Old Men Talk

by Col Patterson

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Old Men Talk a tribute to a group of friends:

“Growing up in Kildare, it was a town with heart, but it didn’t have a huge amount for the younger people at that time. My brothers and their school friends tried to get a youth club set up and there always seemed to be opposition to any change. They were a great crowd of guys and girls who used to meet at the local church wall.
CND was set up in the town and floats were made for the local festival. They stood out with their death drums and homemade nuclear arms. The song “Old Men Talk” celebrates them and their battles to make a positive mark despite the murmurs from some locals. Thankfully there is much more for the youth to do in the town these days

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Verse 1:

Whispers-Streets of 40 sounds
Gather….or Will we go to Ground?
Living Where Life is Strange All day
Turn out Fancy Lights that Play

Parents outside-Everyone Says
Youth cannot Express
Their Noise after the Battle

Verse 2:
Together, Mortified and Torn
Turn out Your pockets for the Board
Take your Designs-Tatters and Threads
Youth Cannot Advance
Restored -Back in the Bottle

Chorus:
Listen to the Old Men Talk #4

Fail your Exam
Word to the Head...
Man Your Kids are a Mess

spoken:
Mushrooms in matchboxes
Spill all your schemes
Churchwalls are only
A cold place to Dream
Be Down in Yourself
A rest by the grave
A drinker, A Coward
Be Saved
(c) Col Patterson 2020

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released July 24, 2020
Music and Lyrics by Col Patterson
Produced by Martin Quinn @ Jam Studios Kells.

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Col Patterson Kildare, Ireland

2015: Col/The Vinylheads featured on RTE national radio & BBC6Music with Album "Kicks".

2017: Col released a solo album Hangover Moon
to critical acclaim.
including Tony Clayton-Lea of The Irish Times: 4/5 stars

2021: "Heart Listens Out" achieved no.1 on Rte Radio One's playlist.

2022 "Bedford Falls" brought Col wider attention , appearing live on Ireland's Late Late Show. ... more

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