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Taken a wander to the dark end of the street You listen too intently as you try to be discreet Rumours float around like a scent in the air Policemen shout their orders while pretending to be fair Drunks stumble to make sense There is whiskey on their breath The lady's all look loveley now but they must be feeling fresh Noise bellows out from behind closed doors The muted vibration has the power to soar I, well I know that this time is what I'll always live for Lights glisten in the rain As people flood the streets The doormen shout the orders now the policemen walk their beat People que for taxi's Who will charge what they can For drunken negligence And the thought of more rain But I, I know that this time is what I'll always live for
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My Mother she taught me not to fall My Mother she taught me not to fall But I just don't know if I can be so Good But I just don't know if I can be so Good Well I hope that all is waiting for You and me when all is lost And you'll see that I have been Good My Papa he taught me something else My Papa he taught me something else But I just can't tell you what it is Well I just can't tell you what it is Well I hope that all is waiting for You and me when all is lost And you'll see that I have been Good
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The wet evening air dilutes the words As a young couple sit amidst a lovers quarrell The dying lights strain Through an endless grey cover This stage passes leaves way for another The street lights illuminate But shadow the mind And now the wilder side of life you will find Across the road Two old men blow whistles for fun To fund the liquor fuelled bickering that we've all come to know A friendship dicrepit alone on the slate A life alone 'cept a bottle is now this ones fate But happiness for him is never too hard to find A cheap bottle of whiskey a cheaper bottle of wine Posters on lampposts and chalk boards in doors The promises of fun and cheap alcohol the lure People outside waiting the mating game is on Loosened up by liquor and livlied up by lust The doorman fears tension his attention is gone Splip in by the ropes to a world still unkown All kinds start to appear as the light dissappears The atmosphere changes for better or worse A feeling emerges strong but a burden of course Is it fear, is it love or is it simply a curse?

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Debut 4 track EP

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released March 15, 2013

All songs written by Rufus Coates
Recorded,Mixed and Mastered by Daire Winston in Beechpark Studios
Original Artwork by Meghann Quinn

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Rufus Coates & Jess Smith

Drawing on the storytelling traditions of their Irish heritage, Coates and Smith write haunting murder ballads that rise, fall, simmer and brood.
Coates testifies like an old world baritone preacher as Smith’s harmonies crescendo with spine-curdling passion electrifying vocals that traverse the primal into ravishing, exorcist-style affliction.
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