Name: Hold On Below
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: Hold on Below is one of the oldest songs still in the repertoire, written around 1971

Hold On Below

from Puddles (Tapes vol 1.) by Andy Roberts

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Hold on Below is one of the oldest songs still in the repertoire, written around 1971

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Hold on below, I'm coming down
Wind up the sluices I'm going to drown
Open up the hatches I'm on my way down

They've covered up the beauty and the meaning can't be found
There's creases in the picture distortion in the sound
Hold on below I'm on my way down

Your pictures are all empty there's nothing left to draw
your face it is all faded and you're smaller than before
You walk on your children they won't take it any more
You move to close the window as we are walking out the door

Hold on below I am coming down Wind up the sluices I'm going to drown Open up the hatches I'm on my way down,
down down down.

The mountains all around me are getting louder every day,
They shout down upon me though there's nothing left to say
and they crowd all around me so I can't get away
The grass is all brown and the sky is turning grey
Holdall below et cetera

So clear out the gangway I am coming down below,
I'm making my way down for there's nowhere else to go
And there's another lot behind me yes there's row upon row
And they all want to leave, sit back and watch us go
Hold on below, I'm coming down
Wind up the sluices I'm going to drown
Open up the hatches I'm on my way down

They've covered up the beauty and the meaning can't be found
There's creases in the picture distortion in the sound
Hold on below I'm on my way down

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from Puddles (Tapes vol 1.), released December 4, 2020

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Andy Roberts England, UK

Original and unique songs through the decades
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"contemporary folk" solo acoustic
singer songwriter style.

Influences: Roy Harper, Mike Chapman, Loudon Wainwright, Beefheart ... more

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