Born in a Savoy town, young David knew he couldn't hang around for long
The call of that horizon and adventure's lure were much too strong
To merely stay with who you know
No more summer evenings drinking wine
And no more footprints in the snow.
David travelled northwards, through the Calais ports, across the channel blue
The green and pleasant land, like yet unlike the land he thought he knew
While seeking fortune, found a love
Married in a Kentish chapel, under azure skies above.
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CHORUS:
Ride on, Sir David
Ride from land to land
Never has a marmot aggregated such acclaim
Ride on, Sir David
Take your husband by the hand
Traveller by nature and a Horsenborough by name
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Sir David had a certain habit
To trot the globe and make the world a better place
Neither marmoset nor rabbit
His species nor his stature did a complication make, as he roamed (he roamed)
Tales spread to friends and family
Of those heady nights in Vegas
Of confetti on the tables
Winning jackpot after jackpot
When luck could only go his way
Found a worthy cause and then Sir David gave it all away
Sir David's travels took him, through the port of Amsterdam, to Rotterdam
To a performance of the four-piece local Anti-Fascist Europop band
Sir David joined them for a song
The crowd went wild, and with a smile, they all began to sing along
CHORUS
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POST-CHORUS
La da da da David
La da da da
David David
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And on a trip to Transylvania
Sir David fended off a bandit with an axe
(He's so voinic)
And as he travelled through Romania
Saving cyclists from bears, and bears from tourists, and then back in time for tea
And so Sir David's many escapades, too many to enumerate here
Just be sated, know where'r he strayed he stayed, collaborated
Met with appreciation, sometimes a congratulation
No word of exaagguration
Literally everyone he meets adores him, follows him ashore while singing
The latest album by The Mechanisms, a group of storytelling space-pirates who retell tales of mythology as epic folk/prog/rock concept albums. This one's about Viking mythology, on a train, in space. Ben Below
The first album I've produced, and played many instruments on to boot - another storytelling concept album from one of the Mechanisms, R L Hughes. Ben Below
The collaborative album writing challenge with colleagues, to write a 15 song album in a month. It turned out super sweet, and I'm in a good two thirds of the tracks in some capacity! Ben Below
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TTBT has some of my favorite songs written by The Mechs. Iphis is my personal favorite due to its ties with Greek Mythology, but it's definitely an album I have on repeat constantly. yumeinati