal Johnson - trumpet
coppins - tin whistle & voice

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COPPINS Toronto, Ontario

Full bio @ COPPINS.CA
Grier Coppins began his musical career on the street in Toronto playing bagpipes at the corner Yonge & Bloor in the mid 1970's. He was an original member of critically acclaimed Canadian bagpipe/funksters Rare Air in the 1980's. In 1993 he founded Taxi Chain, a rhythm & blues infused cocktail of song & tune. Coppins has played almost every major folk fest in Canada & the USA. ... more

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