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The Permanent Way

from The Common Land by Kevin Adams

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    Thirteen of my own songs: seven written for various Living Archive theatre and radio productions, three for the Maids Moreton's Millennium Pageant, and three strays which wandered in.
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The railway arrives in North Buckinghamshire. 'London to Birmingham the very same day'. Is that possible??

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The Permanent Way
Words & music: Kevin Adams

Granite for ballast and sleepers of pine
Cut through the country in a very straight line.
Depart and arrive the very same day
On the London to Birmingham Railway

On the permanent way
On the permanent way
On the permanent way
You get from London to Birmingham the very same day.

Train coming out of Linslade tunnel
White smoke streaming from the funnel
Pistons pump and drive wheels hum
Folks in Fenny surely hear us coming

On the permanent way....

Slow goods up and a fast mail down
Rattling the windows through Wolverton Town
Never mind the cinders never mind the smoke
Wolverton people are railway folk

On the permanent way…

Steam train coming, powerful sound
Dark the sky and shake the ground.
If you live to a hundred and three
It's the fastest thing you'll ever see.

On the permanent way…

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from The Common Land, released June 23, 2002
Words & music: Kevin Adams

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Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK

Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…

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